Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

They won't fix derelict buildings in the city though.

Can't make money off those.

 

[no fly zone]

I hate lights at night. Especially bright ones.

I have to sleep with an eye mask on because the street lights here are ridiculously bright.

 

[no fly zone]

Between the two of them, Chippy & Skeksis Jr hatched out one chick.

 

[MrsNorthie]

have they much experience in that sort of habitat? Might it be naivete? Or maybe it depends also on what counts as 'long grass' in any given environment. Here they are quite happy to push through what look to me like equally dense patches of herbaceous perennials; maybe there is more clear space at their level, closer to the ground, with the perennials? So pursuing that thought, I imagine a patch of sedges or rushes or grasses that form tussocks might be more attractive than finer grasses that don't offer natural routes between clumps.

I think their comfort comes from 3 things,
1. Summer here can be hot and humid, just plain miserable. The high grass is up to my knees in most places, so well over their heads, so it offers shade, but air flow.
2. This is their land, where they grew up (the majority were hatched here. )
3. My boys are amazing. The boys all take a group of hens and stay with them, they get them under cover if a predator flies anywhere near and because the are really only a few feet from the front door, we are in and out all day, with the egg thief mowing, or taking the dogs for a walk (they urinate in strategic places which may help too. 3 dogs, going potty several times a day would intimidate predators that use scent.), ground predators steer clear, and if I hear anything untoward, night or day, I am out the door and patrolling..lol so they just feel safe.

We have huts with roosts in a couple of places to give them cover too. We have mostly proper hay field grass and weeds, some of which get kind of reedy as they mature. I will try to get some picture over the weekend. I just never think to take the camera or the phone out with me because usually, I am just in a hurry to see them. (of course, then they do something cute or funny and I think, "wish I had my camera.." )

 

[notabitail]

I have to sleep with an eye mask on because the street lights here are ridiculously bright.

Here they replaced the street lights with birght cold ugly LEDs.

The old next door neighbor moved away, and the new ones have a blazing bright cold LED porch light that auto-dims depending on motion, and it goes on and off CONSTANTLY.