Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Iluveggers]

We ordered fertilized bantam eggs online from Meyer hatchery. That is how we got Mr. Bumble, Sky, and Laserbeak.

How did your egg order go? I have a dozen eggs coming from Meyer next month! 6 Legbar, 3 EE & 3 OE

Tax for off-topic! A nice fluffy butt

 

[no fly zone]

How did your egg order go? I have a dozen eggs coming from Meyer next month! 6 Legbar, 3 EE & 3 OE

My wife ordered 8 eggs. Five hatched, but one died less than a day later. Not sure why. There was a pretty Isabella rooster, but we sold him because he kept bullying Mr. Bumble. Plus he was scared of ppl, despite us treating him the same as the other bantams.

We had also ordered some Easter Eggers and a barred rock from Meyer (shipped one day old) in aug 2020. They arrived safe and healthy. Great, friendly birds that laid plenty of eggs until we sold them.

 

[Iluveggers]

My wife ordered 8 eggs. Five hatched, but one died less than a day later. Not sure why. There was a pretty Isabella rooster, but we sold him because he kept bullying Mr. Bumble. Plus he was scared of ppl, despite us treating him the same as the other bantams.

We had also ordered some Easter Eggers and a barred rock from Meyer (shipped one day old) in aug 2020. They arrived safe and healthy. Great, friendly birds that laid plenty of eggs until we sold them.

5 hatched out of 8 shipped is really good! I have heard wonderful things about Meyer’s EE, so hopefully they will grow up just as friendly! Thanks & Congrats on your hatch!

 

[ManueB]

dig a trench and put a skirt in it and run the rest of the chicken wire up the fence to join with the chicken wire higher up

I seem to recall it was one of the first thing you mentioned regarding the lack of security. At least with all that rain it should be easier digging!

It will also be better in the summer months, assuming we get any,

Do you mean to say that there is no summer in England

I haven't paid my taxes for a period of time so here goes:

I don't have a rooster, so she is trying to do a job that will be useless.

Every time I collect my eggs she is in one of the nests sitting on the eggs. She puffs up to about twice her size and looks so fluffy. When i collect the eggs she chatters at me. She stays in the after I collect the eggs.View attachment 3057171

What dedication to become a mama! She seems like a really pretty hen under that fluff too.

Will these chickens be rehomed if it becomes impossible for them to be cared for at this allotment. I'm so sad too know you and C are having so many difficulties

@Marie2020 I would not worry because I believe those two with all their antagonism are both way too stubborn for that to happen.

 

[ManueB]

Sunday small tax. Now that the two bantams have found how to get out of chicken zone we have to let everyone out to avoid a revolution.

Drinking from the sprinkler is that sick hen's addiction

Can you spot Grochatila (fat-cat-TILA) disturbed during his nap on the manure pile ? ( Hint : 50 cm above the rooster's tail)

 

[Perris]

Sunday small tax. Now that the two bantams have found how to get out of chicken zone we have to let everyone out to avoid a revolution.
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Drinking from the sprinkler is that sick hen's addictionView attachment 3057453

Can you spot Grochatila (fat-cat-TILA) disturbed during his nap on the manure pile ? ( Hint : 50 cm above the rooster's tail)
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I would never have found Grochatila without your hint! He's really well camouflaged there!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning X Batts peeps hatching may wait for night take them to silkie slide them under. Prefer they raise them.

 

[Marie2020]

I seem to recall it was one of the first thing you mentioned regarding the lack of security. At least with all that rain it should be easier digging!

Do you mean to say that there is no summer in England

We had a real hot summer for the past two years, I thought I was living in the Saharan desert.
We are having all sorts of weather fluctuations but in comparison too the rest of the world our snow hasn't really kicked off this year, the beast from the east year was a biggy but this year it's just been light flurries despite all the weather warnings we have had.

What dedication to become a mama! She seems like a really pretty hen under that fluff too.

@Marie2020 I would not worry because I believe those two with all their antagonism are both way too stubborn for that to happen.

That's a big relief

 

[Marie2020]

Sunday small tax. Now that the two bantams have found how to get out of chicken zone we have to let everyone out to avoid a revolution.
View attachment 3057455
Drinking from the sprinkler is that sick hen's addictionView attachment 3057453

Can you spot Grochatila (fat-cat-TILA) disturbed during his nap on the manure pile ? ( Hint : 50 cm above the rooster's tail)
View attachment 3057454

 

[Marie2020]

Time to get my possessive Agatha in, she always insists on seeing me before bedtime. Last night she came to spy on me and my gardener he couldn't believe it until he actually saw she was waiting for him to leave

Agatha and Tina chilling out on the raised bed, they think it's their play box