Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I'm loving this tax system. Best system I've ever seen for keeping a thread on track. And oops! Now I owe tax again. Requesting an extension till tomorrow, though, can't get a pic until then.

Your tax bill is growing by the post!

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks.

This thread will be very helpful to a lot of us who have not been keeping chickens as long as some of you.

You're due some tax payments @Ladies-Eight

 

[Shadrach]

I believe Shad has added to what I learned many years ago from Grandma then Dad. Leaning the rest of the story here .
My tax three young banty pulletsView attachment 2916782

A lot of knowledge has been forgotton, or found to be inconvenient. I learn't an incredible amount from the old school chicken keepers in Catalonia.

 

[Shadrach]

Maybe it should be featured? Do they feature threads based on popularity? Traffic? Usefulness? Hey mods! Check this out!

TAX!

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks for the very informative post about feathering and heat/cold tolerance Shad. All makes a lot of sense to me, and prompts two tangentially related thoughts: 1. does anyone know when people started stuffing feathers in bags to make quilts/duvets and use them to keep warm , and 2. how on earth do you measure a chicken to produce a figure of 12 watts!?!?

I don't know but it wasn't chicken feather they used. Duck and Goose down was favourite I believe.
Chicken wattage has been measured many times. More recently with thermal imaging.

 

[DobieLover]

I don't know but it wasn't chicken feather they used. Duck and Goose down was favourite I beleive.
Chicken wattage has been measured many times. More recently with thermal imaging.

Pretty neat showing how the incompletely feathered chicks lose heat and the adult loses most of her heat through her face.

 

[micstrachan]

Your tax bill is growing by the post!

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Pretty neat showing how the incompletely feathered chicks lose heat and the adult loses most of her heat through her face.

That is a neat image to illustrate the wattage point. Well done!

Tax

 

[Shadrach]

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Pretty neat showing how the incompletely feathered chicks lose heat and the adult loses most of her heat through her face.

Cool. thermal tax.

 

[RoyalChick]

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Pretty neat showing how the incompletely feathered chicks lose heat and the adult loses most of her heat through her face.

Wow. That is cool. Look how effective at keeping in the heat the down is.
Looks like chickens might get cold ears just like I do.

 

[Fawnpuppet]

What about the day-old chicks you get from hatcheries? Does that count enough as being born in that area to acclimate to temps?

Tax of my lavender orpington and blue Australorp in the background.