Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

what do you mean with adding tests?

In the past I had sometimes trouble with adding pictures, But then I found that being in this mode:View attachment 3502420
makes it impossible to post pictures.
It is a mode to change things in the code.

I think it's a typo for text

 

[Shadrach]

what do you mean with adding tests?

In the past I had sometimes trouble with adding pictures, But then I found that being in this mode:View attachment 3502420
makes it impossible to post pictures.
It is a mode to change things in the code.

Ooops adding text.

 

[BDutch]

Tax for answering a test question

The mama’s tell the chicks to come out to the run. But the doorstep is way too high for them. They walked up and down the ramp to see were they should stand for ‘ Open Sesame’

 

[Shadrach]

Four hours today. Around 13C and it stayed dry.
Henry in the bath with a couple of his hens.

Helping to weed the fruit bush patch.

Ella waiting for me to dig up something interesting, preferably edible.

Lima standing still for a moment. A rare occurrence when it comes to Lima. She's looked fit as a fiddle today. Everywhere at a trot.

Everyone settled down for the night in the coop extension. I put Henry on the ramp again tonight. The hens followed with a bit of a nudge.

Getting there. I've got garlic on the other side of the fruit bushes in a small patch.

 

[Iluveggers]

Figure I owe some lurking tax. Been very busy and not posting much!

A few of our farm chickens:

 

[TropicalChickies]

Four hours today. Around 13C and it stayed dry.
Henry in the bath with a couple of his hens.
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Helping to weed the fruit bush patch.
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Ella waiting for me to dig up something interesting, preferably edible.
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Lima standing still for a moment. A rare occurrence when it comes to Lima. She's looked fit as a fiddle today. Everywhere at a trot.
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Everyone settled down for the night in the coop extension. I put Henry on the ramp again tonight. The hens followed with a bit of a nudge.
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Getting there. I've got garlic on the other side of the fruit bushes in a small patch.
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Good for Lima! Hooray, I'm rooting for her. She looks like she's seen it all, and is happy to be alive.

My Butchie had a good day yesterday too. She has (I think) ovarian cysts and false layer syndrome. She's nearly three and stopped laying eight months ago. Her last eggs were either soft, bleached white, or misshapen. She laid regularly before her illness, but now she has belly bloat (gas, not ascites) and muddy and sometimes watery poo. She's highly susceptible to bad yeasts and bacteria and her crop backs up if I don't control her diet, but there's nothing wrong with the crop itself. I suspect ovarian cysts are putting pressure on her intestines and slowing down her digestion. Recently, I've been giving her a tablespoon of either flax or chia seeds soaked in turmeric tea (until it gets gooey) every day and that seems to be helping to keep her hydrated and with processing her food. She cannot tolerate commerical chicken feed at all, so she eats sardines or egg with cooked sweet potato or quinoa.

She's a labor of love but she gives all of it back and more. She still enjoys life as long as I keep her from gorging on compost or anything that messes up her weakened digestion. Her favorite occupation is chatting with me and perching on the back of my chair while I "peck" at my phone or computer keypad. I often wonder what she would type...

My time with Butchie and my other chickens prompted a little essay about my novice but sincere observations and appreciation of them. Perhaps some of you would like to read it. I'm really grateful for all of the wisdom and experiences shared here on this thread.

https://www.sdvforest.com/sustainable-storytime/for-the-love-ofchickens

 

[TropicalChickies]

Lurking tax as well. Been very busy with farm work and helping the two new mamas with the little ones, making sure they get time outside but don't get lost in the bush. It's a jungle out here (literally). Yesterday I fashioned some larger mobile enclosures so I can move them around and keep the two mama hens out of each other's sights -- now that they each have kids (or a kid in Patucha's case), they suddenly hate each other. This morning is pissing down rain, so hopefully it clears up so I can give them outdoor time. They aren't "cooped" up. Each mama and chicks has its own enclosure on the ground with their nest, but with the big wide world to explore, they want out!

Tina and her three little ones are going great. The early hatchling (Primo) is healthy and integrated.

Meet little Solo. Only one of Patucha's eggs hatched early on day 21. By early morning on Day 23 the three other eggs were smelly, one was sweating brown goo, I got them out of there, very glad none exploded on Solo. It took Patucha two days to accept that the eggs were gone and Solo was solo. But she kept Solo warm and half heartedly showed him how to eat. She was pale and thin and I was worried. Solo was amazing, calm like a little Buddha, he wobbled right up to me on day 2 to eat from my hand. But I really wanted mama to snap out of her depressed daze.

2 days ago I took them out together and put them under a big basket in the dust bathing area, which did her a world of good. I cleaned out and put fresh sand and grass clippings in her nest. I also managed to examine her and found some lice which I drowned with mild sulfur soap solution and gave her some vitamins. As long as I kept her and Solo close together and in direct sight of each other, she stayed calm. When I put them back together, she finally made those contented cooing mama hen sounds. Yesterday she was calm, motherly, and invested in Solo's upbringing. It was good to see.

Meanwhile Tina's crew are starting to roughhouse a bit and find little sticks to practice roosting. Fun to watch.

Two different hens, two totally different brooding and hatching experiences happening side by side, six days apart. Really interesting.

Patucha and Solo, yesterday.

Garden and jungle.

 

[TropicalChickies]

Speaking of roosters, here's a few of our young roostersView attachment 3501708son of the recently deceased Big Boy. Broke my heart to bury him.View attachment 3501709son of our old Silky rooster and his BR henView attachment 3501710the brown rooster is son of our silkie rooster and his BO hen

They are fabulous! What an attitude on the Silkie BR. He looks like John Travolta striking a pose in Saturday Night Fever.

 

[RoyalChick]

Good for Lima! Hooray, I'm rooting for her. She looks like she's seen it all, and is happy to be alive.

My Butchie had a good day yesterday too. She has (I think) ovarian cysts and false layer syndrome. She's nearly three and stopped laying eight months ago. Her last eggs were either soft, bleached white, or misshapen. She laid regularly before her illness, but now she has belly bloat (gas, not ascites) and muddy and sometimes watery poo. She's highly susceptible to bad yeasts and bacteria and her crop backs up if I don't control her diet, but there's nothing wrong with the crop itself. I suspect the pressure from the ovarian cysts is putting pressure on her intestines and slowing down her digestion. Recently, I've been giving her a tablespoon of either flax or chia seeds soaked in turmeric tea (until it gets gooey) every day and that seems to be helping to keep her hydrated and with processing her food. She cannot tolerate commerical chicken feed at all, so she eats sardines or egg with cooked sweet potato or quinoa.

She's a labor of love but she gives all of it back and more. She still enjoys life as long as I keep her from gorging on compost or anything that messes up her weakened digestion. Her favorite occupation is chatting with me and perching on the back of my chair while I "peck" at my phone or computer keypad. I often wonder what she would type...

My time with Butchie and my other chickens prompted a little essay about my novice but sincere observations and appreciation of them. Perhaps some of you would like to read it. I'm really grateful for all of the wisdom and experiences shared here on this thread.

https://www.sdvforest.com/sustainable-storytime/for-the-love-ofchickens
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That is a lovely piece of writing. I think you should enter it for the BYC short story competition. I know you already posted it, but this is a different audience.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Temperature is in the 70s.

Have a great day!