Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[thistlewick]

omg they are all bantams? those little crows lol

Someone dumped some chickens and they're thriving hahahaah

 

[no fly zone]

https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/05/26/roaming-roosters-claim-the-streets-of-miami

I consider Miami home. I miss it.

 

[fluffycrow]

Like privets. I hate privets, they take over the yard once planted. Severely invasive.

Good to know; I had added them to my list of plants to look into for cover. So far they seemed to tick quite a few boxes, but I guess the chickens will have to do without them.

I’m way out of my depth here. If only chickens liked succulents

 

[no fly zone]

omg they are all bantams? those little crows lol

Someone dumped some chickens and they're thriving hahahaah

Someone in our apt building had a rooster back in 2018. Little did I know I'd have chickens myself a year later.

 

[Perris]

Good to know; I had added them to my list of plants to look into for cover. So far they seemed to tick quite a few boxes, but I guess the chickens will have to do without them.

I’m way out of my depth here. If only chickens liked succulents

Have you got Oleander, either on your list or already growing there? I would expect it to offer good cover/ shade (though not forage).

 

[fluffycrow]

Have you got Oleander, either on your list or already growing there? I would expect it to offer good cover/ shade (though not forage).

It’s already growing in multiple parts of the property, and I think it would work great! I was a bit apprehensive about adding it to the list, as it seems to be quite poisonous.

The chickens don’t frequent the parts of the property with oleander growing, but the dogs and feral cats do, and have had no ill effects. I’d really appreciate some personal experience here, as I imagine the plant will be treated/used quite differently by the chickens, compared to the dogs and cats

 

[thistlewick]

It’s already growing in multiple parts of the property, and I think it would work great! I was a bit apprehensive about adding it to the list, as it seems to be quite poisonous.

The chickens don’t frequent the parts of the property with oleander growing, but the dogs and feral cats do, and have had no ill effects. I’d really appreciate some personal experience here, as I imagine the plant will be treated/used quite differently by the chickens, compared to the dogs and cats

fwiw Fluffy I have a hedge that is covered in privet -- out here in NC when I bought the land it was already fully grown up and thick as you can get, it's a great visual barrier as I built my house out back behind it on the pasture.

It's a great hedge, it has several cedar and elm trees in it as well and the chickens LOVE IT as cover and honestly its the safest place for them since they free range all day. They can bust out of the hedge to forage on the lawns if they like, but a lot of the time, they spend it in the hedge, dust bathing and relaxing in the shade (it gets HOT here in central NC, hotter and more humid than where you're at)

This is it in the winter - cedar is evergreen but its still nice and thick and a cover barrier.

 

[fluffycrow]

fwiw Fluffy I have a hedge that is covered in privet -- out here in NC when I bought the land it was already fully grown up and thick as you can get, it's a great visual barrier as I built my house out back behind it on the pasture.

It's a great hedge, it has several cedar and elm trees in it as well and the chickens LOVE IT as cover and honestly its the safest place for them since they free range all day. They can bust out of the hedge to forage on the lawns if they like, but a lot of the time, they spend it in the hedge, dust bathing and relaxing in the shade (it gets HOT here in central NC, hotter and more humid than where you're at)

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This is it in the winter - cedar is evergreen but its still nice and thick and a cover barrier.

Thanks! Sounds like exactly what I’m looking to add. Hearing that it’s quite invasive does scare me. While I do want more cover for the chickens, I’m not sure I want to get to that point at the expense of native plants and pollinators

 

[Perris]

It’s already growing in multiple parts of the property, and I think it would work great! I was a bit apprehensive about adding it to the list, as it seems to be quite poisonous.

The chickens don’t frequent the parts of the property with oleander growing, but the dogs and feral cats do, and have had no ill effects. I’d really appreciate some personal experience here, as I imagine the plant will be treated/used quite differently by the chickens, compared to the dogs and cats

It is poisonous, but only if eaten, and almost nothing eats it because it's very bitter, I read. I believe it's native where you are (won't grow here, too cold and wet) so your Tsouloufati and it go way back together. I would think it'd make great chicken cover from aerial predators and the sun, and look magnificent while doing it.

 

[thistlewick]

Thanks! Sounds like exactly what I’m looking to add. Hearing that it’s quite invasive does scare me. While I do want more cover for the chickens, I’m not sure I want to get to that point at the expense of native plants and pollinators

It's invasive to the US -- not to Europe, where it's a native plant. There is also a native variety to Asia as well -- so it is only 'invasive' to North America