Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[notabitail]

I'm with you on that thought...

Even in El Paso we had a nice very gentle one a few weeks ago. It was in Van Horn but we felt it.

 

[fuzzi]

I was braced, thank goodness!

I had been saving up eggshells, so I crushed a 600 mg calcium tablet, added to the shells, nuked for three minutes, and crushed them too. Once they cooled down, I took the bowl outside, and Lil has been devouring them. I guess she hasn’t been interested in the oyster shells - I may need to pound on them with a hammer.

They just turned 16 weeks old 2 1/2 weeks ago and have been refusing the layer feed I’d already bought, so I’ll need to find a more palatable Ca supplement.

I get flaked oyster shells for my bantams.

Tax: the Sussex in their shady hoop coop. If you look at the back you can see how bright (hot) the sun is already.

And I picked my first squash today.

 

[fuzzi]

Four hours today. Warm, but a fairly stiff breeze put a chill in the air as soon as the sun went down.
The chickens are doing well currently. The SLM problems are improving. They're getting more excercise due to me being there for longer. They're getting on better.
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Nice looking fence.

 

[no fly zone]

 

[ChaosMom]

I get flaked oyster shells for my bantams.
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Tax: the Sussex in their shady hoop coop. If you look at the back you can see how bright (hot) the sun is already.

And I picked my first squash today.
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Squash?! In MAY??????????

And your hoop coop is amazing. You did a great job!

 

[fuzzi]

Squash?! In MAY??????????

And your hoop coop is amazing. You did a great job!

Thank you.

About the squash: being in USDA Planting Zone 8a helps.