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  1. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This is the hardest part of keeping animals of any kind. :hugs
  2. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It has been in the high 90s here, it is miserable for the chickens. We have fans going, but I am getting 2 mini-splits one for each coop. The turkeys actually seem to be dealing with it better, they will stand in their play pools or the pond to cool down, whereas the chickens won't. 😭 Luckily...
  3. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Some of my best early childhood memories involve time spent in the garden with my great grandfather on my grandmothers side and my great grandmother on my grandfather's side.
  4. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Is it an option to get him is own girls? I am so NOT an expert, but Kosovo's sons sound like ideal roosters for that group of hens, they were accepted. Scared and wounded hens sounds pretty intolerable to me. If you can give Big Red his own group of ladies maybe closer in size to his breed or...
  5. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am sorry for your loss too. There really are no words, adequate enough. :hugs
  6. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am so sorry for your loss. Your last year sounds a bit like mine. Unfortunately, there are some losses that you never really get over, but you eventually find yourself getting on with living, I am glad you are getting to that point. :hugs
  7. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Human is way more creepy, than fox. I suppose if it was fox or any other 4-legged predator, you would see scat in the area.
  8. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Distilling is fun and tasty. It was legal for personal use in New Mexico. The person I learned from was very particular, so safe, no car parts were used. ;-)
  9. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    and if you use one of the common gravity style feeders, they will kick the feed out of it. :barnie
  10. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Maybe Mr. Fox was in the neighborhood last night. Nice to see the Jackdaw pay a visit.
  11. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Unfortunately, most businesses do. :-(
  12. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That is what I would assume, based on it being made, specifically for one retailer. Nestle has their fingers in a LOT of pies.
  13. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Not wanting to hijack this group further, I will leave this here, the key phrase, "And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it." Society, in general, has been trading responsibility for convenience. Purina is owned by Land-O-Lakes, or was the last I knew. DuMOR chicken feed is...
  14. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't get what you mean by that being what they offer as 'main' feed. Maybe your particular TSC is not well stocked? Ours carries a variety of what some would consider complete feed from a major commercial brand and a small offering of a few organic brands. The problem isn't really TSC. If...
  15. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Enjoying some watermelon on, yet another hot day, as tax. Of Course, Spud is leading the way. We haven't had rain in weeks, right after the Egg Thief mowed, of course, and the picture quality is a little fuzzy because I had the Egg Thief's phone. He had to go in and get it because we were...
  16. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That isn't the ONLY feed they sell for chickens, and they do have it labeled as scratch. I am not a fan of big retail chains, but they do offer a good variety of commercial feeds, if you want that and aren't responsible for people's choices. :-( 16 grams protein is standard for commercial...
  17. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We give options, We give the whole grains, both dry and lightly fermented, and I keep a feeder with the high protein chick starter available for the tweens. Which, right now, given the fact that this is our hottest summer since having chickens, is proving to be beneficial as they are losing...
  18. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I wonder if that is an example of knowledge passed down genetically? Our babies start trying to dust bath right away, even the first ones, when we were brooding them in the house, but a battery chicken comes from a long line of chickens that have never been outside and never had the chance to...
  19. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Same. We have little corn stocks growing up all over the place. :-)
  20. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    LOL I think our little angels would love 10% of their diet to be jammie donuts. Luckily, the Egg Thief keeps those to himself..
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