Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Mother of Chaos]

I will always name a buff orpington Butterbird.

They just seem so buttery!

 

[SimpleJenn]

They just seem so buttery!

Soft and sweet as butter <3

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Chicken tax: The Ascent of Mount Pine Straw

 

[no fly zone]

Just hatched from a Skeksis Jr egg

 

[Shadrach]

Two hours today. Warm for March at 14C. I think Fret is laying.

 

[MrsNorthie]

GinGin is definitely giving fella. What a beautiful group of birds.

Had us guessing for months but, almost overnight, bam totally cockerel. It is just so odd, how late the traits showed through and such a cuddle bug! Luckily GinGin works both ways. LOL

 

[MrsNorthie]

Note to self: never ask others for input on chicken names.

I wanted to name the girls Whiskey, Tango, and Foxtrot. Husband vetoed.

7-year-old grandson wanted Goldie (BO), Zebra Feathers (BR), and Easter (EE). One daughter (grandson’s aunt, not his mom) hmm’d.

Son proposed the names of three Russian battleships, all masculine names. (I dunno; I just live here.)

I liked Butterball for the BO, but multiple objections were raised re: bad karma (Butterball turkeys are famous as a main course at US Thanksgiving dinners.)

Husband, after hearing that hens often get old-timey women’s names, came up with Gertrude, Lillian, and Large Marge (for the EE.) Nope nope nope.

Final names: Buttercup (BO), Trudy (BR), and Diamond Lil (EE) <- from a great song called “The Ballad of Spider John,” written and originally recorded by Willis Alan Ramsey. (Showing my age here!)

(Final names for today, anyway.)

Around here, the names just happen, based on personality. Like my Gracie, she was the biggest lap chicken before Gin Gin, but she always slid off. That can be problematic, if you ask Spud, the bestest best rooster, he should have had a better name. LOL

 

[MrsNorthie]

Soft and sweet as butter <3

They are super sweet, but I am biased.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Two hours today. Warm for March at 14C. I think Fret is laying.
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How is Henry feeling? He’s looking pretty handsome out there with the girls!

—and Go Fret!

 

[Shadrach]

He hasn't been in the coop, or roosting in the extension when I've arrived the last few days; that's a start. Like me, he struggles with the cold so this recent bout of warmer weather has done us both good. The field is a hard place to be when the weather is grim. It's easy to forget that basically during the winter he and I stand around watching the hens for a couple of hours or more. He does this all day long and even though the run offers shelter as well as the coop extension option, it's still far from tropical jungle.
He ran a few times today, at least 10 metres at shortest and once about 30 metres and that's excellent.