Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

Usually rare breeds are slow to reproduce.... once you find a breeding pair. Breeder are usually trying to break even or pay a few bills.

 

[ManueB]

Gastounet is a very handsome fellow, especially when standing to attention like that

Thanks, honestly I find him funny but rather ugly . I said elsewhere I'm relieved half of him is two huge yellow legs- my partner will never find anyone wanting him for supper! He's very endearing, unlike Théo who has always been human shy, he's very friendly and curious with us. I try not to treat him like a pet after reading all kinds of horror stories about sweet cockerels turning into monsters, but he's a real sweetheart !

Not much.
I'm looking around for a fish meal supplier. I'm having trouble finding a decent high protein feed.

I have switched back to layer for everyone and the ex-batts seem better off, although I know it's not good for the roosters. I'm sort of hoping since both of them eat quite a lot of stuff from the garden it makes up for the calcium from the layer feed.. I've found this fishmeal sold online and I I'm going to give it a try as they sell it in small quantity.

Resistance shouldn't be a problem yet as long as you give the correct dosage.
Paste on a small piece of bread usually works well.

Thanks so much for the information, I will get the paste then. I'll have to weigh in the chickens first, I have no clue how much they weigh, we only weighed Vanille and Caramel when they were sick.

I saw puppies for sale at $4750 a couple of weeks ago. AUD of course.

Puppy farms are against the law here in SA, which means puppies in shops come from registered breeders who might have only a few litters a year, depending on how many bitches they keep. It's possible to approach breeders directly and pay less for a pup, but they have wait lists and many have strict preferences on who they sell pups to.

It's healthier for the dogs (several very nasty puppy farms were busted by the rspca which led to the law being made), but really sad that kids in some families are unlikely to afford a puppy.

Fully grown dogs (usually with problems but sometimes good dogs whose owners have died) can be adopted for a smaller price from various rehoming centres.

Taxes

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I think most domestic animals, pets or livestock or working animals, come at all kind of prices depending on their breeds, their papers, their raising conditions.
Two examples : here boarder collie puppies raised by a breeder and with papers are sold around 800 euros, and Crau shepherds puppies, a local endangered species, for 1000 euros : but the farmers in my village give their pups of both breeds for free, they don't have papers and are raised as good working dogs.
Another example : my neighbors got a rescued 4 years old Arabian stallion with papers for 200 euros (to cover transportation and rescue costs) that was abandoned as his heart wasn't good enough to enter trekking competitions. In our current market, now he's been brought back in condition he would be worth about 3000 euros.
There is a logic, but it's not one I agree with.

Tax : my partner giving grapes to the ex-batts confined behind the chicken nettings while the smaller chickens help themselves to the vines.

 

[Shadrach]

I try not to treat him like a pet after reading all kinds of horror stories about sweet cockerels turning into monsters, but he's a real sweetheart !

 

[lightm]

Thanks, honestly I find him funny but rather ugly . I said elsewhere I'm relieved half of him is two huge yellow legs- my partner will never find anyone wanting him for supper!

Are you saying your villagers don't eat yellow legged chickens?

I try not to treat him like a pet after reading all kinds of horror stories about sweet cockerels turning into monsters, but he's a real sweetheart !

I laughed really hard at this.

 

[Molpet]

News here says 30 hr wait to see the queen . Crazy

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

81 sunny 82% humidity feels like 85 thunderstorms.

Have a great day!

 

[Perris]

News here says 30 hr wait to see the queen . Crazy

It's not that bad; 7 hours seems to be the norm at the moment, the c. 4-mile long queue moving steadily, with wristbands, loos, first aid, and even a faith team making sure everyone's as comfortable as can be expected. And a shorter route for those with accessibility issues. The guard of honour are doing 6 hour shifts, so comparable except that the latter can't move. I'd be unable to move after standing still for 6 hours!

 

[RoyalChick]

It's not that bad; 7 hours seems to be the norm at the moment, the c. 4-mile long queue moving steadily, with wristbands, loos, first aid, and even a faith team making sure everyone's as comfortable as can be expected. And a shorter route for those with accessibility issues. The guard of honour are doing 6 hour shifts, so comparable except that the latter can't move. I'd be unable to move after standing still for 6 hours!

I saw one of them conked out poor chap.

 

[Shadrach]

I've found this fishmeal sold online and I I'm going to give it a try as they sell it in small quantity.

Thanks for the link. I think they'll ship to the UK.

 

[Shadrach]

A dry day but despite my intentions to get to the allotments at lunch time I didn't get there until 6pm. Still a couple of hours out and about.

This is the sick Legbar. She was much more herself today. I was lucky enough to catch her having a poop and she has worms. I don't think that's the only problem but at least it's something I can do something about. She's also needs a feather cut to improve her vision. Why do people breed chickens like this. None of the Legbars see well because of the top knot. Hers has drooped over her eyes. I took her off the roost this evening and did another check. As you can see from the picture she's eating and while her crop wasn't full it did have just about enough in it. She's eating everything in preference to the pellets and this can be seen in her poop.