Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Couldn't he take them to his daughters?

They are not mine to take anywhere.

 

[Shadrach]

Yes, but with your mental health issues you need two emotional support chickens, one rooster and one hen. Surely they allow emotional support animals

With my mental health issues it's quite apparent I'm going to need a lot more than two; 19 will do for the moment.

 

[Shadrach]

These attachments aren’t visible to me. Are they still up?

No, I took them down. They seemed inappropriate on reflection.

 

[Shadrach]

Shad, I believe when I first “met” you on the forums, you were writing a book. Weren’t the chickens speaking to each other in your stories?

Yes in one of them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning X Batts, I know you care deeply for those in your care.

 

[Shadrach]

These are pictures from the last few days in no particular order I'm afraid.
This is a modification to the anti bird measures at the pond. No I didn't do it.

In the picture above are frozen pears in a plastic bag with a rip in it.
One of the things that attracts rats is spilled feed.

I feed them out of the run and clean up spilt feed when they go to roost exactly to prevent this.

Tonight.

 

[no fly zone]

I hope the vet can sort Skeksis out. I found it quite stressfull having a sick chicken and not knowing what the problem was.

She is acting normal, just has that lump. And hasn't laid an egg in 2 ½ months.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm not sure how much of the rather tedious drama I should write about. Apparently when I left the Whatsapp group C threw a major hissy fit. A couple of people have shown me on their phones.

It's been suggested that I start another whatsapp group minus C because there are a few who would like to be clear about what the issues are so they can assess what they can do to help. While encouraging in some respects it is likely to be one of those grenades I mentioned earlier.

I have been told a lot of stuff by other members who have spoken to me without any evidence to back it up so the chance for everyone to hear all people have to say in one place where they are not intimidated, or shouted down by C might be a good thing.

I'm begining to feel like the cowboy in those films that rides into some no name town and tries to teach the smallholders how to fight the bully rancher. I'm going to have to watch a few more of these films to assess the chances of survival before I take the job on.

 

[Solanacae]

Poor feathered friends! So glad you discovered they got locked out and dried them off..

Even though I’m rarely able to be around my flock at roosting time, I always go out and do a head count later. If a straggler has decided to sleep in a tree, that was their choice, but my new place doesn’t have big enough trees for that to really be an option. Fortunately everyone is pretty good about getting to bed, so it’s rare that I have to go looking.

Yes in one of them.

I quite liked that one with Fat Bird!

 

[sourland]

I'm begining to feel like the cowboy in those films that rides into some no name town and tries to teach the smallholders how to fight the bully rancher. I'm going to have to watch a few more of these films to assess the chances of survival before I take the job on.

Read a Jack Reacher novel. He always manages to get the job done without receiving life threatening injury.