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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It might but I'm very reluctant to do it. Watching chickens has led me to believe they like as many angles of view they can get. Good cover starts with some kind of roof, a a couple of feet of dense foliage seems to work well. On the ground a complex root/branch system is favoured where they can...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I haz a egg! It seems that my assessment of Glais's vastly improved manners being due to Sylph and Mow getting ready to lay is correct. Observed and taken note of early enough and one could have a couple of weeks warning of imminent eggs just from watching how the males behave. Glais knows the...
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    Do they work?
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That is exactly what she was doing.:D
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    What are your opinions on grains/seeds as layer feed instead of processed feed?

    What exactly do you mean? Fermenting increases some nutrients but often depletes others. I've yet to see any method of doubling everything in a particular grain or seed.
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    What are your opinions on grains/seeds as layer feed instead of processed feed?

    One can match and exceed the amino acid profiles of many commercially produced feeds with whole grains and seeds, but it comes at a price. As a base one can start off with organic spelt which one can buy with a 17% protein content. AI Overview Organic spelt grain with 15% crude protein...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    19/02. A dry afternoon at around 6C with light winds. We got onto the field for an hour and a bit. It got colder late afternoon and the chickens retired about half an hour before dusk. Got the kids with sticks problem again. I know which kid it is and despite having spoken to the parents the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    3C, with wind chill -2C. Freezing rain at times. Wet and windy all day. "We're not going out in that!" And they didn't. I fed them in the coop extension. Dashed out between downpours to fetch clean water, do the overnight food and water and clean out the coop,
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Glais took a further step from cockerel to rooster today. I opened the field gate and Glais led Sylph out of the gate where they waited for Mow to stop eating and then headed onto the field without me. Usually when they come out they had for the two chairs looking down the field where I place my...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    6C less wind chill and it was chilly. Rain on and off but nothing torrential. One and a half hours. They came out to eat, did half an hours foraging in the extended run, ate their treats and settled down under the coop in time to avoid the next bout of rain. There is a call that a hens rooster...
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    MJ's little flock

    Sad reading.:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Boris is still alive!:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Usually there is no need to trim as in cut. It is a good idea to file the spur points round and check down the spur shaft for rough patches. A good quality nail file does the job.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It's a web site that presents papers on alternative natural medicines. It seems rather more based in reality than many I've visited.
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