Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I bought it on Amazon. It is called "down under outdoors". I am quite anti-amazon but very occasionally I do shop there.

I just can't get on the anti amazon band wagon. It would be wonderful in many ways to return to local shopping but I can't fault their service.

 

[Shadrach]

didn't we have a discussion many moons ago on this thread about chicken 'breeds'?

I'm often having that discussion.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm sure you could find some Syrian, Afghan or Sudanese ready to trade with you.

Really? Sunshine swap. What a great idea.

 

[Shadrach]

sod's law that

Yup. I'm trying to find his address. We need to have one of those difficult chats with the potential for violence.

 

[Shadrach]

The weather delivered and some. However we stuck it out for the full two hours.
I grumbled at Henry and he mostly agreed. A few hens ventured out and Henry and I went with them. I have found a hopefully easy to fix fault with the hoop construction and that fault is that the first foot inside the coop at the doorway gets very muddy. A slatted platform just inside the door might help.
One hen got blown over and a few bits around the allotment got rearranged. The guy I know who records local wind speeds hasn't answered my text yet. I'll be interested to know so I can sort of rate the coop for wind stability.

 

[Shadrach]

I heard from a person I know who was in Catalonia where I used to live a while ago. Naturally I asked about the tribes. This person doesn't know all the chickens names, where they live etc, but they do know Fat Bird and a couple of the others. Fat Bird is dead apparently. I'm not sure when she died during the last eighteen months but it was over six months ago when this person visited Catalonia.
They say there are fewer chickens than there were so I'll assume others have died to.

Some of you may not have heard of Fat Bird. It's fair to say she's had much publicity here on BYC and her life story stretches over a decade of living. I would have liked to have been with her at the end of her life. I knew her for over a decade and spent more time with her than I have with any other creature since I was a child and that includes humans. Unlike my human experiences, I could happily have spent another decade or more with Fat Bird.

Of course there are a lot of pictures in memory of a truely extraodinary hen I was lucky to be a friend to.
I don't want condolences. Just think about her from time to time.

 

[MaryJanet]

I heard from a person I know who was in Catalonia where I used to live a while ago. Naturally I asked about the tribes. This person doesn't know all the chickens names, where they live etc, but they do know Fat Bird and a couple of the others. Fat Bird is dead apparently. I'm not sure when she died during the last eighteen months but it was over six months ago when this person visited Catalonia.
They say there are fewer chickens than there were so I'll assume others have died to.

Some of you may not have heard of Fat Bird. It's fair to say she's had much publicity here on BYC and her life story stretches over a decade of living. I would have liked to have been with her at the end of her life. I knew her for over a decade and spent more time with her than I have with any other creature since I was a child and that includes humans. Unlike my human experiences, I could happily have spent another decade or more with Fat Bird.

Of course there are a lot of pictures in memory of a truely extraodinary hen I was lucky to be a friend to.
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She is already often in my thoughts. A wonderful hen.

 

[Sequel]

indeed; you can see the mutual interest - it's a great photo!

Thank you it was really fun that year.

 

[BDutch]

I just can't get on the anti amazon band wagon. It would be wonderful in many ways to return to local shopping but I can't fault their service.

There’s people behind Amazon you know. Mr. Bezos doesn’t need my money.
And I dislike the billionaires who only go for profit and don’t give a f… about human workers and the planet.
So yes, I prefer local shops and smaller internet enterprises. Maybe not the cheapest, but more human. And more feel good.

 

[RoyalChick]

I heard from a person I know who was in Catalonia where I used to live a while ago. Naturally I asked about the tribes. This person doesn't know all the chickens names, where they live etc, but they do know Fat Bird and a couple of the others. Fat Bird is dead apparently. I'm not sure when she died during the last eighteen months but it was over six months ago when this person visited Catalonia.
They say there are fewer chickens than there were so I'll assume others have died to.

Some of you may not have heard of Fat Bird. It's fair to say she's had much publicity here on BYC and her life story stretches over a decade of living. I would have liked to have been with her at the end of her life. I knew her for over a decade and spent more time with her than I have with any other creature since I was a child and that includes humans. Unlike my human experiences, I could happily have spent another decade or more with Fat Bird.

Of course there are a lot of pictures in memory of a truely extraodinary hen I was lucky to be a friend to.
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I already think of her quite often - such a venerable and elegant old lady.