Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

Nice cup.

Love the cup too!

Thanks for telling the whole story. …

I think I remember you keep mostly bantams, out of curiosity was the rest of the flock the same size and she was rejected just because she was the youngest, or were there standards sized hens as well?

I find incredible how important social interactions are for chickens and how difficult they can be. Going back to Ex-batts, I can't imagine what it must be like for them living in a place with thousands of hens. There were ten thousands where I got mine.


I have always wondered how this could happen, if you have collected all the eggs during the day ? And I suppose most people like me clean poop when opening the coop in the morning, so I don't understand when would a hen lay so that there would still be poop in the nest box where another slept?

You’re welcome. Yes I have solemnly bantams. 3 tiny Dutch (pigeon size). Janice, slightly bigger. And 2 big fat bantam Rhode Island Red compared to the slim Dutch. The naine de Tournaisis I had , died quit young (4 years old) like rescues often do. Maybe because they where weak (inbreeding). Or just coincidence?

I don’t get up with the chickens. I made an auto pop door to the run that opens after the sun is up and getting bright. By the time I had my breakfast and go out to feed the girls there is often an egg in the nestbox. But beside that I just don’t like them pooping in the hay snd clean things up every day. That’s also why I don’t want silkies.

 

[ManueB]

I don’t get up with the chickens. I made an auto pop door to the run that opens after the sun is up and getting bright. By the time I had my breakfast and go out to feed the girls

Automatic pop door! That's what I was missing out to understand this problem I've read about quite a few times.

Because I don't have a job I love that I can have breakfast before or after opening the coop, depending on the season and at what time the sun goes out. (Right now is a bit awkward, I open the coop at 6.10 which is just before I finish breakfast ).

I never had hens sleeping in nest boxes but I did have two hens that laid at night on their roost for several months. The eggs were covered in poop !

 

[no fly zone]

Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

I never heard vaccinated people are longer then 2 weeks sick. The only people I know that have so cold long Covid didn’t get a vaccination.

Here the temp went up 10C in one day. Today feels like summer with 17 C and and lots of sunshine.

One good thing came with Covid. We can work at home if there’s no need to gather. So I’m enjoying sitting in my own garden during lunch break. With a blackbird singing to me from the cherry tree. Another blackbird in the Magnolia of the neighbours just joined the concert.

Yesterday my broody bantam RIR gave me a little egg again after 2 weeks (high hopes). But this morning she was grumping again in a nestbox. This afternoon she finally decided to join the flock again. This RIR creature is more difficult to stop than my Dutch.

I have not been vaccinated. Got covid back in january and only had one night with a bad headache and a day and a half of some chest/back/knee pains. Have had worse colds tbh.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Sorry not a Covid thread .. Morning X Batts it is wet here again. Rained in the night may drop more today ..
This is my tax.

 

[Shadrach]

Shad, you’re sick? We can be sickies together. I have COVID. I’ve aged about ten years in three days.
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Don't worry, the chickens will still recognise you.

 

[Shadrach]

Nice cup.

They are aren't they. My daughter bought me mine. I use it every day.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks for telling the whole story. It was unusual circumstances because I gather roosters are difficult to re-home usually! It must have been a hard time for Janice and I understand why you would do things differently after having seen that.
You say after a year she did integrate the flock, so I'm glad in the end things turned out alright for her! She is very beautiful, the white earlobes look like jewellery I find.

I think I remember you keep mostly bantams, out of curiosity was the rest of the flock the same size and she was rejected just because she was the youngest, or were there standards sized hens as well?

I find incredible how important social interactions are for chickens and how difficult they can be. Going back to Ex-batts, I can't imagine what it must be like for them living in a place with thousands of hens. There were ten thousands where I got mine.


I have always wondered how this could happen, if you have collected all the eggs during the day ? And I suppose most people like me clean poop when opening the coop in the morning, so I don't understand when would a hen lay so that there would still be poop in the nest box where another slept?

I didn't collect the eggs daily and when I did collect some I didn't take them all.
In part it's from believing in don't take what you can, only what you need and then the difficulty of finding all the nest sites.

 

[Shadrach]

Did you ever make some kind of genealogical tree of the tribes?

I did. It's not for publishing on BYC though.
@BY Bob and others very kindly made me a PDF of the Tribes from a particular point in time and maybe he can link you to it.

 

[GregnLety]

I didn't get it until after I was vaccinated. First 2 days felt like a soju hangover and then I was short winded for several days.

I have not been vaccinated. Got covid back in january and only had one night with a bad headache and and a day and a half of some chest/back/knee pains. Have had worse colds tbh.

 

[no fly zone]

The babies in the small coop.