Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ManueB]

Thank you! It really is! I’ll find a pic of her and put it up for tax.View attachment 3028531

Is this her ?

 

[Perris]

Maria's all good; I think it must have been something stuck in her throat as suggested, and fortunately it's cleared itself without my assistance. She's happy dustbathing with her besties in the morning sunshine, while Chirk and one of his juniors stand guard

 

[sourland]

I was stuck. I didn't want to buy chicken feed through Amazon. I really wanted to support either a local pet/livestock supplier or a feed manufacturer preferably local. I've found a couple but they are quite a distance and to ensure the stuff gets delivered I have to be at one place or another for what is often an unspecified period of time. There is a pet food place in the village close to the allotments. I am so not interested in carrying a 20kg bag of feed half a mile or more!
I've used a rucksack before. Even that is hard work.
My best friend offered me her shopping trolly. She needed it for a while when she couldn't drive. I hummed and errrd a bit. Shopping trollies; they're for old frail people aren't they? Well, I slipped past the pride bit and said okay I'll give the trolley a try.
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Yes I know it's pnky red. Yup I know it looks odd in a field. Yes the bag does come off and one can strap bulkier items than the bag will hold.
I'm getting to know a few of the bus drivers now and did I get some strange looks when I got on the bus dragging the trolley behind me.
Anyway, despite my reservations t worked. The trolley is rated at max load of 20kg but I could move one of my loudspeakers with it and that weighs 35kg. The trolley wasn't happy but it didn't break.
I picked up a 20kg bag of feed at the village pet supplies. After a bit of a struggle I got it in the trolley bag and headed off to the allotments. It did the job and some. It managed the rough field too.
End result.
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Even stranger, I think C must have come up on the lottery or stolen someones debit card. There are mealworms in the feed bin! and bird seed and some other stuff.
There hasn't been that much food in the bin since I've been doing the chickens.

Again and . I somehow doubt that the bus drivers were surprised. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

 

[RoyalChick]

I was stuck. I didn't want to buy chicken feed through Amazon. I really wanted to support either a local pet/livestock supplier or a feed manufacturer preferably local. I've found a couple but they are quite a distance and to ensure the stuff gets delivered I have to be at one place or another for what is often an unspecified period of time. There is a pet food place in the village close to the allotments. I am so not interested in carrying a 20kg bag of feed half a mile or more!
I've used a rucksack before. Even that is hard work.
My best friend offered me her shopping trolly. She needed it for a while when she couldn't drive. I hummed and errrd a bit. Shopping trollies; they're for old frail people aren't they? Well, I slipped past the pride bit and said okay I'll give the trolley a try.
View attachment 3028149
Yes I know it's pnky red. Yup I know it looks odd in a field. Yes the bag does come off and one can strap bulkier items than the bag will hold.
I'm getting to know a few of the bus drivers now and did I get some strange looks when I got on the bus dragging the trolley behind me.
Anyway, despite my reservations t worked. The trolley is rated at max load of 20kg but I could move one of my loudspeakers with it and that weighs 35kg. The trolley wasn't happy but it didn't break.
I picked up a 20kg bag of feed at the village pet supplies. After a bit of a struggle I got it in the trolley bag and headed off to the allotments. It did the job and some. It managed the rough field too.
End result.
View attachment 3028157
Even stranger, I think C must have come up on the lottery or stolen someones debit card. There are mealworms in the feed bin! and bird seed and some other stuff.
There hasn't been that much food in the bin since I've been doing the chickens.

Looks like a splendid contraption to me. Well done.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

The temperature is 65 and sunny.

Have a great day!

 

[Perris]

I had a couple of texts from C this morning banging on about some pigeons. I didn't really understand the messages and when I arrived at the allotments this is what I found. They are very young and afaik the plan is to release them once they put on a bit more weight and got used to being outside. I guess they must have been hatched inside or rescued as chicks.
They're very cute btw.
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what do the chickens think of the squabs? Mine hate the pigeons that live in the garden, and I think the feeling is mutual. The pigeons seem deliberately to buzz the chickens and make them duck, and on the one occasion I've seen when a pigeon was caught on the ground, I had to rescue it from a ferocious attack by what was, ordinarily, a very mellow hen; I think there were years of pent up frustration being exorcised there .

 

[Perris]

It did the job and some.

Glad that function trumped form for you; maybe they do one in (urban or rural) camo fabric, so you don't need to feel so conspicuous when using what is obviously a very useful tool...?

 

[ManueB]

I am a proud roo mum. For the first time I caught Théo calling his bantam lady to give her a worm.
Every single time I heard him calling the girls before it was a trick to jump on their back.

 

[Sequel]

Is this her ?

Yes this is the one that died recently.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am a proud roo mum. For the first time I caught Théo calling his bantam lady to give her a worm.
Every single time I heard him calling the girls before it was a trick to jump on their back.

Nice job Theo!