Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[thistlewick]

@Perris those are the *gorgeous* chicks!! I'm glad the little one is healing well!

 

[ChaosMom]

I saw the first dragonfly of the year this morning! then five minutes later, the first mosquito.

Summer is here!

 

[no fly zone]

That's a good size snake. Poor Confetti, he was so pretty

Confetti was a bantam

 

[fuzzi]

These predators are quite intelligent.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ch-surprise-attacks-on-other-birds-180986685/

Thanks, that was a good article. We have Coopers hawks here, I've seen them a couple times, trying to snatch birds at my feeders. I read that they are good at flying through heavily wooded areas, dodging around the trees. Inspection of Coopers hawks shows evidence of healed bone fractures, from when they weren't as skillful at flying.

 

[fuzzi]

Esther is a year old!

She's a regular Chatty Cathy!

 

[Shadrach]

Regarding feeding oyster shell/calcium.
I tried leaving it in a bowl. They didn't touch it.
Now I scatter a handfull on the ground, one handfull in the coop run and another just outside in the extended run. They all eat it now.

 

[Sally PB]

Regarding feeding oyster shell/calcium.
I tried leaving it in a bowl. They didn't touch it.
Now I scatter a handfull on the ground, one handfull in the coop run and another just outside in the extended run. They all eat it now.
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Thank you! I'll try that. Though Little is doing her best to do that for me.

Their shells have gotten thinner, and I'm concerned I'll be dealing with EYP.

 

[Shadrach]

24/05.
Three hours. Light rain, 16C and a bit windy.

 

[no fly zone]

Thank you! I'll try that. Though Little is doing her best to do that for me.

Their shells have gotten thinner, and I'm concerned I'll be dealing with EYP.

EYP sucks. That's what took Skeksis from me.

 

[no fly zone]

The snake also got the eggs Chippy was sitting on, 4 days away from hatching. She is ok though.

And here are the two babies she hatched out previously:
(The small mottled one and the frizzle)