Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[notabitail]

She is.
They are a production breed, but an early example. They were bred to be autosexing and "improved" to lay more eggs over time. They're small birds that lay large eggs for their size.

I've had problems with one of my Cream Legbars so far.

 

[Perris]

sorry to hear of your and the chickens' ills this post Shad.

The red mites have been a pita here too this year; the relatively cool wet summer we've had, plus a couple of broodies with clutches in three nests in two coops, haven't helped.

 

[Perris]

Polka was waiting at the feeding station for breakfast this morning. I do hope she is just roosting out, and not sitting on a secret clutch

She did a fine job extreme brooding with Fez last year, but I really do not need any more chicks

 

[RoyalChick]

She is.
They are a production breed, but an early example. They were bred to be autosexing and "improved" to lay more eggs over time. They're small birds that lay large eggs for their size.

Interesting. My two Legbars lay rather small eggs. Not tiny, but appropriate to their body size. Bernie is a Welbar and lays a big egg but much less frequently.

 

[RoyalChick]

Four and a half hours today. Overcast, dry and 17C.
I need to find a replacement for C for anything longer than a couple of days.
I think I may have a prospect. I'm sure I've written as much in the past.
So, I've had Covid again. The Covid wasn't too bad. I've had it four times now so my body knows a bit about it. I was fine after four days. However, my imune system is tired, it's as old as I am. and a virus that presents as shingles moved into and above my left eye socket, closing the eye and doing something unpleasant to my inner ear so my balance went a bit funky.
I went to the eye hospital in Bristol. Unlike my GP who can only be described as largly absent and a shower of shite, the hospital were rather good. Apparently I'm stuck with the shingles for a few weeks.

The cost of this has been Carbon went downhill in health in my absence and red mite moved in to the coop, lots of them.There were colonies of the little feckers around the outside of the door! There were a few in the roost bar ends and at the bases of the roost bar support uprights. I did some eradication yesterday evening but as those who have had red mite in their coop, one extermination attempt doesn't do the job so I did the whole coop again today. It's an agressive daily chore for a few days now until no tests produce any mites. Getting most of them is not a problem solved.

I got around 50 grams of meat and fish into Carbon plus a dose of rooster booster. She is still eating some of the grain and seed mix plus some forage.

Waiting for me to finish in the coop.
View attachment 3921549

It was dark by the time I finished and I put them in the coop.
View attachment 3921551

So sorry to hear of your troubles and the mites. Both nasty things.

 

[Perris]

My two Legbars lay rather small eggs.

Someone I know who kept them said that too. Maybe different strains vary in egg size, as well as in the clarity of the blue of the shells.

 

[Sally PB]

Shad, did you paint the inside of the coop, or has it always been that color?

 

[BDutch]

Glad you are back

I need to find a replacement for C for anything longer than a couple of days.
I think I may have a prospect. I'm sure I've written as much in the past.
So, I've had Covid again. The Covid wasn't too bad. I've had it four times now so my body knows a bit about it. I was fine after four days. However, my imune system is tired, it's as old as I am. and a virus that presents as shingles moved into and above my left eye socket, closing the eye and doing something unpleasant to my inner ear so my balance went a bit funky.
I went to the eye hospital in Bristol. Unlike my GP who can only be described as largly absent and a shower of shite, the hospital were rather good. Apparently I'm stuck with the shingles for a few weeks.

The cost of this has been Carbon went downhill in health in my absence and red mite moved in to the coop, lots of them.There were colonies of the little feckers around the outside of the door! There were a few in the roost bar ends and at the bases of the roost bar support uprights. I did some eradication yesterday evening but as those who have had red mite in their coop, one extermination attempt doesn't do the job so I did the whole coop again today. It's an agressive daily chore for a few days now until no tests produce any mites. Getting most of them is not a problem solved.

One for you, one for Carbon and one for the red mite infestation.
I really feel sorry for all this shit you went though/are going through. Hope your head gets well too very soon.

Maybe its a good idea to wear a mask in public transport from now on. It reduces the risk of a contamination because of the cloth and because most people tend to keep more distance.

I hope you or one of the allotment people can help you to find a co-chicken lover who loves to care for these chickens as a duo-job.

Red mites really suck, and I was afraid of a new infestation this year. Especially with the humidity this spring, 2x broodies and chicks it felt as a high risk to get a new infection. Apart from the DE I started to add the Finecto+ herbs in powder and liquid this spring. So far no troubles here.

Hope you succeed to eliminate them all!

 

[fluffycrow]

Hope both you and Carbon feel better soon .

Is your apartment complex friend/acquaintance on your list of potential substitute bucket boys/girls?

 

[BDutch]

This is a commercial article about red mites, but it contains lots of good info. Easy to translate with google translate or AI. :
https://finecto.com/nl-nl/blog/8-veelgemaakte-fouten-bij-de-behandeling-van-bloedluis/