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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's not my king.:cool: :lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    About a metre I would guess. I can climb in the coop. The coop is 600mm off the ground.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I guess I'm not that scary.:confused::D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    J got them out for over an hour.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yesterday 16th.
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    Ended BYC Poultry Caption Contest 09-12-25 Pic by fluffycrow

    "Public toilets used to be much more private!"
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm not shaking my head.:D I written numerous times that I think it's important to be able to handle ones chickens, livestock or pets. Some chickens put up with it better than others, but I'm not the slightest bit interested in chasing chickens at my age. Luckily I'm still quick enough to do the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This isn't a problem I've ever encountered when taking birds out of coops at night. The others in the coop have shown zero interest in going out in the dark to the point that I've left the coop door open while I do what I needed to to the bird I had taken out.:confused:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That little tree was the only tree apart from from cooking apples at the back of the run that got properly watered during the long dry spell. The apples from that little tree are the only eating apples that haven't developed a tough skin due to the lack of proper watering. They're on the small...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Got the Covid again.:rolleyes: Buses are on strike.:rolleyes: It's going to rain all afternoon.:rolleyes: J is going to do the chickens for me today.:cool:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two hours. Wet and windy.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Rain and wind which is getting stronger and forecast to hit 50mph tomorrow. Sylph and Mow are not going to be pleased. We did get out in short bursts. Sylph and Mow were so pleased to be out of the coop run they put up with a lot more wet than I thought they would.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Having looked into it a bit deeper the pesticide problem also applies to a lot of the imported veg one finds on the supermarket shelves, many of them banned in the UK.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've been using an application on my mobile phone a lot recently. The application is called Yuka. It's a rating program for foodstuffs. https://yuka.io/en/ I know Molpet uses it and maybe some others on this thread. I've had a few shockers. A bar of 90% dark chocolate. Can't go far wrong one...
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