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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yes, the keeping circumstances have a major impact on what I would and wouldn't feed chickens.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'll share some...:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours this afternoon. A little bit of rain early evening. Warmer than yesterday. What we did have was a nearly constant 25mph wind from the South West, which cuts accross the field largely unobstructed. The chickens didn't like that much. I ran a few Glais tests this afternoon; a...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Even worse, it seems Glais likes growers pellets! I suppose that's what one gets having been fed proper food at home all ones life and then discovering junk food. I see uni students do this all the time in Bristol. FFS don't tell Perris!:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have. It's often followed by, "they'll eat it once they get hungry enough."
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It can't be rehashed enough. It isn't like this everywhere in the world. There are fairly obvious reasons why BYC is like this. One probably doesn't want to look too deeply into these reasons and one certainly doesn't want to make a posted issue of them.:p Unfortunately it's not just the rooster...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'll give that a try. Seems like a very sensible approach.:thumbsup
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    Letting new pullets out

    Probably. You may have to help them but they'll get the idea provided the coop is suitable. If you don't have a run is your garden fenced? Are you planning on ranging them from dawn till dusk and hoping they'll go to roost unsupervised?.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two hours. It didn't rain while I was there. It felt cold at 9C when I left. Feathers are coming off. Not exactly a fast, or a thorough moult the way Sylph is going. On my plot. I let it do what it wants more or less over the winter. The chickens like the cover from the fruit bushes and what...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Can't really do Halloween without this.
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    30 week chicken lost tail feathers to a dog

    The feathers will grow back, with or without a moult.:) This young chap for example had his ripped out by a weasel along with a chunk of his flesh. He needed stitches. All his tail feathers grew back in time. He even grew some lovely sickle feathers.
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    Wound on girl’s neck

    The wound needs to be cleaned properly and disinfected. Buy some Chlorhexidine. Soak the wound in it. Leave it to soak in. Don't wipe it away. The puss indicates an infection. You may need to consider a course of antibiotics, particularly if that scab was sealing the puss underneath it.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's a good looking chap.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two hours this afternoon. It felt cold. It was windy and it rained a bit. The picture tells the story. I'm sitting inside the coop extension with Glais, Mow and Sylph. We did get out despite the weather. Checking for the remains of the half can of tuna I took them. Things have changed. I...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Damn! I misread that. For a moment I thought it said it's interesting how politicians swing. A bit sharp in the current climate of affluence.:p:lol: Course, failing the above there's always that French import that does the trick...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think so.:fl
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two hours today. Windy, damp, but above 10C. Thinking about Lima this afternoon. When she was sick. Recovering. An extraordinary hen. Something has changed. I'm not sure what. The change is to do with them, not me. It seems Glais has learned something but again, I'm not sure what. The only...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I agree. Guy Fawks Day has undergone the same fate. It seems to have spread over a couple of weeks. Worse still, it's being called bonfire night a lot. Ruins the history of the day in my opinion. I won't start on Christmas.:rant
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My bad. I think I've mixed these two up before...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The book Perris has referenced can be read online here. I haven't tried the download option. The book is interesting but it's expensive. https://www.scribd.com/document/919006269/Moult-and-Ageing-of-European-Passerines-2nd-Edition-Lukas-Jenni-digital-download
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