Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[MaryJanet]

Rain most of the day, drying out late afternoon. Around 16C.
I spent most of the three and a half hours chicken watching.
Carbon is ill. She laid an egg in the nest, the remnants of which I found when I checked the nest box. It didn't look like lash egg remnants. There was some shell and a proper membrane left and lots of sticky yolk on the other eggs in the nest.
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She was sick enough not to want any treats and was reluctant to leave the coop run. She did come out and here she is with Henry but not doing much in the way of foraging.
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This was a surprise. She's never shown any signs of wanting to be my friend before, unlike the chick in the third picture.
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Waiting for the rain to stop.
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Out and about. I think Mow is going broody.
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Is that a pond Shad? It's quite a shad of green.

 

[Shadrach]

Is that a pond Shad? It's quite a shad of green.

It is a pond of sorts. It's meant for the geese. They don't use it much. I clean in from time to time.

 

[MaryJanet]

It is a pond of sorts. It's meant for the geese. They don't use it much. I clean in from time to time.

I was thinking if a chick fell in you might not be able to see it. Then I recalled they're never in that section unless you're there, so it's a lot safer than I first thought.

 

[Shadrach]

Sad to read Carbon isn't feeling well at all. Hope she recovers from her illness

I hope so to. She's getting on a bit for a Cream Crested Legbar. They lay too many eggs.

 

[Shadrach]

I was thinking if a chick fell in you might not be able to see it. Then I recalled they're never in that section unless you're there, so it's a lot safer than I first thought.

There is a risk but so far nobody has fallen in a pond here as far as I know.
I would prefer it wasn't there.

 

[MrsNorthie]

Carbon is ill.

Poor baby, I hope she is feeling better soon!

 

[fuzzi]

Rain most of the day, drying out late afternoon. Around 16C.
I spent most of the three and a half hours chicken watching.
Carbon is ill. She laid an egg in the nest, the remnants of which I found when I checked the nest box. It didn't look like lash egg remnants. There was some shell and a proper membrane left and lots of sticky yolk on the other eggs in the nest.
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She was sick enough not to want any treats and was reluctant to leave the coop run. She did come out and here she is with Henry but not doing much in the way of foraging.
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This was a surprise. She's never shown any signs of wanting to be my friend before, unlike the chick in the third picture.
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Waiting for the rain to stop.
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Out and about. I think Mow is going broody.
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I hope Carbon feels better.

 

[Perris]

Is Henry spending a lot of time with Mow? I am coming to the view that my current dom Killay is a reliable early-warning indicator of a hen/ pullet going broody, because he escorts them closely for days beforehand.

I had my suspicions about this before Fez flipped, and yesterday they were confirmed by Idris flipping, after nearly a week's escorting. I assume his behaviour is driven by a desire to ensure paternity of any eggs laid by said broody. (Their nest sharing and my egg collecting undermine the efficacy of such behaviour of course.) Anyone else observed such behaviour? It maybe a response to the presence of multiple roos in a flock, so if there's only one present, as with Henry, he needn't bother.

 

[no fly zone]

Hope Carbon gets better.

 

[Shadrach]

Is Henry spending a lot of time with Mow?

I mentioned in an earlier post that Henry was spending more time with Mow so it seems having other roosters around may not be a determining factor.