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  1. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think chickens have mastered the art of half conscious activity. From my observations they do not fully wake when they poop. I believe this from watching chickens in the nest box in my house in Catalonia. It's also how I found out they snore and fart.:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yup, I should have added this.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yup, normal within a range. As mentioned, bad weather, old age, moulting, can all make chickens decide early bed is advisable. Henry, for an example, in his final year often went to roost half an hour before the rest.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    From my observations I think this is how it works. I've rarely noticed tribe members concerned about the loss of junior members or chicks; not even mums who have lost chicks as long as they have at least one chick left to care for. As one might expect, long term members who have established...
  5. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I can see four.
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    Ribh's D'Coopage

    There isn't much point in worrying about it because there isn't really anything you can do about it. If she's strange, she's strange. As long as she's taking care of her chick, if she happens to behave like a complete nutter in the process take pictures/videos. It isn't that unusual for hens to...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I would never, ever, rely on an app to properly identify mushroom types. To do so, is, not just in my opinion but in the opinion of expert mushroom foragers, an invitation for a potentially life threatening disaster. Where I lived in Catalonia, mushroom foraging was extremely popular. Every year...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

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    Can permethrin be used on chickens?

    If you are concerned about permethrin spray ( be aware that it's highly toxic to aquatic life as well as cats) then sulfur powder will deal with lice without any toxicity issues.
  10. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    About two and a half hours this afternoon. I couldn't describe the afternoon as dry because everything is damp from the downpours yesterday and overnight. But, it didn't rain this afternoon and the sun shone.🌞 Sylph so far isn't looking as distressed as her sister Mow did when she had her first...
  11. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    At least they got this right, chickens don't sweat, they don't have sweat glands.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am, but it's probably unnecessary. Chickens have been coping with moulting long before sites such as BYC recommend feeding higher protein feed. We don't really understand exactly what goes on regard food preferences when chickens moult. She (Sylph) hasn't eaten any of the regular feed I supply...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This is what I do.
  14. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I agree. Excessively dry coop interiors are more of a health hazard than high humidity. It was a problem with the first iteration of the coop I posted picture of in Catalonia.
  15. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'll come back to this later. There are a couple of inaccuracies that I should address.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had condensation in the Solway coop on the domed roof at one point. This was with eight chickens in the coop and the adjustable vents shut. This problem went away with five chickens in the coop and the adjustable vents closed. I mentioned this earlier in the thread. It can happen in any coop...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I hope protein due to feed composition isn't an issue for him. Access to feed throughout the day may be but if I've understood correctly you feed your chickens twice a day for a limited period of time and take the feed up after.It hasn't been an issue for any of the other chickens since I've...
  18. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Pointing out some of the shortfalls in my opinion is I think quite reasonable. I've probably been a bit enthusiastic in the task but... I'll take my boots off and put my slippers on for this I think.😛 My bad. I had assumed you had put some kind of protection over the vents. My apologies. I...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't agree with you. What exactly are you trying to say here? I read this everything is different for everybody a lot on BYC. The evidence suggests there are more similarities than differences. Sure, peopls coops look different but essential the purpose they aim to serve is the same if good...
  20. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Bear in mind I had to make a few alterations to the Solway coop before I was happy with it and it still has a couple of problems so this isn't a bash Nestera post, it's more the people who design these coops have some great ideas but don't know shite about chicken keeping in the real world.
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