Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[MaryJanet]

got the supermoon last night: it was pretty tooView attachment 3186809

It looked just like that here too! But I was driving so I've no photos of it.

 

[Ribh]

I think so too; hopefully he'll grow into something like this (image from windywhiskerspoultry found online)
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I hope so too. That's a very nice looking rooster.

 

[Ribh]

Wiping has a long history; there is written evidence that they used leaves in ancient times. In India they combine the British tradition of a sit-down loo with a sort of short hose instead of loo roll, so you can wash without a separate bidet; clever adaption which works well there. Here of course we'd all freeze our arses off with a system like that!

France & Andorra are the worst I've ever experienced. Any of the Germanic countries were pristine.

 

[Perris]

France & Andorra are the worst I've ever experienced. Any of the Germanic countries were pristine.

You should try Japanese, if they've brought their traditions with them to restaurants in your country, and installed them like the cafe in Swansea has (that was SUCH a surprise!; I think I might even have taken a photo of it if I had a smartphone aka pocket computer/camera).

 

[RoyalChick]

I pick them up from below so they stand on my hands, which is something Shad suggested I try. It's been really good but of course, is much easier at night time when they're on the roost already.

At night I do the trick Shad taught us of pressing in the back of their legs so they step back on my arm. Only Dotty doesn’t do that.
Then as I get close to the exam area I put my other hand gently on their wings so I have a bit more control.
In the day for some of them I can pick them up from underneath so their breast bone is in my palm. That only works some of the time.

 

[RoyalChick]

got the supermoon last night: it was pretty tooView attachment 3186809

Wow. Nice picture. I seem incapable of taking good pictures of the full moon. I have tried multiple times and they are all awful.

 

[Perris]

Wow. Nice picture. I seem incapable of taking good pictures of the full moon. I have tried multiple times and they are all awful.

I got a unipod at last; it definitely helps to keep the camera steady in low light.

My chickens are still junglefowl at heart. Can you see all 7 in this shot?

 

[Shadrach]

What is the best way to pick up a chicken? Now I’m curious!

I move my hands towards them at below head height and slide my hand underneath them with one leg caught between my first and midddle finger and lift.
Sometimes I just slide my hand underneath from behind and make them step back onto it and lift.
What I've found is they don't like being grabbed from above and don't like having their wings restricted.

 

[Shadrach]

It works well for some of our hens but others don't get that they can put their weight on our hands and will struggle especially with my smaller hands.


In my opinion a hole which will not have your bottom in contact with dirty surfaces but only your shoes is far more hygienic than a modern toilet that isn't very clean. And I won't tell you what I think of whoever invented scrubbing your behind with paper and throwing the thing away in drinkable water.

I didn't use tiolet paper in my house in Spain. I used water and washed. The septic tank system we had didn't do well with tiolet paper.

 

[Shadrach]

I got a unipod at last; it definitely helps to keep the camera steady in low light.

My chickens are still junglefowl at heart. Can you see all 7 in this shot?
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I think I've got 7 if that blur on the right behind the sapling is a chicken.