Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Mother of Chaos]

For info, https://www.oed.com/information/editorial-policy/how-words-enter-the-oed/?tl=true

The OED maintains a higher standard than the Cambridge Dictionary, but still adds words from all manner of sources every year. It has to, in order to preserve English as a living language rather than a dead one.

Zounds!

- which is in the OED: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/zounds_int?tl=true and was probably considered slang when it first appeared in the 1500's.

 

[RoyalChick]

Zounds!

- which is in the OED: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/zounds_int?tl=true and was probably considered slang when it first appeared in the 1500's.

Egad!

 

[tranquiliti]

We collectively owe some tax!!
Here is “Junior” in the foreground, showing his macho self to “Av” in another frame.

 

[RoyalChick]

View attachment 4200967We collectively owe some tax!!
Here is “Junior” in the foreground, showing his macho self to “Av” in another frame.

Oh my what a beautiful bird!

 

[fluffycrow]

Realizing, everyone has different preferences and different reasons for keeping chickens, I have to say, having a great rooster makes dealing with the cockerels a breeze, but there probably is a limit to the number one can raise. I do adore them. Spud is a great teacher and mostly gentle with them. It has been a real pleasure for all concerned thanks to him.

It has been so peaceful and serene, even the spring frenzy was mild. If one of the girls squawk in protest Spud and/or his second in command, Squeaky, rush over, give a stern look or a gentle chest bump the young lads, who immediately stop and back away from the offended hen. A few times of this and they just gave up being 'naughty' and are now behaving like perfect gentlemen. So idyllic, once you have the perfect rooster. LOL

I define chicken happiness levels by how much time they spend doing normal chickening, our girls never seem to squabble, except when a broody is involved, no illnesses, they spend most of their time foraging, dust bathing and taking peaceful siestas.

Reading most of your posts regarding Spud and his teenage chicken raising skills has made me realise that while a great rooster, Kolovos was lacking in that aspect.

He did not handle the stress of juvenile cockerels coming into their hormones well, nor do I think he was a fan of having more mature cockerels around him. Instead of correcting either, he’d sort of become more like them, trying to show his dominance that way.

The situation two years ago with a particularly rude cockerel was particularly bad. Last year things were much better, as the cockerels were much younger during the breeding season, but there was one afternoon when he decided to try to mate a 10 week old pullet. It was a one off, I think, but it was a pretty big no no for me.
Kolovos was such a great rooster with his mature hens and pullets, there were absolutely no complaints, but it seems like he wasn’t cut out to be a dad the way Spud is. I suppose that could stem from the fact that he never had parental figures of his own growing up, or an older group around him to teach him what’s what

 

[fluffycrow]

The word skibidi was just added to the Cambridge Dictionary. I’m probably spelling that wrong but it doesn’t really matter, does it? Since when has gibberish or slang gotten into a dictionary? It’s not like recent generations invented new words or are the first to use slang. It’s the fall of Rome around here

I searched it up and had a good laugh over some of the given sentences https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/skibidi