Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[RoyalChick]

It's been a week today since the vet called me to say Caramel didn't survive. When she was in full health she sang a gorgeous baritone egg song every day. This is a short clip of her song a year ago, before we had the rooster.

In her last month of life she was spending an hour every morning in the nest box singing with a completely different small, high pitched voice, but never laying.

Someone with more experience would maybe have thought that her trouble breathing and her behaviour in the nest box were linked and adding to probable reproductive problem. It is very well explained in this video @MaryJanet posted once.

I watched that video and subscribed to the channel - I really like her. It strikes me that Australia does much better than at least the US but maybe also UK on sensible chicken vet advice - and even the assumption that you can find an avian vet.

 

[bruceha2000]

Except she lives in New Zealand

 

[Solanacae]

It's been a week today since the vet called me to say Caramel didn't survive. When she was in full health she sang a gorgeous baritone egg song every day. This is a short clip of her song a year ago, before we had the rooster.
In her last month of life she was spending an hour every morning in the nest box singing with a completely different small, high pitched voice, but never laying.

What an interesting egg song! I’ve never heard one quite like it.

I’m really glad your camping trip was therapeutic for you, and I got a good laugh about the size of your zucchini’s. My parents are out of town and my brother has been doing most of the work looking after the house/garden, but he’s only one person and the amount of produce was getting away from him. I went over two days ago to pick what was ripe and came home with a big bowl full of beans, close to 2 dozen cucumbers, and 2 zucchini that were just massive. My daughter made some tasty zucchini bread and we dehydrated the rest to try making zucchini flour. Supposedly it’s good for adding in to muffins or pancakes in place of some of the flour. We shall see how it turns out.

Tax: Saoirse pigging out at the feeder

 

[RoyalChick]

Except she lives in New Zealand

Oooops!
Could go and correct original post Australia The Antipodes
Or does that make my crime worse?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning X Batts We had drizzle fall in the night.
I think maybe I have rats in check right now? 29 killed by me.
Tax.

 

[no fly zone]

 

[pennyJo1960]

My poor little friz is in always molt have to get a picture of her now....

 

[TheFatBlueCat]

Frosty start to the morning here, which is a bit funny as yesterday I got prepared with setting up the 'trap' nests for any broodies. By this I mean I set up areas attractive for brooding in the hopes at least some of them pick this and not the main coop nesting boxes. Broodies seem more about the light length and not temperature though I find. I see my hens being more active and more foraging happening so I think the season will begin by the end of the month!

Tax - chickens in the garden beds.

 

[Ribh]

Except she lives in New Zealand

No, MJ is in OZ ~ South Australia to be exact. Thefatbluecat is in New Zealand. Or am I muddled again & that's not who you were talking about...

 

[Ribh]

Frosty start to the morning here, which is a bit funny as yesterday I got prepared with setting up the 'trap' nests for any broodies. By this I mean I set up areas attractive for brooding in the hopes at least some of them pick this and not the main coop nesting boxes. Broodies seem more about the light length and not temperature though I find. I see my hens being more active and more foraging happening so I think the season will begin by the end of the month!

Tax - chickens in the garden beds.
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Probably. I've had some pre~broodys already. Thankfully they thought twice about it. I'm in Queensland though. We warm up sooner than anywhere except the territory.