Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ManueB]

Someone threw this pile of corn and dust over the fence last week. They threw another lot into the geese enclosure. This is a major problem with people who mean well but don't think and don't know much about the species they are dealing with. Firstly geese won't eat corn from damp ground. No I don't know why, they just don't. Next, the corn meant for the chickens is outside the run so I have no idea how this person belives that the chickens will get to eat it. Next that is far too much corn. The final and most important point is the rats love a bit of corn and when I got there the rats had already visited.
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People .
I didn't realize there were geese also, must have read too quickly. Is C. also "taking care" of them?
I find it strange in the sense that geese are less common and not as friendly as chickens, so if the folks from the allotment don't want to take care of the chickens I don't understand why the hell they would get geese.

 

[Solanacae]

Still winter here but it’s warming up enough that the afternoons are pleasant with a jacket instead of a coat (high 30’s to low 40’s F) and we are having a bit of a reprieve from winter. The forecast says it will drop down below freezing again next week, but the last couple days have been so sunny and pleasant. The ladies here have been enjoying the sunshine and have decided that melting snow is much tastier than plain old water from their bucket. Silly things.

Caramel (the broody who mothered my chicks through the worst of winter) and Desdemona have started laying again, though Fuzzy and Cordelia stopped laying when we had that particularly brutal cold snap a few weeks ago. Cordelia is having a mini molt and is regrowing neck feathers, which seems a bit odd to me. She’s well past her 2nd juvenile molt, or at least i through so. She’s almost 9 months old.

Tax:
1. Cordelia’s molting
2. Lovely fluffy butts going through todays scraps
3. Desdemona and Caramel, newly fluffier butts now that eggs are moving through the pipes again
4. Goldilocks dozing in the sunshine

 

[BY Bob]

I checked all of them today and did not see anything, but I couldn't be thorough with some. They were too skittish.
They are really shocked and refuse to leave the coop today, which never ever happen, they hate being in the coop.The bantams made one quick run out to hide under the laurel tree but Mr Théo quickly decided he was going to abandon his bossy lady to herself. She got in a panic when a sparrow flew into the tree and now everyone is back in the coop with no intention of coming out.

My partner texted me that it seems they prefer life locked up than freedom dead .

He got 200 meters of clothesline, we're going to try to stretch it all across the chicken place and add some net where it's possible.

It has taken a couple of months for my Hattie to leave the coop complex since the last successful hawk attack. Here she is finally out in the yard again.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

The temperature is 63 and mostly cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning X batts. Have not paid tax in week need to get new photos.

 

[ManueB]

It has taken a couple of months for my Hattie to leave the coop complex since the last successful hawk attack. Here she is finally out in the yard again.

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I can imagine surviving an attack and seeing members of the flock killed would be really traumatic! I'm glad your girl is finally getting over it. Did you add or change anything to try prevent another attack?

We are so grateful to have snow at last today, after two months and a half of sunshine, so everyone is staying inside! They did come out of the coop a bit yesterday, but they are still frightened.

This morning we found a rabbit that used to hang around our place killed by a fox just behind our house .

 

[no fly zone]

Mr. Bumble is feeling much better, and his poop is looking normal again. Appreciate everyone rooting for his return to good health.

 

[Shadrach]

It has taken a couple of months for my Hattie to leave the coop complex since the last successful hawk attack. Here she is finally out in the yard again.

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I read on your thread that Hattie was out and about. I'm very pleased for both you and her. It's very worrying when chickens are reluctant to come out after a hawk strike. Can't blame them really.

 

[Shadrach]

Mr. Bumble is feeling much better, and his poop is looking normal again. Appreciate everyone rooting for his return to good health.
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Have you any idea what was wrong with him?

 

[Shadrach]

I'm having a few technical difficulties as they say; Internet problems mainly on the technical side. I'm using my phone as a modem currently while I wait for a more usual net connection.
On the non technical side things have gone super funky at the allotments. There is something seriously wrong going on there.
Up to now I've been reluctant to go into much detail about what goes on at the allotments outside my small world of chickens; mainly because it's always drama and the actors can't put on a decent production.
I've done my utmost to stay out of the wannabe smallholders disputes, complaints and general bitching.
I'm going to be writing a bit, maybe a lot about this in the near future.