I think a lot of people here must think I'm very anti contained chickens. I'm not and in other circumstances I might well have chickens in a run. Not all coops and particularly runs are equal.
Free ranging here has been a pretty horrific experience. It's a lot better now than it was when I got here, but I/we still lose chickens, at least two a year to predation. It was one a month when I got here.
I appreciated the dignified burial you showed in your intro post. I do similar, but with a bunch of meadow flowers and the hen with her flowers is placed carefully into a burial shroud (repurposed pillow case) before I fill the grave, plant something on the spot and place paving bricks to prevent disinternment by foxes.
 
I appreciated the dignified burial you showed in your intro post. I do similar, but with a bunch of meadow flowers and the hen with her flowers is placed carefully into a burial shroud (repurposed pillow case) before I fill the grave, plant something on the spot and place paving bricks to prevent disinternment by foxes.
That hen, Dink was her name, used to roost in a magnolia tree at night. For a couple of reasons I let her do this every night and when everyone else was shut in I would get my T pole and gently lift her out of the tree. She never fussed, I would take her off the pole and she would sit on my palm until I placed her on the roost in the coop. I did this almost every night for over 5 years.
The leaf is a magnolia leaf.
Walnuts are a favorite treat here.
 
Seeing most of the conversation is on Bob's thread this morning, can anyone answer this for me?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-it-ok-to-put-sea-grass-in-my-chicken-run.1338172/

I posted on the thread and here.

So I would ask, how significant is the difference between sea grass and sea weed? The article below endorses sea weed for chickens touting its nutritional benefits. I'm not sure why seagrass would be different.

https://www.poultryworld.net/Nutrit...enefits-of-seaweed-in-poultry-diets-2761921W/
 
That hen, Dink was her name, used to roost in a magnolia tree at night. For a couple of reasons I let her do this every night and when everyone else was shut in I would get my T pole and gently lift her out of the tree. She never fussed, I would take her off the pole and she would sit on my palm until I placed her on the roost in the coop. I did this almost every night for over 5 years.
The leaf is a magnolia leaf.
Walnuts are a favorite treat here.
Saying "thank you and farewell my friend" is the least we can do after all they give us. And a respectful burial nourishes my character and self-respect.
 
Saying "thank you and farewell my friend" is the least we can do after all they give us. And a respectful burial nourishes my character and self-respect.
I bury all except the ones we eat. Don't ask me how I can make the distinction because I don't have a rational answer.:confused:
 

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