Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

That's quite a routine!

The word obsessed springs to mind.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have to admit I busted or was the medical at a few Cock fights ... still Hate it and those that participate.
Here is my tax.

 

[Shadrach]

Yet more sunshine today! I just know we are going to pay for this good weather.
C was at the allotments this afternoon mainly to meet a couple who said they were interested in a plot but didn't bother showing up.

 

[Shadrach]

Last night I mentioned the roosting shuffle that goes on now Henry is roosting outside the coop.
This is the start; Henry, Matilda and Cloud settled. Those grey feathers below Henry and Cloud belong to Fret.

Fret is pacing up and down behind Henry and the other two.

I wasn't quick enough to take a picture of the jump but suddenly there is Fret wedged next to Henry with Cloud about to give Fret a peck.

Cloud gave Fret quite a few pecks and as mentioned before, there is Fret with her head buried under Henry's wing.

Cloud gives up on the pecking and moves over leaving Fret next to Henry.

Later on one of the Ex Batts jumped up between Cloud and Fret. They were all there when I left to go home.

 

[Shadrach]

C has found a dead rat by the chicken feeder a couple of times in the past few weeks. The rats have obviously been killed by a chicken, I found out who this evening. It's Lima. She maimed one as I watched. I didn't even see the rat until I saw Lima attack it. She jumped on it like a mongoose jumps on the back of a snakes back. Of course she couldn't keep it pinned but she got a few good pecks in before the rat got away.

 

[RoyalChick]

C has found a dead rat by the chicken feeder a couple of times in the past few weeks. The rats have obviously been killed by a chicken, I found out who this evening. It's Lima. She maimed one as I watched. I didn't even see the rat until I saw Lima attack it. She jumped on it like a mongoose jumps on the back of a snakes back. Of course she couldn't keep it pinned but she got a few good pecks in before the rat got away.

Go Lima! That is a good way to supplement her diet. Smart chicken.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Heck of a hit by Lima you go Girl!

 

[Perris]

Soak the underside of the roosters foot in Surgical Spirit and then apply some cream. I never found out what the cream comprised. The spirit helps to harden off the pads on the feet and the cream does something to make the skin more leathery.

That sounds like a ballerina's routine to toughen the feet so that they can cope with bearing the entire weight of the body on the tips of the toes. I'd bet that's the same cream used.

 

[ManueB]

That sounds like a ballerina's routine to toughen the feet so that they can cope with bearing the entire weight of the body on the tips of the toes. I'd bet that's the same cream used.

In my life "before" I did ultra trail running and I have used that kind of product, called tanning cream in french, not sure if the translation works in English. It can also be used for dogs that go hiking on rocky paths when they have paws that are too soft.

The treatment those cockfighters gave to their charges is very similar I think to that of a competing athlete by their coach.

 

[MaryJanet]

The word obsessed springs to mind.

I simply wouldn't be able to find the time. But I admire the commitment.