Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Sally PB]

Dyffryn is 3 today She's SFH x Penedesenca, and is one of the best layers in the flock, both for quantity and quality of her eggs. She's never gone broody, but some of the youngsters are hers, raised by other hens. In particular, Llandeilo is her daughter, Erddig her son, and 2 of the youngest brood are also hers. View attachment 4140558

Congratulations!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Jackdaw, I call them the ASBO (Anti Social Behaviour Order) youth of the crow world! Highly intelligent and mischievous.

https://www.bto.org/learn/about-birds/birdfacts/jackdaw

Thanks! Both are birds I’ve read about but have never seen.

 

[townchicks]

Jackdaw, I call them the ASBO (Anti Social Behaviour Order) youth of the crow world! Highly intelligent and mischievous.

https://www.bto.org/learn/about-birds/birdfacts/jackdaw

Interesting. We don't have them here, it seems.

 

[Shadrach]

Is the bird on the post a rook?

It's a Jackdaw. It thinks it should eat with the chickens.

 

[fuzzi]

Because I don't know the differences, I looked them up:
https://birdaware.org/solent/rook-raven-crow-jackdaw/

We have crows and ravens here in North America, not the others except occasionally as vagrants (strays).
https://www.birds-of-north-america.net/crows.html

 

[no fly zone]

it's been two years since the legendary Mr. Bumble died. I miss the little guy.

 

[fluffycrow]

Dyffryn is 3 today She's SFH x Penedesenca, and is one of the best layers in the flock, both for quantity and quality of her eggs. She's never gone broody, but some of the youngsters are hers, raised by other hens. In particular, Llandeilo is her daughter, Erddig her son, and 2 of the youngest brood are also hers. View attachment 4140558

Happy hatch day to her! She’s very pretty, the feathering on her wing and saddle area is especially captivating

 

[Skyeknight]

Director Petra Slot walks away and returns with a bag filled with sheep's wool pellets. This serves as an alternative to peat. Intratuin has recently started selling these bags. Since the end of last year, there has also been a table in its branch with houseplants that have been grown organically, i.e. without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. The fruit trees and herbs were already grown organically.

I would love for this to get more common. Here in the Netherlands sheep wool is worth absolutely nothing. We pay around 3 to 4 euros per sheep to be sheared and their coat if white is worth maybe 10 cents. But nobody wants to buy it anyways. It's sad that something like wool is basically considered thrash, would be lovely if it can be used again.

 

[Perris]

I would love for this to get more common. Here in the Netherlands sheep wool is worth absolutely nothing. We pay around 3 to 4 euros per sheep to be sheared and their coat if white is worth maybe 10 cents. But nobody wants to buy it anyways. It's sad that something like wool is basically considered thrash, would be lovely if it can be used again.

here someone has managed to get Fortnum & Mason (no less) using a beautiful unspun but soft and clean wool as the insulation for their fresh food parcels. Given F&M's prices (£1000 for a picnic anyone?), I hope the enterprising wool producers involved are well paid for their sustainable product

"Fresh food is packed with woolcool bags and ice packs that ensure temperature control." https://support.fortnumandmason.com...98-What-packaging-will-my-order-be-shipped-in
for e.g.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/hampers/all-hampers/food-hampers?type=Fresh Picnic

 

[Molpet]

I would love for this to get more common. Here in the Netherlands sheep wool is worth absolutely nothing. We pay around 3 to 4 euros per sheep to be sheared and their coat if white is worth maybe 10 cents. But nobody wants to buy it anyways. It's sad that something like wool is basically considered thrash, would be lovely if it can be used again.

And wool used to be what Fortune was built from. All this inexpensive synthetic clothes put an end to that.