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  1. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    If you find that his crop is functioning it may be worth treating him for coccidiosis. The treatment is safe as medications go.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had chicken for supper last night, proper chicken, Light Sussex cockerel in fact. My friend having got tired of hearing me moaning about how I couldn't get proper chicken anywhere brought me a breast and thigh given he was passing through Bristol.:drool
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I do read your thread and I hadn't assumed in your case that the rooster was too big for the hens. I've sort of mixed general view/advice in the post, which I know I probably shouldn't.:p If the hens don't like him that is the best of all reasons not to keep him.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    01/08. Three hours. Warm and sticky. Two dead wild birds at the field, one Magpie and another very small bird I couldn't identify. Neither had any signs of being eaten so it's probably the cat. Have I mentioned how much I detest cats... Sylph and Mow won't go far from me when we are out on the...
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    Thoughts on cockerel management?

    Keep the cockerel the hens like best. Eat the others.
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    How to administer equimax to a chicken

    Equimax usually comes as a paste. One method is to squeeze a dose onto a piece of bread and offer that to the bird. Some birds are deeply suspicious of anything that doesn't belong to the base food and won't go for the bread. Puncture a blueberry or similar and squeeze the dose into the fruit...
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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    Could be fowl pox, could be fight scabs.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't own a TV. I never have.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Nooo, but I might be interested in some effective control on keeping chickens in unsuitable conditions in an urban environment.;) As you should know, I'm not the slightest bit interested in keepers convenience or the plethora of reasons for keeping chickens from it's all about organic man, to...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    What sort of fig tree is it and how long did it take to bear fruit?
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    Rooster got in a fight! I think!

    Where has the dried blood come from? His comb and wattles which usually pump out a lot of blood after a cock fight for example look fine. Find the wound and get a picture of that.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    In my experience the keepers are a lot more bothered by the feather loss caused through mating than the hens are. I was lucky with Henry in that he was less interested in mating than the hens were. He was a 4.2 Kg rooster and was pretty efficient at getting the job done. Even so, I had quite a...
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    Rooster got in a fight! I think!

    Get some Chlorhexidine, preferably not in an alcohol solution. Hibiscrub would do if you can get it where you are.. https://www.medisupplies.co.uk/Hand-Hygiene/Alcohol-Based-Hand-Sanitisers/Hibiscrub-Antimicrobial-Skin-Cleanser If you can't see blood dripping anywhere then leave him until roost...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :clap
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    31/07.
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    MJ's little flock

    Likewise, plus the occasional roaming dog with a clay ball on the arse.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Because the people I worked for didn't know better.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I hope so to. I understand many people don't see a choice in how they start/keep a group of chickens; not being allowed a rooster makes life more difficult still.:confused: Watching a hen sit and hatch and then raise her chicks is, and I don't often use this word, awesome.:love
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The story of the last chick to be hatched in an incubator while I was in Catalonia. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/shadrachs-stories.1263724/post-20295718
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    MJ's little flock

    Got/hopefully had, a rat problem at the field. There have been lots of changes that may have played their part in the rat population reduction, managing to kill the breeding female from the goose run helped. What was the unexpected contribution was the spilled feed from the overnight bowls which...
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