Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

I'm sure she is and you've proved she's intelligent too. (And Mr Bumble is in love with her). It's her hairdo (and her name) that scares me .

my wife loves Skeksis's "little haircut" as she calls it. The 1980s Annie Lennox look.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good afternoon one and all!

83 partly sunny 76% humidity feels like 89 maybe some rain .

Have a great day!

 

[BDutch]

Good afternoon an greetings from Eastern Germany.

This was our view yesterday evening eating a pizza.

I’m not following at the moment. Just a post for fun.

Tax with battery type hens. Probably not ex-bats though. The pic was made on a hike when we passed a little village.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

71 sunny 90% humidity feels like 68 no rain predicted.

Have a great day!

 

[janiedoe]

Fox are opportunists predators and will take the easy prey. I think that is part of the reason why they come back once they know the setting and what their chance of success is. However sometimes they will have a behaviour that contradicts this either because they are very hungry or because they need to feed their family, like the attack I mentioned on our neighbour farmer Gaston's chicks, where the fox passed through a dozen herding dogs and an Anatolian LGD.

Our coop being a basement under our living room is secure from almost anything except rats, but I would say a big part of the security comes from sharing our house with the chickens. Though muffled when we're inside we hear what's going on in the coop and run. If we have our windows open it's like the chickens were in our room. There's no way a fox.would have the time to get in the run, which is not so secure, without us hearing it.

That is so interesting. Your coop basement, I mean. I'd like to see pictures. I'll bet it is much cooler in the summer. I was researching bermed chicken coops a while back, because of our summer heat. Being as I am terrified of rats, and we have clay soil, I decided it wasn't a good idea here.

 

[Perris]

the elder berries are ripening, and Teifi decided to pick at source, while Phoenix jumped for what he can reach, and the chunkier hens settled for the windfalls that both of their acrobatics produced

 

[ManueB]

That is so interesting. Your coop basement, I mean. I'd like to see pictures. I'll bet it is much cooler in the summer. I was researching bermed chicken coops a while back, because of our summer heat. Being as I am terrified of rats, and we have clay soil, I decided it wasn't a good idea here.

I've spoken (and ranted) quite a bit about it in this thread, like here and here.
It's hard to take good photos as it's so dark inside. Here are some.

 

[janiedoe]

I've spoken (and ranted) quite a bit about it in this thread, like here and here.
It's hard to take good photos as it's so dark inside. Here are some.
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Thanks for sharing pictures. I'm still reading through the thread. I keep getting distracted by all the pretty chickens pictured.

 

[janiedoe]

I've spoken (and ranted) quite a bit about it in this thread, like here and here.
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I love it. Especially that it stays cool in the summer. With changing weather patterns, that seems like a big plus.

 

[Perris]

It's been a good foraging day for Phoenix: he caught a slow worm too - and outran all the hens pursuing him for it