Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

I might need to do that too. The darn fox that's been lurking around is really pissing me off

I bought a 200 lumen light with a sensor and a small solar panel to piss off any predator that visits during the night. Also convenient for me to check if everything is okay.

Hope it helps but I doubt if it will stop a hungry fox.

 

[fluffycrow]

I bought a 200 lumen light with a sensor and a small solar panel to piss off any predator that visits during the night. Also convenient for me to check if everything is okay.

Hope it helps but I doubt if it will stop a hungry fox.
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I will look into it, although I doubt it'll do much as well. The only thing we get is a random fo, here and there, so other than that theres not mutch predator actions

 

[Molpet]

I bought a 200 lumen light with a sensor and a small solar panel to piss off any predator that visits during the night. Also convenient for me to check if everything is okay.

Hope it helps but I doubt if it will stop a hungry fox.
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Here Raccoons, coyotes and owls get use to the lights going on when they set it off.

 

[fluffycrow]

Triple tax that'll hopefully pay for my random posts for some time. Photo one, Cruella and her brood. Photo two, Tsouloufati out on the property. Photo three, Lady Gaga and Ursula had a randez-vous. It, could've...gone worse

 

[townchicks]

Tax for lurking again. It's hard to keep up with threads sometimes. I lost two of my girls in one week last month, leaving my 7yo RIR ,Nevada all alone. So I took in 3 four yo hens needing a new home. Willa, a barred rock, Celeste, a blue marans I think, and Elvira, a BCM. Introduction is going slowly, poor Nevada has been demoted to bottom hen, but I am hoping they will chill out soon. I am looking forward to seeing Fret's eggs hatch as hope all goes well with them and the other allotment residents.

 

[Shadrach]

Tax for lurking again. It's hard to keep up with threads sometimes. I lost two of my girls in one week last month, leaving my 7yo RIR ,Nevada all alone. So I took in 3 four yo hens needing a new home. Willa, a barred rock, Celeste, a blue marans I think, and Elvira, a BCM. Introduction is going slowly, poor Nevada has been demoted to bottom hen, but I am hoping they will chill out soon. I am looking forward to seeing Fret's eggs hatch as hope all goes well with them and the other allotment residents.

Sad to read two of your three hens died in such a short space of time. That's hard all round, you and Nevada. Lets hope the three rescues accept Nevada into their tribe without to many problems. Never an easy change for a single hen left from a group.

Fret, well she will or she wont...she better after all the trouble I've gone to

 

[fluffycrow]

Sad to read two of your three hens died in such a short space of time. That's hard all round, you and Nevada. Lets hope the three rescues accept Nevada into their tribe without to many problems. Never an easy change for a single hen left from a group.

Fret, well she will or she wont...she better after all the trouble I've gone to

Birds losing their companions is hard. Especially if they're left all alone. Ursula was devastated when we lost Napoleon, even though she had Cruella. She would pace back and fourth in their pen, and wouldn't rest easy for a week. It was really sad to see

 

[BDutch]

Tax for lurking again. It's hard to keep up with threads sometimes. I lost two of my girls in one week last month, leaving my 7yo RIR ,Nevada all alone. So I took in 3 four yo hens needing a new home. Willa, a barred rock, Celeste, a blue marans I think, and Elvira, a BCM. Introduction is going slowly, poor Nevada has been demoted to bottom hen, but I am hoping they will chill out soon. I am looking forward to seeing Fret's eggs hatch as hope all goes well with them and the other allotment residents.

I feel sorry for you and Nevada.
Maybe a tip for lurkers: add one new hen, keep the other 2 separated for a few weeks.

 

[townchicks]

I feel sorry for you and Nevada.
Maybe a tip for lurkers: add one new hen, keep the other 2 separated for a few weeks.

Thanks. I'm actually thinking about pulling Willa, the barred rock out for a bit, as she is doing the most bullying.

 

[TropicalChickies]

Hi folks,

So... the best laid plans often go astray and all -- especially when chickens are involved -- but this is my "plan" to bring a little matriarchal discipline to the Hooligan Coop.

(Background) I kept a very small closed group of hens for a few years. They had been sick with a respiratory disease and I didn't want to spread it to other birds or have other birds bring in disease either. Those hens have passed, and now I have this growing motley intergenerational crew. So I'm new to this multi-coop tribal thing. Let me know if this sounds like I can have some reasonable hope or wildly wishful thinking.

This is the coop. It's huge for the 3 chicks who sleep there. 4 meters long by 1.3 meters wide x 3 meters high.

Dusty is brooding her remaining eggs down in that harvesting basket on the right -- under the shade umbrella. There's usually a privacy screen between her nest area and the rest of the coop, but I removed it for the pic.

Dusty, on Day 16. Future Headmistress of the Hooligans (I hope)

Right now, only three birds roost here at night: A 14 week old family group of two cockerels and one pullet. They only spend the night in there. I let them out to eat breakfast at 6:30am and then they free roam all day. So if Dusty has chicks, she can use the whole space for them during the day if the weather turns bad.

Segundo, Prima, and Tobias.
The Hooligans.

I moved these three here because they were getting pecked on and thrown out of the senior coop at night. And to split up the morning feeding into two groups because Lucio (the young roo) was getting stressed and the little ones weren't getting enough food.

Moving them to this coop solved both of those problems. But since they're been here, they've also formed their own lawless little goonie tribe. I think they could really use a bit of mama hen style discipline.

That's why I put Dusty in here to brood. I'm hoping she will hatch chicks, mother them, introduce them to the Hooligans before weaning, and then roost in this coop as the Head Mistress in Black.

Also, I think her chicks will be more secure here than around Tina and her brood (if she also hatches) and the other more senior hens. Tina's brooding over in the senior coop, a good 70 meters away.

Dusty wasn't one of Lucio's favorites. They mated, but she didn't lead or follow him around all day. She did her own thing. So I don't think she'll be in a big hurry to get back to his harem since she wasn't high ranking in it. So I'm betting on the chance that she'll be happier as senior hen of the junior tribe.

Anywooo... I'm hoping for a lot of things here. Not really expecting it all to go like clockwork because chickens do whatever chickens wanna do... Only time will tell

First priority on the wishlist is that both broodies hatch at least one healthy chick!