Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I found a fun tax. Other times, other world...this is my grandma feeding grain to the chickens in Algeria, 1923.

OMG! You can't show pictures like that here. There may be one of those aggressive rooster creatures in that lot and that's a human child!

Back to today : happy to report that the pet carrier I bought following your advice @Shadrach has been adopted to lay in by two of the hens!

That's your transport shock problems reduced then.

 

[Shadrach]

@Shadrach is this the same sort of darkening of comb tips that Henry's showing? View attachment 3230376
Phoenix seems to have developed it overnight or first thing this morning.

Difficult to see but it looks very mild. Henry's comb went black. He's had grey tips when roosting for a long time, but that I beleive is due to less blood pressure which is apparently normal for roosters with that type of comb.

 

[Shadrach]

I love the picture of your grandmother. It is wonderful that you have that.

Several of my hens and roosters have had this off and on. It's been so hot here this summer. It seems to get better night and early morning, and worsen in the afternoon. Our rains have started now, so we will have mosquitos and pox to deal with.

I think some changes in blood pressure are to be expected with changes in the weather. Not all discolourations are indications of terminal illness thankfully.
Henry's comb also looks better earlier in the day.
I wish I could talk to my Catalonian keeper friends who know a lot more about rooster health than I do.

 

[janiedoe]

I think some changes in blood pressure are to be expected with changes in the weather. Not all discolourations are indications of terminal illness thankfully.
Henry's comb also looks better earlier in the day.
I wish I could talk to my Catalonian keeper friends who know a lot more about rooster health than I do.

Are they unreachable?
I'm so used to texting people from all over, that it seems odd not to be able to reach someone.
Technology gives us so many advantages. It's definitely a trade-off, though.
In the US, we are so spoiled, that we don't appreciate things any longer.
I remember moving away from my family in the early 80s. A phone call from my mom, was so special. My kids and grandchildren are all over the country. The phone calls are wonderful, but not as anticipated and revered, as my calls with my parents.
But I do love having answers at my fingertips.

 

[Shadrach]

The guy that would be my first choice is. No phone, interenet and not much interest in communicating with humans.
The main problem is language. The rural Catalans tend to speak a mixture of Catalan and Spanish. I don't speak any Spanish and my Catalan wasn't great and now it's rusty and not great.
Rural Catalan is about phrases. It's not much like the Catalan one would learn in a class.
An example of how easily things go wrong.
I had a mite problem with a sitting hen. I tried to explain to my friend what the problem was. Eventually I showed him some pictures of the hen in question. He told me the problem was spiders! I looked for spiders which have eight legs and in my limited knowledge are large enough to see with the naked eye. Couldn't find any spiders.
Had another go talking to him. He insisted that the problem was a very small spider. Eventually talking to another friend who spoke fair English I discovered there is no word for mites in Catalan; they're called spiders.
Once I got that, the rest didn't take long and the culprit was a mite called Straw Itch Mite that lives in Hay.
Another.
Ask how to plant garlic and you may get told that the garlic must see you leave the field. What it means is don't bury it.
Now mix in a bit of Spanish and the rest of the problems associated with distance communication and it could take weeks to get an answer that makes any sort of sense.

 

[Perris]

Difficult to see but it looks very mild. Henry's comb went black. He's had grey tips when roosting for a long time, but that I beleive is due to less blood pressure which is apparently normal for roosters with that type of comb.

thank you; that's reassuring

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

77 sunny 97% humidity feels like 75 light rain.

Have a great day!

 

[Molpet]

This popped up as a recommendation. Probably because of the auto hatchery.
I don't think they could squish one more hen in there.

 

[GregnLety]

The guy that would be my first choice is. No phone, interenet and not much interest in communicating with humans.
The main problem is language. The rural Catalans tend to speak a mixture of Catalan and Spanish. I don't speak any Spanish and my Catalan wasn't great and now it's rusty and not great.
Rural Catalan is about phrases. It's not much like the Catalan one would learn in a class.
An example of how easily things go wrong.
I had a mite problem with a sitting hen. I tried to explain to my friend what the problem was. Eventually I showed him some pictures of the hen in question. He told me the problem was spiders! I looked for spiders which have eight legs and in my limited knowledge are large enough to see with the naked eye. Couldn't find any spiders.
Had another go talking to him. He insisted that the problem was a very small spider. Eventually talking to another friend who spoke fair English I discovered there is no word for mites in Catalan; they're called spiders.
Once I got that, the rest didn't take long and the culprit was a mite called Straw Itch Mite that lives in Hay.
Another.
Ask how to plant garlic and you may get told that the garlic must see you leave the field. What it means is don't bury it.
Now mix in a bit of Spanish and the rest of the problems associated with distance communication and it could take weeks to get an answer that makes any sort of sense.

Similar to explaining something to my wife and she already has her mind set

 

[Shadrach]

Day off today.
Somewhere in this thread I mentioned a book I've found very useful. I've got a lot of time for this auther.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diseases-Range-Poultry-Victoria-Roberts/dp/1873580789