Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

@ManueB , have a great trip with you’re partner. Hope to see a few nice pics by the end of the week.

 

[Shadrach]

Cwas at the allotments when I arrived. The chickens were already out but not fed.

Everybody ate. The sick looking hens ate about the same as the rest from what I could see.
This one is moulting and dealing with a recently treated case of SLM. I'll treat her again tomorrow. It's going to take a few goes.

I'm not sure what's wrog with this one. She's mostly active and eats well.

Cleaning up the last of the haddock and rice.

12 in the new coop this evening. One in one of the nest boxes. Note the two Legbars.

 

[MaryJanet]

the vet wanted £75 to euthanise a hen.

Wow! That's a lot more than I'm used to. Sandy was euthanised for $25 (aporox £12.50).

 

[Perris]

the vet wanted £75 to euthanise a hen

that's extortion. I don't know what's going on with vets these days; my once-independent vet did a deal with a corp to outsource his admin (which was driving him nuts), and then seemed to be treated as an employee with instructions to do this, that and the other, and, probably not coincidentally, the bills more or less doubled in 2 years. Worse, the dog was given (unnecessary, I believe) 'boosters' for things that used to be given as a once-only vaccination when a puppy and jabs for health threats I'd never heard of. I lost trust in them some years ago because of this, and stopped going for annual check-ups and excess jabs. Fortunately the dog has been healthy since; I will take him if he has a problem but not otherwise.

 

[Perris]

Note the two Legbars.

that they're at either end of the roost? that they're mingling with alternatively-feathered friends? that they're there at all? I give up; what do you want us to note about them?

 

[no fly zone]

I love these little guys so much.

 

[BDutch]

I love these little guys so much.

Lovely boots!

 

[BDutch]

Today I received a new Dutch. A 4 year old beauty. Her name is Kraai and she is from a family that moves to a house with a tiny garden. This hen was alone after the other hen they had died. Especially the daughter was looking for a nice place for her pet.

She came over with her dad and little brother to check her new home. Had a few tears in her eyes saying goodbye. Told her she can ask how things are going (whatapp). And come again to pay a visit after they moved ( if she wants to).

Kraai is Crow in English.

Edited some typos

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good afternoon one and all!

94 sunny 51 % humidity feels like 98 possible thunderstorms today.

Have a great day!

 

[GregnLety]

This coop business. It's complicated.
Coops are usually built to provide protection from the elements and security for the chickens.

The easy botom line, as they say, is if you need a coop for chickens to live in one probably shouldn't be keeping chickens.
Obviously this isn't going to go down well with an awful lot of chicken keepers but there is a lot of truth in this view.

The best options I've seen have been large secure runs with no coops as such.

My new pens aren't really coops at all. I like to keep the tribes separated into small groups. Most tribes have about six birds with the biggest group having 9. I'll not build another closed in coop especially after this blistering hot summer. My runs wouldn't be secure enough for most locations but here the threat of predators is low.