Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kattabelly]

What does freezing the wool do to the garmet? I have some wool yarn I'm planning on turning into a sweater.

I've seen various claims about what the cold does to the individual fibres but mostly I think it's about stopping or slowing bacterial growth that can make worn clothes get smelly and gross. To be honest it's something that I was just taught to do and never really questioned because it seems to work. I have an Icelandic lopapeysa that I can only wear in the coldest weather, that's never been washed but keeps me warm and dry all day in heavy snow.

 

[lightm]

I believe I can keep him from a town laws point of view (I need to double check that).
I had never wanted a rooster because my flock seems very calm and content and I didn't want to disrupt the dynamic.
So when I got day-old checks to put under my perpetually broody hen, Tassels, I purposely got 'all females'. However, there is a big difference between choosing not to get a male chick, and getting rid of one you happen to have.
So he stays for now and I will do my level best to follow all the great advice that @Shadrach and others here have given so he grows into a great rooster.
Wish me luck with that!
For now there is nothing I can do to get to know him because Mama Tassels doesn't really let him wander far from her side and she does not approve of human contact. He will grab blueberries from my hand (as he does from the older hens' beaks) and does see me as some kind of semi-automated treat dispenser.
Tax - Tassels and Mr. Chips together (as always).
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I love this picture so much.

 

[RoyalChick]

I've seen various claims about what the cold does to the individual fibres but mostly I think it's about stopping or slowing bacterial growth that can make worn clothes get smelly and gross. To be honest it's something that I was just taught to do and never really questioned because it seems to work. I have an Icelandic lopapeysa that I can only wear in the coldest weather, that's never been washed but keeps me warm and dry all day in heavy snow.

Freezing wool is also a great way to ensure you don't have any issues with moths.

 

[kattabelly]

Freezing wool is also a great way to ensure you don't have any issues with moths.

For that to work properly I think you need to do multiple freezes for several days at a time.

 

[RoyalChick]

For that to work properly I think you need to do multiple freezes for several days at a time.

Yes. If I have freezer space I usually fill it with wool stuff in plastic bags and leave them there for several weeks.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Thank you. I was trying to picture Shadrach wearing a cross-dressing fisherman's dress (jumper) but I knew that I really couldn't...

I can't imagine his face, so he has a bucket turned over his head in my imaginary picture...

 

[kattabelly]

I can't imagine his face, so he has a bucket turned over his head in my imaginary picture...

My brain didn't parse fuzzi's post quite right on the first read-through, so he's all dolled up in fishnet tights and (bright yellow) oilskins in mine...

Sorry Shadrach

 

[Ikslo]

Skipped Symphony Chorus rehearsal b/c I’m exhausted getting my mother transferred to a nursing home. We have about an hour fifteen before dusk, so I’m just enjoying the chickens and a glass or three of Pinot Grigio.

I vote three!

 

[Ikslo]

I may have my first broody on my hands. Mrs. B (Bernevelder) was not a roostin’ during nightly rounds. I was scared she got coyote’d! But she was in a nest, back behind the garage work bench, where Ozzy has chosen to lay eggs everywhere but ON the nesting material I so kindly placed in order to avoid the eggs with crack shells from being deposited on concrete. Sigh. Now Mrs. B, apparently in a broody mood, has decided that nesting material is perfect. At least chicks won’t fall from trees or potting benches. But it is a most inconvenient spot. (Imagine a painting pole with a small bucket taped to it so I can kneel, on a dirty workbench, and retrieve a deposited egg from a half inch of dirt instead of the nesting material an inch away behind the bench!) I am not 100% she is broody. Maybe just needing to lay late at night? She got some fresh water nearby and a closed garage door though. Ain’t nobody got time to crawl around back there and fish ‘er out. Ain’t nobody got time for that!

 

[BDutch]

I've been collecting hair from the Highlands to make into little needlefelted cows. They'll be coo oo coos.

Just for fun (curious) I translated coo oo coos to Dutch and back to English.
coo oo coos >> koekeloeren >> to peep