Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[SimpleJenn]

Things are going well here. Navy moved her kids to one of the low coops to sleep, which is a relief.

They were not happy with me bringing in the garbage bin, they were having fun in the spot where it sits.

A squirrel left this half eaten...cherry? Plum? In our garage. I don't know if we have a tree nearby or not.

 

[ksbkeys]

Two hours today. Grey rolling clouds that look wet but just pass over without shedding a drop. A lot cooler late afternoon. It was 14C when I headed home.
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I love the picture where she is looking into the wheelbarrow as if to say "anything good for me in there?"

 

[Perris]

I've been trying to identify some of the plants in the field

If that includes grasses, I've just come across this, which you might find useful

It is one of a series done by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme
https://www.npms.org.uk/content/resources
Maybe worth watching on the bus en route to the field?

 

[fluffycrow]

The Elven bunch are now two weeks old.

They are now spending most of their time outside, learning so many lessons each day. Their individual personalities are starting to shine, and they have started getting a bit autonomous, it’s been a privilege getting to know them and seeing them interact with the world. Mum is as fierce as ever, so there haven’t been any problems securing the best forage spots on the property.

The bunch have made friends with the local sparrow family that nest on the trees above the coop, and come down to the rest of the property to forage for seeds and other bits of food dropped by me as I top up any feeders.

They have pretty much mastered the art of using natural cover. Each morning when I open the coop door and they come out, the chicks make a run for the nearest plant cover, and then follow mum from the safety of the underbrush. When mum finds a good spot, she too joins the chicks in the plants, and for the rest of the day it’s like they were never there.

Only in the afternoon, about an hour earlier than the rest, you can see Galadriel out in the open with a bunch of fluttering chicks behind her, heading towards the coop to spend the night.

Here they were snacking on one of the apples fallen from the apple tree above

 

[Shadrach]

Anything new on the flock expansion front?

Nothing worth reporting currently.

 

[Shadrach]

Two and a half hours today. 20C, dry with late afternoon sunshine.

 

[BDutch]

I wrote a bit on my own page about our vacation and returning home.:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...reeding-projects-5-🪺-🪺-and-6.1574045/page-105

foto: litle house for gnomes in a forest/national trust, a few km from where I live.
Volunteers made a gnome trail for children. Children added the plastic figures.

 

[Shadrach]

Two and a half hours today. Dry, 20C, light breeze with occasional sunshine late afternoon.
Apparently the bus drivers for one company that I know of are going on strike. This is likely to make getting to and fro from the chickens irritating at best. There are trains but the service suffers from the same problem as the buses, the profits are going to the shareholders and not being invested in the infrastructure or the employees.

 

[Sally PB]

@Shadrach, I really hope you can get other reliable transportation to and from the allotment.

 

[Molpet]

There are trains but the service suffers from the same problem as the buses, the profits are going to the shareholders and not being invested in the infrastructure or the employees.

So the public transportation buses and trains are not run by the City there? I thought your country had high taxes to pay for such things.
Here the City or a regional government department has a tax we all pay to help with public transportation... On top of state tax.

The local trains and busses have money and strike problems too though.