Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Marie2020]

Merry Christmas

 

[Sequel]

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas Marie!

 

[Shadrach]

A bit over an hour out today. It rained most of the morning. I was lucky and it stopped a bit before 3pm.

Check this out!

Yup, that's Henry roosting in the new coop.
He went to roost as usual but didn't go in. For some reason he changed his mind and marched around to the new coop through the mud and after a bit of checking it all out, jumped on the ramp and made his way in.
Now he's done it on his own, I'll shut the old coop pop door and he'll go in the new coop to roost.

 

[MaryJanet]

A bit over an hour out today. It rained most of the morning. I was lucky and it stopped a bit before 3pm.
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Check this out!
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Yup, that's Henry roosting in the new coop.
He went to roost as usual but didn't go in. For some reason he changed his mind and marched around to the new coop through the mud and after a bit of checking it all out, jumped on the ramp and made his way in.
Now he's done it on his own, I'll shut the old coop pop door and he'll go in the new coop to roost.

Henry! At last. What a champ.

I need to check how long it took him to change his coop.

 

[MaryJanet]

Happy as can be little birdies ! I don't know how they survive all the prey birds flying around seeing their utter lack of common sense, they're scattered all over the garden most of the day! Chipie is now bullying them. The little cockerel, named Gaston, after our friend farmer, is trying to mount her and keeps getting severely told off! Théo is ignoring them except if they come under his nose, he'll tell them away.
They are still roosting in that small nest hole in the coop wall 2m high, and it's becoming very crowded. Will they have the idea of perching on one of the free roosts by themselves or should I put them there at night ?

The little one is three weeks late in growth and I still can't tell if it's a cockerel or pullet. Merle, the black bantam, is also I hope a pullet though she plays rough with Gaston.
How is your "first generation" of chicks faring ?
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A better idea than changing all the windows of the house, which is our current enterprise for today with 34C. Lucky my partner has the spanish habit of having a nap from two to five.

I was looking back to see when the new coop was available for roosting when I happened across these photos of @ManueB 's chickens when they were youngsters

 

[MaryJanet]

Henry! At last. What a champ.

I need to check how long it took him to change his coop.

Late July was roughly the time the hens started roosting in the new coop. So it took Henry 5 months to switch coops. That might seem like a long time, but in his defence, Shad once mentioned the pop door was a little too small for him and the new coop was rather crowded with hens.

 

[BDutch]

Late July was roughly the time the hens started roosting in the new coop. So it took Henry 5 months to switch coops. That might seem like a long time, but in his defence, Shad once mentioned the pop door was a little too small for him and the new coop was rather crowded with hens.

And he had Mathilda. Maybe he stopped missing her very much and ready for courting or a new nr 1 love affair.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

36 sunny 61% humidity feels like 31 rain 0%.

I am assuming everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Our neighbor called to offer us a Christmas Dinner plate.

Of course, we said yes.

I wish everyone had neighbors like we do.

Have a great day!

 

[micstrachan]

I mentioned earlier in the thread that there was condensation on the inside of the coop. More ventilation would help but I also wondered if a second layer over the coop would make a good enough air gap to seperate the cold outside surface from the warmer inside surface. I bought a small but decent tarpaulin, covered the coop with it and fixed it at the ends to the wooden coop frame.
It seems to have worked and it's not done properly yet. It took a couple of days, but the inside is dry to the touch now and we've had plenty of rain. I expect it to break down at minus centigrade temperatures, but it's been an easy inexpensive improvement.

Nice work, Shad!

 

[micstrachan]

A bit over an hour out today. It rained most of the morning. I was lucky and it stopped a bit before 3pm.
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Check this out!
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Yup, that's Henry roosting in the new coop.
He went to roost as usual but didn't go in. For some reason he changed his mind and marched around to the new coop through the mud and after a bit of checking it all out, jumped on the ramp and made his way in.
Now he's done it on his own, I'll shut the old coop pop door and he'll go in the new coop to roost.

Yay! Good job, Henry!