Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[MaryJanet]

I seem to remember you didn't like them much but I was sad to hear bristolian guitarist Angelo Bruschini passed last week.

It's been years since I've heard that song. It stirs so many memories. Sorry to learn he's died, I liked his work.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Looks like Henry's tail feathers are coming in fast.

Temperature is in the 60s with fog.

Have a great day!

 

[Shadrach]

I seem to remember you didn't like them much

I think that's a memory fault. I like Massive Attack a lot.
Not quite as much as I like this lot though.

 

[Shadrach]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Looks like Henry's tail feathers are coming in fast.

Temperature is in the 60s with fog.

Have a great day!

He's a bit grumpy. He's got bare patches on his arse.

 

[sourland]

He's a bit grumpy. He's got bare patches on his arse.

That'll do it every time. Nobody likes the 'chill'.

 

[BDutch]

Same here. I hate it this way round.

I love it this way round. Hate the opposite move in spring, then it takes at least 2 weeks to adjust.

Love Massive attack too. It wasn’t on the news here.

He's a bit grumpy. He's got bare patches on his arse.

That'll do it every time. Nobody likes the 'chill'.

Henry definitely needs a diaper to keep his … warm

 

[Perris]

Paprika's chicks are 7 weeks old today, and I think we've got 2 boys, thinking about status

and three girls, thinking about food

With Fez being a pullet, and 2 girls 1 boy in Janeka's 3, we've been lucky with the gender ratios again this year. Or maybe it's because none of the clutches were early in the year? I'm sure I read something in one or more of the old handbooks about early season clutches being predominantly male and late season female, but I've not read any modern study remarking on it - maybe because the emphasis these days is on hatching early enough to have pullets to sell in the spring?

 

[Shadrach]

Paprika's chicks are 7 weeks old today, and I think we've got 2 boys, thinking about status
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and three girls, thinking about food
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With Fez being a pullet, and 2 girls 1 boy in Janeka's 3, we've been lucky with the gender ratios again this year. Or maybe it's because none of the clutches were early in the year? I'm sure I read something in one or more of the old handbooks about early season clutches being predominantly male and late season female, but I've not read any modern study remarking on it - maybe because the emphasis these days is on hatching early enough to have pullets to sell in the spring?

That first picture is fantastic. I've been watching similar displays by Fret's two but haven't managed to get a picture. Real chickens living real chicken lives. Love it.

 

[Perris]

That first picture is fantastic. I've been watching similar displays by Fret's two but haven't managed to get a picture. Real chickens living real chicken lives. Love it.

thanks - it was pure luck, as they happened to still be on the terrace while Paprika, the pullets and I were on the lawn, so my eye level was their level when they started chest-bumping. They've been doing it for weeks but I hadn't managed to catch it either till now. Paprika has a marvellous ability to bring the chicks right up close when I don't have a camera on me, or it's off, and to lead them away as soon as it's out and on

 

[Shadrach]

Yesterdays pictures.
Two and a half hours yesterday. Mostly dry. They had a decent forage in the morning. I was tardy returning fro lunch and Henry had already gone to roost by the time I got to the field. He came back out when he heard food was being served.
The chicks are eating close to adult portions now. The female prefers forage while the male seems quiite content to eat what I bring.