Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

I just harvested my first fig of the year (having spotted a blackbird tucking into one with gusto); they are ripening at least 2 weeks earlier than hitherto, thanks to the good spring we had this year I guess. I only recently learned that a fig is an inside-out flower (long noticed the weird inside, but never really stopped to consider why it was that way), and that it's a really important fruit tree as a lot of birds and mammals eat them.

 

[RoyalChick]

I just harvested my first fig of the year (having spotted a blackbird tucking into one with gusto); they are ripening at least 2 weeks earlier than hitherto, thanks to the good spring we had this year I guess. I only recently learned that a fig is an inside-out flower (long noticed the weird inside, but never really stopped to consider why it was that way), and that it's a really important fruit tree as a lot of birds and mammals eat them.

Wow that is very early.
Did you also learn about the fig wasp and its role in pollination? And why therefore there is a hole at the bottom of the fig?
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml

 

[Perris]

Wow that is very early.
Did you also learn about the fig wasp and its role in pollination? And why therefore there is a hole at the bottom of the fig?
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml

yes I did; it's an amazing co-evolution story. Tough on some of the female wasps though.

 

[BDutch]

fluffycrow said:
Said hatcheries do not allow you to purchase from them unless you get at least one male with your pullets.

Nothing to clap for imho.
Or….
Are you going to change the ordinances for keeping roosters all over the world Shad?

In all EU countries it is not allowed to post/ship chicks. Only allowed to pick up or with personal delivery.

@C Siena
If you search for people who sell hatchery eggs or chickens on Craig’s list you can inform about their chickens. Do they have broodies? Maybe buy an older broody or a mama with a few chicks. Having contact with other BYC keepers often gives opportunities to get what you want.

I have no rooster. Its not allowed within the city/village most places in the Netherlands . I bought hatchery eggs almost every time I want more chickens . Bc I love to see how my broodies are committed to brood and raise chicks. And to avoid a complicated quarantine.

Once I put an add out to sell a few male chicks. But sold a mama hen with two little boys to someone who was very pleased with them. I also sold brooder raised chick several times.

I have one RIR that shouldn’t go broody according to the online breed info. But she did several times. Maybe bc it’s contagious, she saw other hens doing it.

 

[SimpleJenn]

My blue cream legbar is thinking about going broody, boy does she SCREECH

Again, wrong nests for it. I will not allow them to use the tall nest boxes for brooding, there are lower ones more suited. Maybe they need curtains to give privacy or something...

 

[SimpleJenn]

Now I'm imagining an Ayam Cemani/ blue crested legbar cross...that would be a cute bird!

 

[C Siena]

Nothing to clap for imho.
Or….
Are you going to change the ordinances for keeping roosters all over the world Shad?

In all EU countries it is not allowed to post/ship chicks. Only allowed to pick up or with personal delivery.

@C Siena
If you search for people who sell hatchery eggs or chickens on Craig’s list you can inform about their chickens. Do they have broodies? Maybe buy an older broody or a mama with a few chicks. Having contact with other BYC keepers often gives opportunities to get what you want.

I have no rooster. Its not allowed within the city/village most places in the Netherlands . I bought hatchery eggs almost every time I want more chickens . Bc I love to see how my broodies are committed to brood and raise chicks. And to avoid a complicated quarantine.

Once I put an add out to sell a few male chicks. But sold a mama hen with two little boys to someone who was very pleased with them. I also sold brooder raised chick several times.

I have one RIR that shouldn’t go broody according to the online breed info. But she did several times. Maybe bc it’s contagious, she saw other hens doing it.

I know a young boy, just turned 16, whose family raises pigs and shows at the local and state fair. He has been breeding select varieties (bantam cochins, a couple other bantams (slips my mind right now) Marans and just began with Black Australorp) for almost 2 years. Nice youth and shows at many fairs and just won some ribbons/titles at a local fair, again.

I'm reading about the Australorp breed as a possibility for broody.

He sells hatching eggs and chicks of all his breeds. I will also check other breeds and breeders. Our current chicken breeds are not broody...though the Sapphire Gem is spending an inordinate amount of time in the nest box the past couple of weeks. She is 26 months.

We live in the country/rural on 20 acres, 750' from the road. We can have all the roosters we want.

Thanks for the information.

 

[SimpleJenn]

I know a young boy, just turned 16, whose family raises pigs and shows at the local and state fair. He has been breeding select varieties (bantam cochins, a couple other bantams (slips my mind right now) Marans and just began with Black Australorp) for almost 2 years. Nice youth and shows at many fairs and just won some ribbons/titles at a local fair, again.

I'm reading about the Australorp breed as a possibility for broody.

He sells hatching eggs and chicks of all his breeds. I will also check other breeds and breeders. Our current chicken breeds are not broody...though the Sapphire Gem is spending an inordinate amount of time in the nest box the past couple of weeks. She is 26 months.

We live in the country/rural on 20 acres, 750' from the road. We can have all the roosters we want.

Thanks for the information.

I love bantam cochins, they're such sweet little bowling balls. I almost bought a pair of calico bantam cockerels early this summer.
The way I see it, any individual hen may have the mothering gene. I've even seen posts where leghorns and production reds have gone broody and successfully raised chicks!
As tax, more sweet Beans
She has bukbukked at her chicks to come over to me, but they aren't brave enough.

 

[Skyeknight]

My blue cream legbar is thinking about going broody, boy does she SCREECH

Now I'm imagining an Ayam Cemani/ blue crested legbar cross...that would be a cute bird!

She looks similar to my mutt a few generations removed from a Polish. Don't know what other breeds she is, but I have crossed her to my Ayam Cemani rooster.

Chicks are a month old in this picture. Now the question is can you spot the only rooster chick? Supposed to sexlinked with both fibro inhibitor and barring (also inhibits fibro), but his comb has darkened up quite a bit.

This post is about those chicks. All the way on the right is a SilkieXCemani cross, second from right is a rooster and the other three are pullets. So female chicks would probably look very similar to them. Still wondering how the rooster chick will turn out colour wise.

 

[MrsNorthie]

The latest series are no longer with DI Perez, Still great, maybe even better.

Www-info: 'Shetland' lead actor Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez is replaced by 'Agatha Raisin' star Ashley Jensen as DI Ruth Calder (BBC/AcornTV)

I don't know about better, but I really like like the series. We don't get it live here, it is on the streaming service, "BritBox", and I always start over with Series 1, Episode 1, when a new series is about to drop, it makes it last longer..LOL