Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kcan2]

Hang on, Henry! February is almost over!

 

[MrsNorthie]

We need that on a T-shirt.

I couldn't find a t-shirt but I found a site where you could make your own. www.zazzle.com

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[lightm]

I, a complete stranger, cried when I read that you had to leave Catalonia. I don't know you or the tribes, but I do know chickens as friends, and how hard it is to find others who see chickens this way, which meant you were leaving your friends to uncertain care. It was tragic that you had to leave them.

The few updates you've shared have been very upsetting. I'm sorry for you and them.

Shad's story about the ends of Major and his daughter was a real tearjerker.

Same. I cried so much over the tribe and Shad's departure. Reading all these posts, I felt his bond with the tribe is so deep that I, as a reader, couldn't bear the departure. My heart was broken. I also cried over a lot of tribe stories he wrote.

After reading the last few pages, my heart is broken yet again. I think RC makes a good point that some may very well gone feral.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

Thanks for all the good wishes everyone. I'm okay, just angry more than anything else. I had ten unbelievable years with the tribes so things like this are a small price to pay; there's always a price isn't there...

As one might expect, I didn't get to the field with the most positive of attitudes. The bus journey didn't help. Lots of African and Asian people travel on the first leg of my journey to the allotments. The bus was full of mums with kids, pushchairs, toodlers (it's half term here) mostly from Somalia from what I could gather. Someone got on the bus with a large rottweiler which they couldn't control. The Somalians were terrified to the point of leaving their seats and crowding at the back of the bus. Dogs of any description are feared by many Asians and Africans. Should one have seen a pack of dogs in these coutries it's easy to understand why. My view is the bus driver shouldn't have let the dog on the bus.


This is what I saw when I got to the run.
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No Henry. He wasn't in the run either. I opened the back of the coop half expecting to find him dead on the floor. He was in the coop on a roost bar. He didn't look happy.
I got him of the bar and carried him out to the hens. He perked up a bit but as you can see fro his stance, all is not well.
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After half an hour I picked him up and did another inspection. Nothing untoward apart from his legs. I did his legs. He doesn't like having his legs done poor chap. I got some Rooster Booster into him. He was on my lap quite a while and I didn't think he was generating enough heat for a large chap. He waslooking a bit better a while later out with the hens.View attachment 4054074View attachment 4054075View attachment 4054076

I know you said he doesn't have bad poops, and that the following could be deemed as tired, overused advice...but I'd worm a chicken with Henry's issue.

Particularly since you know at least one other in the group recently had worms--did you end up worming all of them already?

It's possible the worms are causing irritation without diarrhea yet. Wormers like fenbendazole/Safeguard can be administered in light doses, are relatively low risk, and treat a range of worms and protozoal parasites that could be contributing to Henry's intermittent quietude.

Just throwing that out there as food for thought. Hope that sun and warmth return soon.

 

[BDutch]

I was actually searching for one, I will let you know if I find it.

There are several companies where you can order t-shirts with your own photo or design.
Like this creatorstudio

 

[Sally PB]

This describes me perfectly!

 

[fuzzi]

 

[fuzzi]

Cross-posted from my journal thread:

It's 20°F this morning, electric power still on, I am thankful. Everything is coated with ice.

The shade cloth I have on top of the hoop coop has kept the majority of winter precipitation off the ground inside the run.

 

[BDutch]

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The hens must hate the rooster for waking them up.
Or did they have a pyjama party with lots of booze?

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

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