Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Wattle fondling is a thankless and dirty job, has to be done though.

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Hello Chickassan. Love a bit of early tax payment.
You're right. It is a thankless and dirty job. I hosestly don't know why I do it rooster after rooster. The pays no good. No holidays. No sick pay and not even a birthday card.

 

[Shadrach]

It all went wrong today. Set off to catch the bus; couldn't even get on the first two.
Got to town to catch the second bus. Waited, the bus readout said bus was due then the info just fell off the display. No explanation, nothing. Waited over an hour. No bus and no information either. Eventually a bus driver told everyone who was waiting that there had been an incident on the road that runs from Avonmouth to Bristol. All the buses use this road at one point or another. Basically everything West of Bristol grinds to a halt when this road is shut. There is in most peoples opinion no need to shut the road when things go wrong but the police do it as a matter of course.
Checked the trains and the one train that would have got there before dark was delayed due to carriage problems. This has been an ongoing problem since Brexit. The UK in effect prevented all those non British workers from coming to the UK to work on the buses, the trains, the roads, the farms, the hospitals, the list just goes on. This bunch of halfwits we are currently in power are the most useless I can recall.
So, no chicken pictures tonight. C luckily was home and closed and fed.

 

[Chickassan]

Hello there yourself Shad.
You do it for the same reason generations of wattle fondlers before you did.
One reason and one reason only.
Wattles feel amazing between your fingers.

Hello Chickassan. Love a bit of early tax payment.
You're right. It is a thankless and dirty job. I hosestly don't know why I do it rooster after rooster. The pays no good. No holidays. No sick pay and not even a birthday card.

 

[Perris]

There is in most peoples opinion no need to shut the road when things go wrong but the police do it as a matter of course.

they do this in Newport too. The accident investigators act like there is nothing else happening in the world, and no matter who needs to get where when, including other emergency services. That policy needs review.
That apart, sounds like an awful day. May I recommend one of those Scotch whiskeys you like to anaesthetize your frustration?

 

[MaryJanet]

they do this in Newport too. The accident investigators act like there is nothing else happening in the world, and no matter who needs to get where when, including other emergency services. That policy needs review.
That apart, sounds like an awful day. May I recommend one of those Scotch whiskeys you like to anaesthetize your frustration?

That's not what happens here. On a 4 lane road, three lanes flow (slowly and carefully) with traffic while the mess is cleaned up in the fourth lane.

 

[BDutch]

Hoe sad Shadrach that you set of to go to the allotment and can’t get there.

That's not what happens here. On a 4 lane road, three lanes flow (slowly and carefully) with traffic while the mess is cleaned up in the fourth lane.

Same here. Only the road is so filled up that it often gets piled up.

About the work,
We are stil part of Europe across the Northsea , but we have a big problem with jobs too. Not many unemployed. Many jobs that can’t be filled. There is a shortage of nurses, teachers, mechanics, waiters, fruit pickers, …..
Our main reason: elderly getting retired and less young people who fill in the gaps.

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3 bantam hens in the evening sun.
They love to free range a couple hours, eating fallen cherries , grass seeds, scratching for bugs and begging for bread or boiled spaghetti.

 

[TropicalBabies]

It all went wrong today. Set off to catch the bus; couldn't even get on the first two.
Got to town to catch the second bus. Waited, the bus readout said bus was due then the info just fell off the display. No explanation, nothing. Waited over an hour. No bus and no information either. Eventually a bus driver told everyone who was waiting that there had been an incident on the road that runs from Avonmouth to Bristol. All the buses use this road at one point or another. Basically everything West of Bristol grinds to a halt when this road is shut. There is in most peoples opinion no need to shut the road when things go wrong but the police do it as a matter of course.
Checked the trains and the one train that would have got there before dark was delayed due to carriage problems. This has been an ongoing problem since Brexit. The UK in effect prevented all those non British workers from coming to the UK to work on the buses, the trains, the roads, the farms, the hospitals, the list just goes on. This bunch of halfwits we are currently in power are the most useless I can recall.
So, no chicken pictures tonight. C luckily was home and closed and fed.

Oh crumb. That sounds like a rough day. I'm sure it will end well.

 

[BDutch]

Hoe sad Shadrach that you set of to go to the allotment and can’t get there.

Maybe an e-bike isn’t such a bad idea after all.
And proost ! To you and the chivkens of the allotment.

 

[GregnLety]

Mine are not that sensible as yours I suppose. 2 broodies with no sense at all at the moment.

This girl looks similar to yours.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good evening one and all!

The new coop is looking good.

@Shadrach Sorry you are having so many problems.

86 and sunny.

Have a great day!