Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

I honestly don't know because I didn't paint it.

Let's face it, paint is the least of their problems!

In the short time I've had hens, 3 were killed by foxes, 1 chick was squashed by a hen while hatching, 1 pullet died of unknown digestive abnormality, 2 hens died of reproductive health disorders. 1 hen (the chick murderer) is living with hepatic lipidosis, 1 hen had a hernia (which was surgically repaired) and now has an eye injury, 1 hen is living with a chronic and seemingly incommunicable bacterial infection (the working hypothesis has two parts (1) the environment is too dry for bacteria to thrive once she sneezes them out - it is quite a dry, sandy environment and (2) the hens are not at all crowded; and it seems likely that studies of communicable bacterial infection were conducted in crowded, possibly humid environments).

As far as I can tell, not one hen has tried eating paint and become sick from it, or become sick from eating anything in the proximity of the paint.

Maybe the ladies who painted it for me used special chicken coop paint?

Edit! We recently used water based exterior paint on the new roosting box! (We'll just pretend my memory isn't failing )

blimey - you've been through the wringer with them! So glad you can see the humour here

 

[Perris]

it's a lovely day here and Paprika has them out and about, 3 days old

just to explain the scene, that curtain of dead day lily leaves is like a vending machine for moths; she taps near the top and moths drop out at the bottom, where they're hoovered up by whoever's there

 

[MaryJanet]

blimey - you've been through the wringer with them! So glad you can see the humour here

Thank you, the fox deaths and the hepatic lipidosis were entirely my responsibility, so it's a very sardonic humour.

It's amazing the hens have got this far really.

Two are six years old now (Eye Injury and Bacteria Lady). Two are four (Lipidosis Chick Killer and OMG a Healthy Hen). One's age is unknown, possibly three (Reproductive Red Flag but Not Dead Yet!). Two are one (OMG TWO More Healthy Hens).

 

[MaryJanet]

it's a lovely day here and Paprika has them out and about, 3 days old
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just to explain the scene, that curtain of dead day lily leaves is like a vending machine for moths; she taps near the top and moths drop out at the bottom, where they're hoovered up by whoever's there

Thats a brilliant moth reduction system.

The chicks are gorgeous!

 

[bruceha2000]

I use Flonase.

@ronott1 pointed me to the Costco generic version (Aller Flo). Exact same stuff and way cheaper. When they have it on sale it is ~$17 for 5 bottles. Compare to over $20 for 1 bottle of Flonase at the grocery store.

I caught one person and they said they didn't see the house way back behind the trees.

Found this:
Is it legal to relocate wildlife in Illinois?

And you must have the written permission of the land owner before releasing an animal onto their property. It is illegal to relocate an animal onto public parks or natural areas.

 

[TropicalChickies]

Thank you, the fox deaths and the hepatic lipidosis were entirely my responsibility, so it's a very sardonic humour.

It's amazing the hens have got this far really.

Two are six years old now (Eye Injury and Bacteria Lady). Two are four (Lipidosis Chick Killer and OMG a Healthy Hen). One's age is unknown, possibly three (Reproductive Red Flag but Not Dead Yet!). Two are one (OMG TWO More Healthy Hens).

I understand how you feel. My first batch of 6 hens all came undernourished and sick with a respiratory disease, probably IBV. Two also had severe bumblefoot and one also suffered from laying huge eggs and chronic prolapse. Two died within a week of arrival of suffocation/cyanosis. I had to euthanize the one who prolapsed all the time about a year later. The others held on and actually became fairly healthy and had good lives, but none lived to be older than four.

It was the word "rescue" that drew me to this thread. I didn't intend to get "rescue" hens but that's how it ended up. It was a sad and tremendously difficult experience. But I learned a tremendous amount and am ever more grateful for the healthy chickens I have now, the majority hatched and raised here by broody mums.

It takes a certain fortitude to take care of ailing birds. I salute you.

 

[TropicalChickies]

This is a very darling photo! I have seen many dog-and-chicken-together photos, but this one is somehow more special. Butchie is very cute here too.

I think it's because you can see the reluctance in Bandida's (the dog's) eyes. She's like, "Why am I putting up with a chicken in my bed?" And Butchie is just sitting there innocently, pleased as punch.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

My apologies, you are right, the link didn't work.
Hope it will this time https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/interesting-pro-health-natural-additive-cinnamon.1556613/

Here is the direct link to the study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8300125/

Thank you for the links.

 

[fluffycrow]

Came back with a possibly better visual

. Foureira eggs next to one Euro. Serama, the real production breed of all the modern day dinos

 

[Molpet]

Found this:
Is it legal to relocate wildlife in Illinois?

And you must have the written permission of the land owner before releasing an animal onto their property. It is illegal to relocate an animal onto public parks or natural areas.

Yeah even with camera footage with licence plates the Police aren't too interested. Then I said I wanted to press trespassing charges , they said they would talk to them. Big whoop de do . Crime has gone up around here... and officers have retired and few replacements.