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  1. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I know I'm not the only one on the thread with super duper tame chickens, but I figured I'd go ahead and represent (acknowledging that Shad's probably shaking his head at this level of chicken-human mingling). Tame chickens can happen unintentionally and unexpectedly. Merle was a mean...
  2. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We were discussing egg cost on this thread earlier in the summer, and I remember sharing that I prorate housing costs over 10 years. (Not that you're actually calculating costs in this case--just sharing in case it's germane for those who are!)...
  3. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This looks like a lot of hens' bums at the end of the laying season. We have a few who always end up with bare bums and dried poop on feathers. By mid-winter, they have bodacious fluffy butts again. If her butt wasn't a ton worse than this photo prior to the bath, I'd leave her be. No need to...
  4. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Exactly. Molting seems to be one of the times when they need to forage more than ever. Their tastes in the first weeks of molt shift every few days. Sometimes they go bonkers for grass, then for something microscopic in the dirt, then for this or that plant. They can't order off a menu, so...
  5. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It'll be fine. They know the difference. You're just a stand-in. I've been an accidental rooster for hens and an accidental hen for bachelor Andre. The second the real thing appeared, I was like a teenager's mom at the mall: invisible 🫥 Also, for a long time after reading your threads, I...
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    Ended 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry 4: Peck, 2-year-old Speckled Sussex hen, headed off on her daily – or hourly – adventure. She's always on the move. Judges, please advise if the text on the flags disqualifies this photo. If so, I'll swap it with another I was thinking of entering. Thank you!
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    Ended 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry 3: Peck and Lil Nugs, 2-year-old Speckled Sussex hens, trying to make sure I get their good sides.
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    Ended 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Entry 2: Miss Lorraine, 4-year-old Black Copper Marans hen, wants to know what you're thinking about.
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    Ended 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Love looking through everybody's entries! Here are mine. Entry 1: Stilton, 5-year-old Easter Egger rooster, looking both scruffy and stunning, his late-summer look.
  10. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Very good to hear that the careful consideration you put into building a coastal coop helped keep your feather fam safe!
  11. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Oh my! Ours don't have that issue with blueberries. Their poops turn nearly black from blueberries but keep good consistency. Too many cucumbers, though, and bumbums go boom boom 😳 Haha. Demanding.
  12. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Is that a doody on Mow's booty? Seems like the first time we've seen that on her bodacious cotton ball. The molt is nigh, the bummer-est of chicken seasons. Everybirdy's getting grouchy and scruffy. I know that around here, a doody booty isn't as much out of the norm as usual. I'm back to...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    At least if they start to see you in a rooster role, that usually stops the moment the real thing arrives (and hopefully while the 6-year-old hens might be discerning, they'll also be good teachers to help the new guys fall into line). Same when it's flipped, and a human-tamed bachelor rooster...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Adorable bird!
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No way! I wasn't sure it was a Southern thing, but that makes sense. My mom was a recent immigrant to the US when I was a kid, so the dishes we ate growing up were a mix of Danish (meatballs, meatballs, and more meatballs) and recipes from either her internationally diverse university friends or...
  16. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thanks, @Labsandchickens8, for the deep like on my post about the Annual Battle of the Laying Hens. I mindlessly clicked on my first notification and found myself re-reading a post I'd forgotten all about. Had also forgotten that it's battle season again! When Most Illustrious and Qualified...
  17. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you!
  18. HiEverybirdy

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you for the kind words. Sending strength your way as you weather the emotions of this. I also felt 100% to blame for Cogburn's behavior. He had the great misfortune of being raised in a box by a human with no idea what she was doing. I learned so much but would've done anything to turn...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Sorry you're dealing with this. I've had 2 males who hurt hens. The first time was the toughest. I culled him and haven't gotten over it emotionally (pains me to admit it, but it's true). He's the bird in my avatar, Cogburn, a big Light Brahma. We were close. In some ways I can't forgive...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Exactly, so if crumble is what I'm thinking – commercial feed pellets crushed into crumbles – I was thinking it would be like fermenting cornflakes. First mush, then mold 😳 Ain't nobirdy got time for that.
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