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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours, dry with some sunshine, 14C ish. We all had a couple of hours in the field. Mow and Sylph did do some foraging. Glais acting the fool again.:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've been meaning to try kefir out on the field chickens.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had a lidded ceramic cake tin I found in a junk shop years ago. It got used for storing everything except cake for years and now I could do with a cake tin I can't find anything I like.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've read that chickens and many other creatures give yellow and black stripped insects a wide berth without having to experience getting stung. I've also read the birds that do eat bees have a different type of feathering that the bee sting can't penetrate.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I used to buy supermarket stollen until I found out what goes into this particular brand; not that any brand is likely to be recommended by a dietician. If you can find the time I would appreciate your partners recipe.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It spat a bit this afternoon. No serious showers though so we all got out for a bit. Mow and Sylph weren't keen on staying out long. Glais wanted to be out but wanted the hens with him. He came out for a while, went back to the hens, came out again etc. Mow is losing feathers rapidly. I think...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think Perris may be considering something like above as ultra processed slop.:D That stuff in the container is commercial crumble. It wasn't until I returned to the UK that I fully realised the crumble feed I got in Catalonia was a far better feed; still commercial slop given I fed a mash, but...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I made one last year. It was okay but we all preferred the Dundee cake I've made so i'll do one or two of those close to Christmas.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Make I larf.:lol: I'm paying health food shop prices for 3k a time. One can buy cheaper spelt at 11% protein but anything past 15% tends to be expensive. You can see him watching and thinking. At the start it was I'll do what the hens do and keep my head down. He's well into the stage of...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :lol: You should have told me this when the willow by the run got blown over. I could have had lots of whips off that. I did think about it, but at the time I believed what I had been told and that was they'll take ages to grow. Apparently you are right, they go pretty quickly, if they grow at all.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm going to tell him you called him fat.:p:lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    They could, but they don't on three sides. They go right to the edge where the back gardens start behind the coop. They will also go right to the edge past the goose run midway down the field. There a shed there and run of solid fencing of sorts. They don't often go into the orchard and when...
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    When did you integrate chicks/mamas back with flock?

    In a free range setting I've found mums will introduce her chicks to the tribe without any assistance when they consider the time is right. Some do it early, some leave it for weeks, but they all do it at some point. In general I prefer to have the mum sit and hatch in the tribe coop. This can...
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    Hen Aggression

    You may have done the right thing according to this well received article. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    I think Oscar is better looking.:love
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