Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

Have any of you used this instead of say aspirin and/or statins?

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1084/nattokinase#overview

Never heard of it.
Be careful with side effects if you start to use it.

 

[Shadrach]

He is however doing a good job at crowing, he always calls the ladies over for food he finds in my hand and even shares some of it.

He's a bit further ahead than Glais then.
What breed, if any is Mr. Chips?
Today was the first time I have seen Glais take a treat from my hand, drop it on the floor, stand back and call the hens. Usually he drops it, then picks it up again and eats it.

Does piglet fancy him?
It was quite apparent that Sylph fancied Glais from day one.

It looks like you'll be getting some fertile eggs. If a hen went broody would you let her sit?

 

[Shadrach]

Never heard of it.
Be careful with side effects if you start to use it.

It's not for me.

 

[BDutch]

It's not for me.

How is your SIL doing?

 

[kattabelly]

I've gone from a quick feel to a bit of a stroke

Perris was right about you!

I think Shad's been fondling them

ll be taking a Christmas dinner for the chickens as usual, not quite sure what yet.

Whereas I'll be taking a chicken for christmas dinner

In lighter news, Donald's tail is hilariously pathetic at the moment.

 

[Molpet]

Whereas I'll be taking a chicken for christmas dinner

I'm deciding whether a cockerel or a jake. Depends on who misbehaves the most.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Perris was right about you!



Whereas I'll be taking a chicken for christmas dinner

In lighter news, Donald's tail is hilariously pathetic at the moment.
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Bad timing on the part of your jerk cockerel, I’m guessing!

 

[RoyalChick]

Have any of you used this instead of say aspirin and/or statins?

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1084/nattokinase#overview

Never heard of it. From the description it might substitute for aspirin (though likely more expensive) but it doesn't seem to have any actions that are like statins.

 

[Shadrach]

How is your SIL doing?

Not as well as I and the eldest think he needs to.
The waiting lists to see various specialists is long, priority rightly being given to those who are unable to leave hospital. The whole business is painfully slow because the NHS is underfunded.

Heart attacks and strokes tend to be of the, one minute you're fine, the next minute you're dying, type of events. They're not just shocks to the body, they can effect ones outlook on life should one survive them. It's that outlook on life bit that determines the rate and completeness of recovery.

The eldest can only do so much during the day because she works. Luckily her company will let her work from home. My view is he needs to get outside in wild and in the weather as much as possible. It has that ability to put one back in touch with life and the vibrancy of nature.

 

[kattabelly]

Bad timing on the part of your jerk cockerel, I’m guessing!

It's unseasonably warm here but I don't have much fridge space, so I won't leave him hanging until the day itself. Might have him for a solstice supper. Really I should've trusted my gut and eaten him months ago, or even just composted him before he was big enough to bother eating.