Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

54 sunny 90% humidity feels like 54 rain 1%.

Have a great day!

 

[BDutch]

Spotted beautiful mushrooms in the forest today during a little hike.

 

[Shadrach]

Why, thank you very much! He must be photogenic because in real life, I would describe him as goofy, awkward, lanky, funny, but not gorgeous .

Sorry I didn't make myself clear : they have access to crushed egg shells and that is what the rooster was eating, on top of the supposedly 4.5 % calcium layer feed.

These are very wet hens! I didn't consider it before seeing this photo but that many damp chickens in such a small place must make it quite humid inside the coop.

It does which is why I clean it daily. Plus we are using shredded paper bedding which stays damp.

 

[Shadrach]

I've been busy. Families meeting friends and family spread all over Bristol. A wise policy in my book is not to let the various factions talk too much before they've got to know the person they are talking to a bit. This requires acivity. In my younger days this may well have involved the stiffest hike the eldset could cope with or some other sport type acivity; anything that keeps them slightly out of breath works well.
Saturday there was an age range from 32 to 70. One of the City guided tours seemed appropriate so that's what we did.
I'm not going to go through the stories associated with each picture. If anyone is that interested they have the city and enough info in the picture to find the history on the internet.
This is the oldest pub in Bristol. Blackbeard the privateer used to drink here.

This is one of Banksy's pieces of street art.

Not Banksy.

Cavalier and Roundhead having a dual. This is linked to Cromwell dismantling Bristol castle stone by stone.

Very expensive houses.

The last surviving section of the city wall.

A couple of interesting buildings with history.

I have no idea why this picture is in black and white.
Another of Blackbeards haunts and also the pub where Daniel Defoe met a real live castaway on which the story is loosley based.

 

[Shadrach]

It was mostly dry with occasional bursts of sunshine when I set off for the allotments. It started raining when I got there, stopped for half an hour and then carried on until after I had left. They did get out but weren't interested in staying out in the rain. Most of us sat in the new coop, me and a couple of others on the roost bar. I was just waitng for some smart arse to come along and ask me if I didn't think I was taking this chickens stuff a bit far.

A donated bag of layers pellets from one of the allotment holders.

Another label for you @Perris .

 

[BDutch]

I've been busy. Families meeting friends and family spread all over Bristol. A wise policy in my book is not to let the various factions talk too much before they've got to know the person they are talking to a bit. This requires acivity. In my younger days this may well have involved the stiffest hike the eldset could cope with or some other sport type acivity; anything that keeps them slightly out of breath works well.
Saturday there was an age range from 32 to 70. One of the City guided tours seemed appropriate so that's what we did.
I'm not going to go through the stories associated with each picture. If anyone is that interested they have the city and enough info in the picture to find the history on the internet.
This is the oldest pub in Bristol. Blackbeard the privateer used to drink here.View attachment 3300613
This is one of Banksy's pieces of street art.
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Not Banksy.
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Cavalier and Roundhead having a dual. This is linked to Cromwell dismantling Bristol castle stone by stone.
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Very expensive houses.
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The last surviving section of the city wall.
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A couple of interesting buildings with history.
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I have no idea why this picture is in black and white.
Another of Blackbeards haunts and also the pub where Daniel Defoe met a real live castaway on which the story is loosley based.
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I hope you enjoyed this day with family And friends. Bristol looks amazing. Great pics! Must be an interesting city for a visit.

I’ve made a few trips London and SE England. But never been that far to the west.

 

[MaryJanet]

me and a couple of others on the roost bar

Hey, any port in a storm.

A human seat among the hens is very handy.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I sit on one edge of table to fill water buckets ..
Evening all X Batts been a few days new computer can actually start paying tax again tomorrow.

 

[Perris]

This is the oldest pub in Bristol. Blackbeard the privateer used to drink here.

Isn't it odd how we remember the rogues? I was recently in a pub in London that claimed to be the oldest licensed premises there, and it counted Dick Turpin among its clientele. I guess it helps us form a quick mental picture of what things looked like at that sort of date.

 

[Perris]

Saw Amadeo dancing round Neath this morning ... he may still have yet to crow, but his hormones are flowing - and he seems to have skipped the jerk teen phase and gone straight to behaving like a proper gentleman roo