Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

So fun story…today my dog started barking her head off and I looked out to see a guy up in the trees under the power lines spraying something on the bushes (which had just been brush-hogged a few days ago). I resisted the urge to load the shotgun because I saw the electric company truck on the road but went out and hollered “can I help you!?” He didn’t speak English. But his boss told me if I don’t want the power company spraying herbicide on my property I need to call them and let them know. He assured me it is safe for animals but added they don’t spray it where cows are. I guess I need a bull to protect my chickens from poison.

That's wild you have to do so much extra to stop them from spraying poison all over the place.

 

[no fly zone]

“Your call is VERY important to us!!”

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

That's wild you have to do so much extra to stop them from spraying poison all over the place.

A friend of ours said they are supposed to stop when I ask them to (he does similar work) so that’s another thing to call and complain about.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

We are looking into leaving our acreage to a nature conservancy. It's something we've wanted to do to make sure our land doesn't end up with a bunch of houses on it.

About 25 years ago, one of the farm fields on our road was for sale, 60 acres. We didn't have the money to buy it. Who usually buys that much land? Farmers and developers. Fortunately, a farmer bought it. As much as I don't like him using herbicides/pesticides, at least he rotates his crops and plants about half of it in alfalfa for 2-3 seasons. It's hay for his cows, but it also helps the soil.

And he didn't put 20-30 houses out there. Hopefully he/his children don't do that before hubby and I shuffle off this mortal coil. We are never moving. As I've said, I'll leave here horizontally.

Definitely leave it to a nature conservancy or something along those lines! We moved here to 3 acres 31 years ago. For 30 years the land behind us - maybe 70 acres? - was pasture, with occasional cows. Then a neighborhood of small houses was built. That was bad enough. Then a development of rental units, with maybe 5 feet of backyards were built along with a giant junior school. Meanwhile, 30 acres next to us with 2 big ponds was sold to a multi miollionare. My 3 boys grew up roaming on land that's all developed or sold off.
I'll hush now and go back to plotting my fence so I can let the girls out.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

...The data shows a “big polarisation” where the south east of England becomes a much more brutal environment for agriculture and the north and west far more fertile. In other words, we can mostly still grow what we’re used to, but just the location will need to change."
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysi...e-uk-grow-as-temperatures-rise/708066.article

And so now, metaphorically, humans will follow the flora, fauna, and the rest to higher elevations and higher latitudes in order to find the conditions in which farming specifically can thrive. We have the advantage of easier travel from one area to another than most other organisms, but we'll still need to compete with those already in the new areas (current residents, land devoted to factories, best access to transportation and waterways) in order to keep growing the same crops.

It will take some intensive planning and maybe zoning to ensure that land can be available for agricultural development in currently non-agricultural areas in your north and west, while still preserving the rights of current residents and businesses to continue.

Climate migration at a micro level, here we are.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

A friend of ours said they are supposed to stop when I ask them to (he does similar work) so that’s another thing to call and complain about.

And that all workers will carry a bilingual chart or something that can be used to communicate between workers and homeowners. You point to "stop, don't spray", and the workers can read it in their own language.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Oh lawd, this is amazing! I'm still laughing a half hour later.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Companies should just start using this as hold music.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

We give ours electrolytes in their water when it is hot, refresh the water multiple times a day and wet the ground so that it is cooling as it evaporates.

We installed a fan with a mister in front of it, from the ceiling. The fan runs any time it's 89 or so degrees until evening when I hopefully remember to unplug it. I flip the mister on when it hits maybe 93 and it runs for an hour or so.
I take them a waterer with frozen water bottles and added ice inside. They absolutely love it, which I find interesting
DH is an engineer who enjoys installing things like the fan and mister.
They still sometimes hold their wings out, even with all of this going on.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

Breezy had either a heart attack or heat stroke and died as I went out to check on him.

So sorry!