Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

Drama this morning: a pheasant literally crashed through a double glazed window in the sitting room I didn't know that was even possible. How fast do they fly???

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Drama this morning: a pheasant literally crashed through a double glazed window in the sitting room I didn't know that was even possible. How fast do they fly???

Wow! Did it survive? I would think that would break its neck, poor thing.

 

[Perris]

No it didn't. Actually it had enough momentum to end up at the far wall skirting board, where it passed within a minute. Now there are shards of glass on the terrace - obviously I got up all the ones I could, but there are minute slivers in nooks, crannies and plants there - that I'm hoping won't hurt any chicken that decides to test for edibility. Those inside didn't slice through skin, leather, book covers, wooden floor or anything else, so I'm thinking it must have been treated with something to make it not dangerous in such circumstances. Which would make sense for domestic windows at ground level.

 

[Molpet]

"killed by air asphyxiation." When I used to fish, we NEVER let a fish just suffocate, they were always dispatched quickly. I can't imagine how anyone could stand to watch a fish gasp for air! :-(

When I was a kid people used to scale or fillet alive they tried to tell me that they didn't feel pain. Which I called BS as a pre teen.
Commercial fishing wouldn't be wracking each fish or removing the head as the lines come in.
Of course when I think about fish eating prey alive I don't feel as bad

 

[Molpet]

No it didn't. Actually it had enough momentum to end up at the far wall skirting board, were it passed within a minute. Now there are shards of glass on the terrace - obviously I got up all the ones I could, but there are minute slivers in nooks, crannies and plants there - that I'm hoping won't hurt any chicken that decides to test for edibility. Those inside didn't slice through skin, leather, book covers, wooden floor or anything else, so I'm thinking it must have been treated with something to make it not dangerous in such circumstances. Which would make sense for domestic windows at ground level.

Wow
I have had coopers hawks hit the window and die but the window was ok.

 

[Molpet]

2 of my meat mutts on the outside and a CX in the middle. Same age

 

[Molpet]

Some pictures from the last few days.
Fret is broody. Tull is very empathetic and sort of does the broody thing with Fret including making chick calls sometimes when she finds something nice. It's a bit of a problem under the keeping circumstances. It's not like I can take her home and keep her at the flat until the hormone rage passes.
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Glad to see

 

[Perris]

I'd never heard of them, but their bass player later became Fatboy Slim.

that's as good an excuse as I need to post this (probably not for the first time, but as Shad likes a bit of dance, I hope he approves)

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

that's as good an excuse as I need to post this (probably not for the first time, but as Shad likes a bit of dance, I hope he approves)

Kind of enjoyed that…in a creepy liminal space feeling kind of way.

 

[SimpleJenn]

I found the problem! Because I'm feeding "flock maker" with no calcium, and Blue started laying early, her eggs are now all soft. Hopefully she eats the eggshell and oyster shell I have placed out and her eggs firm up. I may switch the lot to full plume with calcium in it.