Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

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.
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It was dark by the time I finished and I put them in the coop.
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Sorry to hear about your health issues and the mites, and Carbon. I hope she feels better.

 

[Perris]

the co-brooded chicks are 1 week old today and growing like weeds

The twins' wings are almost to their bums, while the browner chipmunk's are barely started. And the little black one is showing his/ her maternal (Maria's) spunk already, despite being half the size of his/ her siblings

 

[RoyalChick]

the co-brooded chicks are 1 week old today and growing like weeds
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The twins' wings are almost to their bums, while the browner chipmunk's are barely started. And the little black one is showing his/ her maternal (Maria's) spunk already, despite being half the size of his/ her siblings

What a lovely picture. What was holding their attention?

 

[Perris]

What a lovely picture. What was holding their attention?

I don't know - I was looking at them rather than at what they were looking at, and they normally move so fast in different directions I just focussed on snapping them. I guess it must have been something really special to get all four going in same direction in the one photo - which is, of course, what you're getting at

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Funny enough, I just saw a glimmer of sunlight. We already canceled our farm swap though, it poured all night and it's not worth hauling crochet or sewing out in this weather!

I know what you mean.

 

[RoyalChick]

I don't know - I was looking at them rather than at what they were looking at, and they normally move so fast in different directions I just focussed on snapping them. I guess it must have been something really special to get all four going in same direction in the one photo - which is, of course, what you're getting at

Yes. They look like they are watching a show of some kind.
Very cute.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

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

@Shadrach

Sorry you had Covid again, now it needs to leave you alone.

You have my sympathy for the shingles.

I have had them for 22 weeks and still going.

Mine are on my face around my right eye and the pain can be atrocious at times.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good afternoon one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s sunny.

Have a great day!

 

[Shadrach]

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

That is one of the problems with broody hens.
It seems I've been lucky so far. All bar one broody hen I've known have given the job up fairly easily and tried again another day. Even Fret who is broody now doesn't sit on an empty nest.

 

[Shadrach]

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

It came like that. Looks a bit odd doesn't it.