Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

Should we also have the % protein, fat etc.?

I think Kiki's spreadsheet does a pretty comprehensive survey of that, though she may not have quite the same manufacturers as on this one. Personally I'm keen to focus on the actual ingredients, but if you want to add the nutritional profiles, you're welcome to

 

[RoyalChick]

I think Kiki's spreadsheet does a pretty comprehensive survey of that, though she may not have quite the same manufacturers as on this one. Personally I'm keen to focus on the actual ingredients, but if you want to add the nutritional profiles, you're welcome to

Oh I hadn't looked at Kiki's spreadsheet. I will look.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I thought a bus tour might be of interest.
Heading West out of the city.View attachment 3203409View attachment 3203410
Traveling along the Cumberland basin.
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What to buy if you happen to have a few million spare. These monoliths are the old customs bonded warehouses. You could have a gocart track on one floor.View attachment 3203414View attachment 3203415 Clifton suspension bridge.View attachment 3203416View attachment 3203418

Thanks for the tour very nice.

At least I got to see it as I will probably never be able to visit the area.

Thanks again!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

89 mostly sunny 64 % humidity feels like 98 and didn't see any rain for today.

Have a great day!

 

[Solanacae]

@ManueB My condolences on Caramel’s passing. Loosing two birds in short order is hard. I’m glad they both had a happy life with you though.

@Perris Not sure if you want to add my feed labels still, but here you are. The 18% “FeatherFixer” one is what my ladies seem to prefer, and the 16% one is what I picked up when I was running errands and couldn’t find the preferred one. I’ve never tried it before so curious to see how they do on it. When I have chicks around I do change out the feed for one that doesn’t have calcium added in such quantities, but my flock queen Fuzzy tends to get really thin shells when she’s on a grower/all-flock feed so I tend to avoid it.

 

[bruceha2000]

Oh, my…bet that was a surprise!

It was, apparently the sexer only looks at one part of the chick

To their credit Meyer is really good with refunding on mis-sexed cockerels and in this case a very expensive chick that should meet breed standard though not necessarily show quality. Full refund.

 

[Perris]

@ManueB My condolences on Caramel’s passing. Loosing two birds in short order is hard. I’m glad they both had a happy life with you though.

@Perris Not sure if you want to add my feed labels still, but here you are. The 18% “FeatherFixer” one is what my ladies seem to prefer, and the 16% one is what I picked up when I was running errands and couldn’t find the preferred one. I’ve never tried it before so curious to see how they do on it. When I have chicks around I do change out the feed for one that doesn’t have calcium added in such quantities, but my flock queen Fuzzy tends to get really thin shells when she’s on a grower/all-flock feed so I tend to avoid it.

thank you; yes I shall add it

 

[Perris]

It wiped out all the hives. The bees were the only creatures that made a profit. The chickens could have broken even if the egg sales had been better organised. Sheep, the biggest financial sink hole I've encountered. Donkeys just burnt hay, but did have some use in clearing woodland. Rabbits all died. Muscovy ducks were lovely and fairly cheap to keep.

That sounds really grim. I remember you writing about all the fruit that was established on the property and could have been an asset but was neglected. The idea of a rural idyll cannot always withstand the hard reality of trying to grow food on the ground outdoors.

 

[Perris]

@ManueB My condolences on Caramel’s passing. Loosing two birds in short order is hard. I’m glad they both had a happy life with you though.

@Perris Not sure if you want to add my feed labels still, but here you are. The 18% “FeatherFixer” one is what my ladies seem to prefer, and the 16% one is what I picked up when I was running errands and couldn’t find the preferred one. I’ve never tried it before so curious to see how they do on it. When I have chicks around I do change out the feed for one that doesn’t have calcium added in such quantities, but my flock queen Fuzzy tends to get really thin shells when she’s on a grower/all-flock feed so I tend to avoid it.

sorry, can I have another photo of the second one that shows the ingredients in full; this one is missing the right edge.

 

[Perris]

these babies are 7 weeks old today (Amadeo the leghorn is out of shot unfortunately)

and these sweeties are 4 weeks old today (one of these also out of shot; s/he was more interested in something at the base of the wall than in me and my camera)

So far, and at the risk of tempting fate, I note that both broodies have still got their full complement of chicks; none has had pasty butt; and they were all started on homemade chick feed consisting of things like bread, milk, mealworms, peanut butter, veg oil, sardines, and whatever their mum tells them to eat while wandering round the garden. They are amazingly fast and sometimes successful hunters of assorted flying, jumping and crawling insects they find in the grass and the borders and the ground. I assume they are dealing gradually and successfully with coccidiosis and any other endemic bugs, because a few have had spells of being ruffled and relatively quiet (second left and far right in the line-up, for example, though they've all just come running over in case I have mealworms for them) but no-one's got left behind, yet. it continues.