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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    19/02. A dry afternoon at around 6C with light winds. We got onto the field for an hour and a bit. It got colder late afternoon and the chickens retired about half an hour before dusk. Got the kids with sticks problem again. I know which kid it is and despite having spoken to the parents the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    3C, with wind chill -2C. Freezing rain at times. Wet and windy all day. "We're not going out in that!" And they didn't. I fed them in the coop extension. Dashed out between downpours to fetch clean water, do the overnight food and water and clean out the coop,
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Glais took a further step from cockerel to rooster today. I opened the field gate and Glais led Sylph out of the gate where they waited for Mow to stop eating and then headed onto the field without me. Usually when they come out they had for the two chairs looking down the field where I place my...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    6C less wind chill and it was chilly. Rain on and off but nothing torrential. One and a half hours. They came out to eat, did half an hours foraging in the extended run, ate their treats and settled down under the coop in time to avoid the next bout of rain. There is a call that a hens rooster...
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    MJ's little flock

    Sad reading.:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Boris is still alive!:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Usually there is no need to trim as in cut. It is a good idea to file the spur points round and check down the spur shaft for rough patches. A good quality nail file does the job.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It's a web site that presents papers on alternative natural medicines. It seems rather more based in reality than many I've visited.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Rain this morning then dryish until around 4.30pm. Windy with 30mph gusts. They were waiting at the gate wanting out when I arrived. They ate and headed out the gate as soon as I opened it. They got about an hour on the field before the rain showed up. They saw it coming before I did and it...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    What pisses me off is if some stray dog or a couple of foxes dig in their plot they shrug it off. If it looks like chicken damage then the worlds grinds to a halt. Things may be easier this year because the extended run is better protected and Mow who still has problems with discomfort from her...
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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    It's rained every day for weeks now here in Bristol, It's also been windier than usual according to the weather records. I wouldn't swap for the snow though. Snow is wonderful when you've got nothing that needs doing. The rain, one can keep most of it off but the entire transport network doesn't...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    One of the good points about winter is there is rarely anyone else at the field. The few winter crops that are grown are usually protected. Every year there is at least one complaint that the chickens had eaten something from a plot crop.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have a friend who is into alternative health practices. They sent me this. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6442828/ https://greenmedinfo.com/substance/honey
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    Review by 'Shadrach' in article 'Chick Quicks, Episode 3: SOS! "My crumble's too big!"'

    A ridiculous problem and an expensive solution but the article is well written and entertaining.:D
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A dry afternoon with occasional sunshine. Two and a half hours. They came out and stayed out. They didn't venture far, mostly in the extended run but they were looking for food. Once I had done the chores I went out onto the field with them. They looked like normal chickens again and moved...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    They are getting better at coming out and are showing much more interest in looking for food. I'm okay with herding them out when the weather is decent, but on days like today if they don't want out I don't blame them.:lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    3C max. Intermittent rain. 30mph Easterly wind gusts. Miserable weather. Nobody came out. I can't blame them and they went to roost shortly after I had cleaned them out and fed them their treats.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's got some amazing colours in his plumage.
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    MJ's little flock

    They're funny at that age. It's all fidget and curiosity or abject terror.:lol:
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    MJ's little flock

    You may have already looked into it but some modern phones have a wind noise reduction program. Got it on mine and it does make a difference for the better.
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