Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ChaosMom]

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Showing off my handsome boys.

(and pretty pullets)

I love that the roos have speckles too! Roosters so often have coloring so different from the hens that I never recognize them as the same breed. Light Sussexes are another example of similar coloring.

 

[Shadrach]

I love that the roos have speckles too! Roosters so often have coloring so different from the hens that I never recognize them as the same breed. Light Sussexes are another example of similar coloring.

One of the biggest difference between male and female for me was when I saw my first Red Sex Link rooster.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am a huge fan of his. I was impressed by this
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/aristotle/histanimals6.html (sections 1-3) before I had chickens. Now I know so much more about them, I am flabbergasted at his powers of observation and attention to detail.

That description of the development of the chick foetus was written about 2,400 years before this https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/embryonic-development-day-by-day
and without the benefit of optical lenses or, easily overlooked, any reference work, because they didn't exist before Aristotle. Really astonishing. He truly deserves the moniker the Father of Biology. Very impressive on a lot of other things too, not least politics. His colleague Theophrastus did the plants (hence now known as the Father of Botany). I sometimes think science stalled / withered after them because they were too hard an act to follow.

Saving this for later. Have to run and do chores in town - I am not a fan of going into town!

 

[ChaosMom]

One of the biggest difference between male and female for me was when I saw my first Red Sex Link rooster.

I had to go look that up. That is crazy!

 

[fluffycrow]

I am a huge fan of his. I was impressed by this
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/aristotle/histanimals6.html (sections 1-3) before I had chickens. Now I know so much more about them, I am flabbergasted at his powers of observation and attention to detail.

That description of the development of the chick foetus was written about 2,400 years before this https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/embryonic-development-day-by-day
and without the benefit of optical lenses or, easily overlooked, any reference work, because they didn't exist before Aristotle. Really astonishing. He truly deserves the moniker the Father of Biology. Very impressive on a lot of other things too, not least politics. His colleague Theophrastus did the plants (hence now known as the Father of Botany). I sometimes think science stalled / withered after them because they were too hard an act to follow.

Agreed. I don’t think there are words to describe how brilliant he actually was.

It truly is astonishing to think that what we are just starting to regain with modern technology and (as mentioned) millions of references, what has already been theorised and documented by philosophers and sophists two thousand years ago or more, as in the case of Heraclitus (hope that’s how it’s spelled in English ).

Thank you for this great link! I’ll have to go and read through it even more thoroughly later

 

[fluffycrow]

Tax payment that I’d much rather not be making.

Today one of the senior hens in the Tsouloufati group was dead in the nest box. Seemingly fine last night. Haven’t had a nest box death since having a group full of ISA browns. She sleeps in the nest boxes, so I’m not convinced it’s reproductive health-related.

She wasn’t a particularly old hen, nearing 5, if I’m not mistaken. Thankfully (if there’s something to be thankful for in this situation), she wasn’t not head hen, so her loss in not completely devastating to the group, or Kolovos

A few throwback photos of her; she was not one to enjoy the spotlight, both from people and other birds

 

[Molpet]

Tax payment that I’d much rather not be making.

Today one of the senior hens in the Tsouloufati group was dead in the nest box. Seemingly fine last night. Haven’t had a nest box death since having a group full of ISA browns. She sleeps in the nest boxes, so I’m not convinced it’s reproductive health-related.
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She wasn’t a particularly old hen, nearing 5, if I’m not mistaken. Thankfully (if there’s something to be thankful for in this situation), she wasn’t not head hen, so her loss in not completely devastating to the group, or KolovosView attachment 4082457A few throwback photos of her; she was not one to enjoy the spotlight, both from people and other birds

Sorry for your loss

 

[Perris]

let's hope it was swift and painless, whatever it was that took her in the night.

 

[Molpet]

When I was a kid, there was a rat problem on the neighboring dairy farm. We had a extra large cat named Terrible Tom. He was the only cat I knew of that could kill a full grown rat. He would pile them up near their barn door. They would reward him by put food out for our cat when they seen he was tired of catching rats. He was very appreciated by everyone.

 

[no fly zone]

wow - you know that could explain it. Thank you so much.

If curiosity gets the better of me (and I forget the adage about cats in this regard) I might just fish it out the bin and take a close look....

at the 20 second mark you can see where the spray of blood hits the ground