Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

Wow, no metal handles Makes sense with as much winter weather as you have in Ontario. We have a fraction of that--high winds, 4-5 good snows, and 15-20 days a year when it doesn't reach up to freezing. Those days are exhausting, particularly if there's wind and snow on top of the cold.

That said, if I were any good at winter, Ontario sounds wonderful. Friends moved up a few years ago and have loved it.

Winter tax. When it finally reached 30 F / -1 C yesterday, restless chickens were ready to stretch their legs, and the light was nice.

Merle and girls didn't leave the coop at all Monday because it was snowing and 18/-8. I finally evicted Mr. Merle from the coop yesterday afternoon, and the hens followed out to join him, in tight formation as usual.

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This is wind, not hackle flare.
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Donna's consternation
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This is hackle flare.
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Raisin mid-flap-run.
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Langshan iridescence.
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POW quality!

Personally I like #2 the best.

 

[Shadrach]

One and a half hours. Not bad weather until fifteen minutes before dusk and then it tipped down. They all came out but as I had to do some patching due to Mrs Psycho Chew A Coop and fit the new water holder, I didn't get to see much of what they were up to. They didn't venture far.

I'm going to have to cover the entire coop in this stainless steel mesh. I've got enough mesh to do the lot, just waitng on some self tappers and washers. I've had two traps out and caught one small rat.