Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I've made a friend of sorts at the allotments. He and his partner have turned up at the allotments from time to time over the winter months and I got to chatting with him a bit. Bar myself and C, he and his partner are the only people one could describe as active at the allotments. I've talked to him a lot about the chickens; a subject he doesn't know much about and a couple of weeks ago he turned up with a 20kg bag of layers pellets and said he is prepared to buy more in the future. He arrived with some shredded paper for bedding today.
He's not a local man and he knows a bit about Catalonia and has educated and informed views on a lot of topics. He's considerably younger than I am and reasonably fit. Niether of us think the most is being made of the place and he and I have been working out what we can do to make improvements. The improvements we are planning are small and hopefully achievable.

 

[Shadrach]

The allotments today. Positively crowded!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I think we are not far apart in our ways with the birds ..
I started as a way to stay active .. I think you have given me some outlook I may not have had

 

[Anime2lover]

The allotments today. Positively crowded!
View attachment 3006537

If you were allowed to, what would you want to add for large buildings? Such as maybe a quarantine/hospital area for treating sick and injured birds.

 

[RoyalChick]

I've made a friend of sorts at the allotments. He and his partner have turned up at the allotments from time to time over the winter months and I got to chatting with him a bit. Bar myself and C, he and his partner are the only people one could describe as active at the allotments. I've talked to him a lot about the chickens; a subject he doesn't know much about and a couple of weeks ago he turned up with a 20kg bag of layers pellets and said he is prepared to buy more in the future. He arrived with some shredded paper for bedding today.
He's not a local man and he knows a bit about Catalonia and has educated and informed views on a lot of topics. He's considerably younger than I am and reasonably fit. Niether of us think the most is being made of the place and he and I have been working out what we can do to make improvements. The improvements we are planning are small and hopefully achievable.

Sounds promising. But if he isn't local will he keep coming back consistently?

 

[bruceha2000]

I think "not local" means he wasn't born in the area. Of course neither was Shad.

I've made a friend of sorts at the allotments.

Excellent!!

 

[ManueB]

The improvements we are planning are small and hopefully achievable

Excellent news indeed ! Better start small and eventually build up if successful, as you already have much on your hands.

 

[ManueB]

Nope. Dries all on it's own.

love seeing a flock all together like this

Here is my hedge tax.View attachment 3006505

Lovely tax. She does seems to know she is very pretty.

 

[Ribh]

@Perris: Thank you for those links. I now have a better understanding of what NG was referring to & the difference between Heritage Hedgerows, managing them & why you said it doesn't take 300 years to grow one ~ though if you want a heritage one it probably will! I particularly enjoyed the history & knowing Hedgerows date back to the bronze age. Incredible! Yeah, Yeah, ok Shad. Paying tax.

Aoife.

Ha'penny.

 

[Anime2lover]

Lovely tax. She does seems to know she is very pretty.

She is. Her name is mercy

Lovely tax. She does seems to know she is very pretty.