Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

Most of my birds are hard feathered from the Cornish. The ones with orphington are soft feathered

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I’d love a cup of tea right now.
Also found an interesting pdf about a poll & results about longevity of chickens.
All in Dutch.
How old becomes a backyard chicken.
I will translate it later with Adobe pro.
A glimpse: https://www.levendehave.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/Onderzoek Hoe oud wordt een kip.pdf

Louis bolk has English information too:
https://louisbolk.nl/en

Have a cup of tea anytime it's all Twinings of London my favorite.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 50s and cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Today is a good day for tea, @Ladies-Eight
I grew up on an American brand called "red rose" which came with a little porcelain figure in each box. Sadly they have discontinued them unless you order from the website.

My daughter loves my tin full of figurines, she calls them her treasures and neatly sets them up all over the place.

 

[fuzzi]

Today is a good day for tea, @Ladies-Eight
I grew up on an American brand called "red rose" which came with a little porcelain figure in each box. Sadly they have discontinued them unless you order from the website.
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My daughter loves my tin full of figurines, she calls them her treasures and neatly sets them up all over the place.

I remember those! My MIL drank Red Rose tea, saved the figures for our kids. That must have been 40 years ago.

 

[Molpet]

I never thought about how they gather the CX. Looks terrifying, poor birds

 

[kcan2]

Today is a good day for tea, @Ladies-Eight
I grew up on an American brand called "red rose" which came with a little porcelain figure in each box. Sadly they have discontinued them unless you order from the website.
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My daughter loves my tin full of figurines, she calls them her treasures and neatly sets them up all over the place.

I had a covered wagon figurine from that tea a few years ago, probably just before they discontinued including them!

 

[MrsNorthie]

Today is a good day for tea, @Ladies-Eight
I grew up on an American brand called "red rose" which came with a little porcelain figure in each box. Sadly they have discontinued them unless you order from the website.
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My daughter loves my tin full of figurines, she calls them her treasures and neatly sets them up all over the place.

My Great Grandmother drank Red Rose too. I don't remember the figures though.

 

[MrsNorthie]

Most of my birds are hard feathered from the Cornish. The ones with orphington are soft feathered

My buff orpingtons are very soft and fluffy.

 

[Shadrach]

Windy, cold and an unforcast burst of hail! Three hours of I could have, and they could have, done it all in half that time.Never mind, they got out for an hour of foraging and Dig had a good tear about. A dog fox slunk across the back of the orchard while we all were out. It's maing season for foxes and the dog only has a few weeks to impress the vixen before they'll mate, The vixen is only fertile for a few days a year about this time so I guess he had other things on his mind.
It's the wind the chickens don't like more than a bit of rain and it's still gusting in the 30mph range.
Mow's pin feathers are opening so I guess she'll be laying soon. She's been eyeing up the large rosmary bush as a prospective nest site. She quite feral for a fluff ball and needs watching because she wanders.