Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

@Perris Look through Merk Manual here in the US.
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/necrotic-enteritis/overview-of-necrotic-enteritis-in-poultry

Thanks Penny - will do!

 

[Solanacae]

The weather seems to have gone from bad to worse. The chickens did come out for a bit. There were even a few pellets in the round feeder when I got there. It started to rain more heavily at around five and the chickens retreated to the coop run. That meant I could leave a bit earlier than usual.
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Good heavens. Those poor chickens look like they’re going swimming in mud!

 

[micstrachan]

Well, it's an anti-nutrient, both for people and animals. When binding with calcium it turns into oxalate, which may stop other minerals absorption, and cause kidney problems : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2012.01309.x

I also find it kind of pretty, but it drives my partner completely crazy. He's done all sorts of things to try to get rid off it without any success .

Good info. Thanks!

 

[micstrachan]

Unlikely. There was a colony of rats under the shed. I saw the first rat going up the ramp to the coop one day. That's how I knew I had a problem.

Oh! I remember now! Didn’t you get them out with dry ice?

 

[micstrachan]

My warning was primarily aimed to people who live in those semi rural settings where people have large gardens perhaps or farmland nearby. You can find out discretely whether or not any of your neighbours are using poison.

I’m pretty sure my immediate neighbors are not, but you never know for sure.

 

[Sortacountrychicken]

The weather seems to have gone from bad to worse. The chickens did come out for a bit. There were even a few pellets in the round feeder when I got there. It started to rain more heavily at around five and the chickens retreated to the coop run. That meant I could leave a bit earlier than usual.
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I'm surprised Henry II is still white. That's quite the lake of mud. We had a warm day here and the chickens were enjoying scratching around in the mud.

 

[Solanacae]

Paying my hefty off topic tax:
1. Ginger (on the right) and Goldilocks on the compost bins. They’re about 19.5 weeks old now.
2. Cordelia going through a weirdly timed neck molt, Peanut in front.
3. Everyone out hunting for the handful of mealworms I harvested from my bins today. It was pleasantly warm for this time of year, though we’re expecting snow tonight and another cold snap for the next week or so where temps will get down into single digits (Fahrenheit) again.
4. My youngest with ‘her Sophia’
5-7. Close ups of Sophia. I’m curious to see if she’ll lay first or Ginger. Pretty sure Peanut, the other Sultan, will lay last. Her face is the least red of the four that have yet to start laying. The Sultans are about 9.5 months.

 

[BY Bob]

Good question to which I don't know the answer. I think originally it just rested on the ground but over the years the base has become buried under the accumulation of mud and chicken shite.

It's held in place by suction now!

 

[no fly zone]

 

[BY Bob]

Oh! I remember now! Didn’t you get them out with dry ice?

Yes. I killed all of them at once. The dry ice was super effective.