Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

the UK (at least England, Scotland, and Wales)

i.e. GB (the inclusion of Northern Ireland is what makes the difference between UK and GB).

 

[Shadrach]

Two and a half hours. Dry with sunny spells.
Last of the onions.

I've had 32 courgettes so far from these plants and they're still coming.

This plant rushed out of the ground over the last month. Apparently it's great for bees and has some medicinal properties.I'm going to transplant it. It's bi annual I believe.

Nothing like water from a compost bin lid.

 

[ksbkeys]

I learned something new reading your post and seeing the pics...a courgette is the same thing as a zucchini! How did I not know this?

 

[Mother of Chaos]

i.e. GB (the inclusion of Northern Ireland is what makes the difference between UK and GB).

Thanks for this - I always have to untangle UK, GB, and British Isles

 

[rural mouse]

Found this website. There's a LOT of cockerels on there. Maybe worth contacting some of them to see if they want to "retire" one of their mature roosters?

https://www.freeads.co.uk/

 

[Mother of Chaos]

This plant rushed out of the ground over the last month. Apparently it's great for bees and has some medicinal properties.I'm going to transplant it. It's bi annual I believe.
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I have a non-rooster sourcing question!

I can't really tell from this photo - could this be borage (Borago officinalis)? Because if so, my chickens adore it. They've loved it almost to death, in fact. Also the bees, of course - bumblebees and some honey bees (we have fewer honey bees this summer.)

As borage grows, it gets incredibly floppy under its own weight, sprawling everywhere, but it's lovely and will come back in following years.

 

[kattabelly]

I have a non-rooster sourcing question!

I can't really tell from this photo - could this be borage (Borago officinalis)? Because if so, my chickens adore it. They've loved it almost to death, in fact. Also the bees, of course - bumblebees and some honey bees (we have fewer honey bees this summer.)

As borage grows, it gets incredibly floppy under its own weight, sprawling everywhere, but it's lovely and will come back in following years.

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Looks like viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), so related to borage. The bristly hairs can be a bugger if you're collecting seed without gloves.

 

[Perris]

This plant rushed out of the ground over the last month. Apparently it's great for bees and has some medicinal properties.I'm going to transplant it. It's bi annual I believe.

It looks like Viper's bugloss to me too
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/vipers-bugloss

 

[Shadrach]

Looks like viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), so related to borage.

It looks like Viper's bugloss to me too

Correct.
The bi annual clue should have given it away.

 

[Perris]

I didn't know it was a test