Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fluffycrow]

17 weeks. Certified Cockerel. Very heavy and reacts visibly to a fake crow. He's attempted to mount a hen once (and failed). Crows loud and clear every morning.

Aha! So I was indeed correct! It is neither! As you said, it's a cockerel. So neither a rooster nor a hen! And no, I should not feel so proud of myself for such an obvious thing that you yourself recognise. But oh well

 

[notabitail]

17 weeks. Certified Cockerel. Very heavy and reacts visibly to a fake crow. He's attempted to mount a hen once (and failed). Crows loud and clear every morning.

He's here to stay even though we didn't order him in the first place. I hope he enables us to not have to order any chooks anymore.

 

[notabitail]

Aha! So I was indeed correct! It is neither! As you said, it's a cockerel. So neither a rooster nor a hen! And no, I should not feel so proud of myself for such an obvious thing that you yourself recognise. But oh well

It's a baby rooster. Did I forget to mention that?

 

[fuzzi]

It's no good. I'll have to sign off for a bit and go and read a some media propoganda to correctly realign my political views. Be back after reading the news.

Read the "news"?!?!?

Why torture yourself?

 

[MrsNorthie]

Phew, that's more like it. I listen to them on the stereo from time to time.

Do you like the Oysterband?

I love music and have loves in almost every genre.

 

[Shadrach]

He's here to stay even though we didn't order him in the first place. I hope he enables us to not have to order any chooks anymore.

I've never had to worry about whether a chicken is male or female. Having never had to keep a single sex group it hasn't been of any importance.

I know they are hens when they lay an egg, mostly, apart from the ones that don't lay eggs but are still female and crow.
No good asking me about the breeds that one sees commonly on this forum either. I know a bit about the breeds I've looked after and others I am interested in but the rest...I'm not only clueless, I'm also not interested.

 

[fuzzi]

There is nothing like living with cats to teach a person that they are not the master. I had four, sadly now only three, and I know my place.

 

[notabitail]

I've never had to worry about whether a chicken is male or female. Having never had to keep a single sex group it hasn't been of any importance.

I know they are hens when they lay an egg, mostly, apart from the ones that don't lay eggs but are still female and crow.
No good asking me about the breeds that one sees commonly on this forum either. I know a bit about the breeds I've looked after and others I am interested in but the rest...I'm not only clueless, I'm also not interested.

I don't care if a chicken is male or female. I love them all.
I think we do need more roos. One is not enough for the 13 hens (according to Shad ratio).

 

[notabitail]

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I won't get used to the idea

 

[Shadrach]

Do you like the Oysterband?

I love music and have loves in almost every genre.

Nope.
In general I like very little that could fall into the catagory of folk music. I'm a headbanger/funk/modern jazz and acid jazz, hip hop, listener. I don't like much of the love song genre and I don't like much of the single singer/songwriter stuff such as Norah Jones and the ilk. I do like some ambient music and some Scandinavian pop. I'm not much of a fan of what gets called soft rock.
I'm not an aging hippy type of person.
I like classical music but not on the stereo. Two channel playback just doesn't do it justice. I used to go to a lot of classical performances.
I like dance from ballet to breakdance. I like art from sculpture to paintings and have many original, probably worthless pieces on my walls.
I've done a bit myself.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/shadrachs-lamps.1272460/

I don't play any instruments, something I feel I should have learnt, don't drive or like cars, I've had motorbikes and trucks most of my life. I don't drink except as a guest, or sometimes with guests and at Christmas when I get very drunk for a few days. I like expensive clothes but not fashion. I have never kept a pet and wouldn't still.
I'm most of the words that end in "ist" that are not popular it seems in Western society (one could start with rationalist and keep going) and I don't like the species I belong to.

There you go. Don't let any of the above put you off posting whatever tastes in the above you may have.