Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+big+girl's+blouse

thanks!

 

[Perris]

Big baby is how I take that. Who knows

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+big+girl's+blouse

Thanks Marie - NatJ beat you to it!

 

[Shadrach]

Send her back to ask about the coop. It would be worth it to get a better structure without too much cost.

I mentioned today that not getting a coop with them may have been a little short sighted.

 

[Ribh]

I mentioned today that not getting a coop with them may have been a little short sighted.

That's putting it mildly...

 

[Shadrach]

They look... plump ...and even fluffy !

Henry really is a sweet rooster and hopefully they will blend in nicely. Do you think it helps that they come as a group of four already formed? Do you know their age ?

How has Lima been?

Yes there being four of them is a great help. There are other hens that look like them as well which helps. The senior hen of the four isn't fazed by much and that helps as well.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fazed

Also, new arrivals and departures are nothing unusual.
I'm not anticipating any major problems. There are personal dislikes that are inevitable and the usual yard bullies. You can further on that one of the newcomers has made sure she makes friends with Matilda.

 

[Shadrach]

That's putting it mildly...

Well you know, I'm trying to improve my public image and all that.

I can't very well kick off about no coop if I didn't melt down at the addition of 4 hens now could I?

 

[MaryJanet]

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+big+girl's+blouse

I thought it was rhyming slang for louse (as in calling someone a louse, not the insect louse)

 

[Shadrach]

Lovely day. It got up to 18C!
The newcomers came out without any encouragement eventually.

Henry wasted no time in telling the newcomers what a great providor he is while I distributed what he had found.
They didn't seem to be impressed. They knew exactly who the food was coming from.

Dust bathing broke out. The newcomers know all about dust bathing. They've bathed both days they've been out. Two of the Ex Battery hens stood in the holes with the bathers and pecked the ground. One even half crouched but then gave up on the idea.
What did surprise me is the senior hen from the newcomers got in the dust bath with Matilda! Matilda gave her one peck and then the pair got on with their bathing.

The Legbars are showing the most hostility to the newcomers. Carbon drove two of the junior hens from the newcomers out of their bath more than once.
Everybody knew where and about when to go back to the coop run this evening. One of the newcomers got into the small coop wthout encouragement. The other three seemed intent on a night on the ground.
I put them on the ramp this evening and once there they made their own way in.

 

[Ribh]

Lovely day. It got up to 18C!
The newcomers came out without any encouragement eventually.
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Henry wasted no time in telling the newcomers what a great providor he is while I distributed what he had found.
They didn't seem to be impressed. They knew exactly who the food was coming from.
View attachment 3064583

Dust bathing broke out. The newcomers know all about dust bathing. They've bathed both days they've been out. Two of the Ex Battery hens stood in the holes with the bathers and pecked the ground. One even half crouched but then gave up on the idea.
What did surprise me is the senior hen from the newcomers got in the dust bath with Matilda! Matilda gave her one peck and then the pair got on with their bathing.View attachment 3064584View attachment 3064585View attachment 3064586View attachment 3064587View attachment 3064588View attachment 3064589View attachment 3064590View attachment 3064591View attachment 3064592
The Legbars are showing the most hostility to the newcomers. Carbon drove two of the junior hens from the newcomers out of their bath more than once.
Everybody knew where and about when to go back to the coop run this evening. One of the newcomers got into the small coop wthout encouragement. The other three seemed intent on a night on the ground.
I put them on the ramp this evening and once there they made their own way in.
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Wow. Them's some mighty big craters your girls are making there!

 

[Perris]

Henry wasted no time in telling the newcomers what a great providor he is while I distributed what he had found.
They didn't seem to be impressed. They knew exactly who the food was coming from.