Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

Two Skeksis & Mr. Bumble grandchildren

 

[Molpet]

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Aww
So glad you get updates on the descendants

 

[kcan2]

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They are darling

 

[Shadrach]

Two hours today. Grey, but reasonable at 6C with a light wind.
I managed to do a bit of weeding in my herb patch. Tull was on it like a shot.
She didn't stop eating stuff I dug up for about twenty minutes. There is plenty of feed available, plus treats of course (Brazil nuts and some sad looking grapes today) but Tull much prefers what she can find, which it seems is enough for her to go to roost with a bulging crop; it's absolutely packed.
Mow and Herny also came to check the digging out. Henry dug a bit alongside me for a while. He went off to join Fret and Sylph who showed no interest in coming over to investigate. Mow found a lot that Tull overlooked in her rush to get to each new turning of the soil. I can see the small worms they eat, and the root ends and something I think might be mycelium web and a particular grub that's about 1mm long. The other stuff is just too small to make out before it gets eaten.

 

[BDutch]

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Amazing !

 

[SimpleJenn]

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So cute!

 

[kcan2]

Henry dug a bit alongside me for a while.

I can see the small worms they eat, and the root ends and something I think might be mycelium web and a particular grub that's about 1mm long. The other stuff is just too small to make out before it gets eaten.

Interesting the things they find to eat.

Chickens are about the only thing that ever made digging fun for me. Also raking, also sweeping. Their objectives take their usual precedence over mine in undoing most of my work by happily sorting through it
I once partly spent an afternoon on the back porch pointing out stinkbugs for a neighbor's hen to eat. There were plenty to be had and she did much to assist, the only unhappy one amongst us being, perhaps, the hapless stinkbug.

 

[Shadrach]

@Perris. What was the name of the cookery book you mentioned earlier in this thread?

 

[notabitail]

@Perris. What was the name of the cookery book you mentioned earlier in this thread?

Maybe this one?

Well if you want to restock, there are usually loads in charity shops, often selling for just a few pence. With pages that don't go to sleep while you're getting the next step done, and no inane repetition, or adverts. Marguerite Pattern's 1000 Favourite Recipes is very comprehensive, has not let me down, and her Christmas cake recipe is great. I can post a photo of the page if you want to have a go at it...?

 

[Shadrach]

Maybe this one?

That would be it. Thanks.