Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Another great special Shad card.

Tax from someone else’s flock we encountered during a small hike last Sunday. View attachment 4064011

Chickens on a desert. I wonder if they ever get let out poor creatures.

 

[Sally PB]

Visited the place with the chickens.

I'm very glad you did.

 

[BDutch]

Chickens on a desert. I wonder if they ever get let out poor creatures.

Most people keep chickens in a coop with a run on bare dirt bc chickens turn grass into bare dirt within a few months. The size of the run is rarely big enough to give grasses and herbs a chance. Free ranging is not standard. Maybe even forbidden until spring bc of the bird flu.

Info from government site: From 20 November 2024, a national shielding obligation will apply to hobbyists. This obligation is in place because the risk of infection is greater than in previous months.

 

[RoyalChick]

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Nice. I haven’t tried that. I will keep a look out for it.

 

[Shadrach]

Nice. I haven’t tried that. I will keep a look out for it.

It's a limited edition so not easy to find at a sensible price.

 

[notabitail]

Chickens on a desert. I wonder if they ever get let out poor creatures.

Sad thing here is that I live in a literal desert, and all the grass died in the backyard when the siblings dug it all up, and it never came back. My sister grew some grass last year by the coop that worked quite well, and she grew some on my side of the yard, but it seems like plants just die over here. My trees have done alright though. I may have to see about adding some ground cover back here, though that will be a pain with my monsters.

 

[Shadrach]

Most people keep chickens in a coop with a run

I don't think this is true. Reading BYC one might be tempted to believe this.
Much of the rest of the world still keep chickens free ranging, or at least ranging. In many countries, chickens are put to full use, even in the villages with no individual gardens.
Don't be misled by the prefered model here on BYC. Not only is it not a good model, over half of what people keep chicken for is wasted. Bear in mind that most of the world can't afford the look what daddy/hubby/I made, it only cost a few grand coops.

 

[BDutch]

I don't think this is true. Reading BYC one might be tempted to believe this.
Much of the rest of the world still keep chickens free ranging, or at least ranging. In many countries, chickens are put to full use, even in the villages with no individual gardens.
Don't be misled by the prefered model here on BYC. Not only is it not a good model, over half of what people keep chicken for is wasted. Bear in mind that most of the world can't afford the look what daddy/hubby/I made, it only cost a few grand coops.

Maybe you are right about free ranging chickens for England. But from what I have seen , is free ranging not common practice in the Netherlands, Germany and France.

 

[fuzzi]

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Spoilsport.

 

[fuzzi]

The no fowl language rule on BYC is a rule I support in general.

Fixed it for you!