BYC Café

[Shadrach]

Thanks for the coffee!

If you end up with the Catalans, hope you'll share pictures. They would make a really nice early Christmas gift

Well, I've had a look. They're in a bit of a state.
One hen died a few days ago. There were four hens and a rooster apparently.Some retard has butchered the roosters spurs and one of the hens beaks.
This guy can keep them until Christmas then he's away back to Morocco for the holidays.
I don't have a spare coop for them atm, but I've sold a couple of lamps since the last fair so I can afford to build another coop.
Meanwhile it's a trip to the village every day to keep them fed and watered and try to get the poor hens beak back into a useful shape.

 

[Shadrach]

that would be great Shadrach. My father used to keep his stash of Hershey chocolate kisses in his pants pocket. Then took them out of the dryer and noticed the heat had fused the chocolate to the fabric. Never got it out.

That sounds like me.

 

[N F C]

Well, I've had a look. They're in a bit of a state.
One hen died a few days ago. There were four hens and a rooster apparently.Some retard has butchered the roosters spurs and one of the hens beaks.
This guy can keep them until Christmas then he's away back to Morocco for the holidays.
I don't have a spare coop for them atm, but I've sold a couple of lamps since the last fair so I can afford to build another coop.
Meanwhile it's a trip to the village every day to keep them fed and watered and try to get the poor hens beak back into a useful shape.

That's a shame about their condition. How far away is the village where the birds are?

 

[Shadrach]

That's a shame about their condition. How far away is the village where the birds are?

5 Kilometers. 10 mins down the track on the bike if the track is passable.

 

[N F C]

5 Kilometers. 10 mins down the track on the bike if the track is passable.

So not a terribly long trek but I'm sure by the time Christmas rolls around, you'll be glad to be done with it.

What can you do for the one's beak?

 

[Shadrach]

So not a terribly long trek but I'm sure by the time Christmas rolls around, you'll be glad to be done with it.

What can you do for the one's beak?

I've had a couple like this before. What seems to happen is they get put in to too smaller space and peck each other. I carefully filed the beaks over about a month trying to put a point back on them; just a tiny bit every couple of days. Rosehip (one of the rescue hens before) was able to clean mites off her bum at the end of the month. Bramble (another) had a split in her beak because it had been cut badly which never fully repaired. Harold (one of the roosters here) used to clean her; she never quite got the hang of it.

 

[igorsMistress]

Be careful with that cake in your pocket Shadrach. If you forget about it and then do laundry, it can make an awful mess.

 

[N F C]

Hi IM

 

[igorsMistress]

G'morning cafe.

Thanks for the cuppa Shadrach. It's great of you to rescue those poor chickens. They're lucky to have you.

Have a great Friday everyone

 

[Shadrach]

Oh arrr, I meant to say @igorsMistress, where is this mood music thread?
Coffee is cold now.