Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Of course, you’ll let us know how it goes, right?

I will. I've tried yogurt and it didn't go down well. I'll try frozen kefir and see if we can work back to thick liquid.

 

[Shadrach]

the new growth is just starting to appear here, so presumably there too Shad; their foraging and fertilizing will probably be doing wonders for that scrubby ground, and it'll be lovely to see them enjoying the spring greens in due course. Can anyone strim the tussocks so they can get in there too?

I could if C would get the allotment brush cutter fixed.

 

[Shadrach]

@Shadrach, I thought you'd appreciate this on two fronts...
You know I have a very mixed flock.
Some of them.
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Until recently, I've never had any "color cliques". Three of the originals hang out together but they are all very different in appearance.
Now that the Double Silver Laced Barnevelders have started laying and have fully integrated into the flock, I've noticed that Alecia, a high ranking SLW, has started roosting with them.
This morning I found ALL the black and white chickens in my flock lounging in the dust bath area waiting for breakfast. In there are Alecia, Annie (Ancona), Remi (Exchequer LH) and the Barnevelders. The majority of the flock was still in the coop.
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This spot they are in tends to get noticably warmer when the sun shines on it through the polycarbonate roof and the opaque tarp covering the walls to block the wind. They figured this out and love to preen in the spa area.

Breakfast this morning.
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Fermented Flock Raiser with a tin of sardines and chopped up apple core. They love it but it looks disgusting.

That looks like my cooking. Probably tastes better.
That's the kind of temporary fencing I'm think about here. Ideally thin steel pales I can just push into the ground. It's just to keep them from wandering off and me not noticing.

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee.

So, I'm thinking: "I know Tonya eats healthy, but I don't think I could eat sardines for breakfast."

Wasthematterwivya. Sardine brekky, cooked mind, is a great start to the day.

 

[Shadrach]

@Shadrach
Tina has this black spots on her comb
When the other girls had similar I used vinegar then oil and this did the trick. But they are still there today

Would snyone have any suggestions?

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What DobieLover wrote. Nothing serious.

 

[Perris]

I've tried yogurt and it didn't go down well

if at first you don't succeed... mine love natural yogurt. And whey, curds, cheese, anything dairy really. The trouble with yogurt, as opposed to the others in that list, is their tendency to fling it off their beaks and onto someone else's back/neck/head/tail, so that for a short while afterwards everyone looks like they've been splattered with paint

 

[LaFleche]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee.

So, I'm thinking: "I know Tonya eats healthy, but I don't think I could eat sardines for breakfast."

Errrmmm... just to help you a little with orientation @sourland :

This here is not the BYC Café but @Shadrach s allotment.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning I have a dot on Smudges cone. Realized yesterday he has frostbite.. You can barely see it in this shot but tax paid. We do normaly have weather that cold but did this year. No one else has any marks.

 

[RoyalChick]

if at first you don't succeed... mine love natural yogurt. And whey, curds, cheese, anything dairy really. The trouble with yogurt, as opposed to the others in that list, is their tendency to fling it off their beaks and onto someone else's back/neck/head/tail, so that for a short while afterwards everyone looks like they've been splattered with paint

That is what the freezing solves.

 

[sourland]

Errrmmm... just to help you a little with orientation @sourland :

This here is not the BYC Café but @Shadrach s allotment.

Ya think?