Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

I hope it works for Carbon, and for you.
Happy to send you some of my lot's poop as well if you want it

Not at twenty quid a bag I hope.

 

[Perris]

no silly! free!

 

[Shadrach]

no silly! free!

Thanks Perris but I can see this going horribly wrong. Should Henry, who is and has been a most reasonable chap in my experience find out his missus, Carbon, has been eating another roosters shit I can see the current haromonious relationship going to...well shit, to be frank.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good evening one and all!

Temperature is in the 60s.

Have a great day!

 

[Shadrach]

Three hours of damp and horrid. Despite the downpours we got out in an afternoon gap in the wind and rain.

A better showing on the poop front from Carbon.
The second shot is looking fsr more solid and today, no water pool.

 

[Perris]

while hunting for an early edition of L Robinson's Modern Poultry Husbandry (in pursuit of someone else's post on https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-many-eggs-were-laid-by-hens-150-years-ago.1593024/ ) I came across another site that reproduces a bit of that book, in this case re: home made feeds rather than number of eggs laid. Those who are experimenting with real feed might find it interesting: https://naturalchicken.blogspot.com/2011/11/old-time-chicken-feed-recipes.html

 

[Shadrach]

while hunting for an early edition of L Robinson's Modern Poultry Husbandry (in pursuit of someone else's post on https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-many-eggs-were-laid-by-hens-150-years-ago.1593024/ ) I came across another site that reproduces a bit of that book, in this case re: home made feeds rather than number of eggs laid. Those who are experimenting with real feed might find it interesting: https://naturalchicken.blogspot.com/2011/11/old-time-chicken-feed-recipes.html

The problem with many of these feeds is finding decent quality fish or meat meal. The livestock feed industry has changed a lot in the last 50 years.

 

[Perris]

The problem with many of these feeds is finding decent quality fish or meat meal. The livestock feed industry has changed a lot in the last 50 years.

agreed, but the easy solution is to avoid 'meals'. Just get some fish or meat OR DAIRY - why is dairy so overlooked? It's the cheapest and most accessible animal protein out there. Plain natural yogurt is better than milk btw (unless you can get raw milk).

 

[no fly zone]

agreed, but the easy solution is to avoid 'meals'. Just get some fish or meat OR DAIRY - why is dairy so overlooked? It's the cheapest and most accessible animal protein out there. Plain natural yogurt is better than milk btw (unless you can get raw milk).

Our chickens loved raw milk

 

[Molpet]

agreed, but the easy solution is to avoid 'meals'. Just get some fish or meat OR DAIRY - why is dairy so overlooked? It's the cheapest and most accessible animal protein out there. Plain natural yogurt is better than milk btw (unless you can get raw milk).

People keep saying chickens can't digest milk properly, loose stools. I have fed out of date yogurt someone gave me. But with all my birds a case just gave them all a couple bites.

Fish is hard to source economically here also.