Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I've never had broken eggs... so far.

You're not missing much. It's the mess in the nest, on the other eggs, on the underside of the hens....

 

[Shadrach]

Not great pictures but feeding in the run to comply with the current bird flue recommendations.

 

[Marie2020]

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Cute happy girls a pleasure too see

 

[RoyalChick]

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Bird flu?

 

[Marie2020]

Bird flu?

There's always some sort of problem here a bit like card dealing, when one card is used then they pull out another

 

[Shadrach]

Bird flu?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu#latest-situation

 

[sourland]

Those of you with experience of broodies doubling up, do you see fewer breakages in a larger nest? Or is there no difference?

Given that the space is adequate, I think it is more dependent upon the temperaments of the hens involved.

 

[Lady Red]

What a nice thread!
Here is my tax Nugget and Jackass in the background.
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I spit my drink out at the second name

 

[Lady Red]

That is definitely good info! I wanted a donkey, but donkeys and dogs also dont get along. I figure a handful of large birds like geese and peafowl will do a good job of warding off most daytime predators until everyone is back in their runs each evening.

When we were contending with (what we thought was) a fox, I had read about how to deter them. Urine was one option I read about, and a donkey was the other. There are some interesting photos of fox dangling from a donkeys jaw out there...

Anyway, turns out it wasn't a fox burrowing in my flower beds to get under the porches, it was my naughty dog.

Tax paid!

 

[alwaystj9]

It is rare to see so many people happy to pay taxes...