Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BlindLemonChicken]

I look at FB like any other tool

Except I own my tools. Facebook owns everything you post on it.

 

[RoyalChick]

Three and a half hours today. Warm with occasional sunshine.
We ventured halfway down the field today. When I headed back Sylph and Mow followed. Some of the Jackdaws are back and so is the partner of the Magpie the cat killed. I haven't seen the wagtails, or the Whitethroat that I think lives in the bottom hedgerow. A pair of doves turned up. I'm not fond of them or the pigeons so I didn't miss them.

The courgettes are getting out of hand again.
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This year at least some of us are collecting fruit from the fruit trees. The time gap between ripe and bug ridden is pretty small. We got around twenty plums from one young tree. The pears are mostly bug ridden. Might get one good one in eight. if we get even a couple of the younger fruit trees shaped up a bit this winter, putting a bug cloth over them shouldn't be too difficult. Some trees. while better after this years pruning (we had someone from the RHS show us how do it) the older trees are in better shape but need more work doing before they are covering them is practical.
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A few members have obviously given up on their plots for the year. This year, to keep stuff healthy one really needed to go to the field every day. Normally, or what was normal, a couple of visits during a week was enough; a bit of weeding and watering and stuff grew. I have an advantage in being there every day, while a couple more have been regular enough to keep most of what they planted suitable for cropping. I was trying to explain to someone today that while the cabbages on one plot have grown big, the hearts have cabbage white and of course, having got that big the outer leaves will be as tough as leather.

Sylph and Mow have done very little crop damage this year. They did munch a few leaves of beetroot which was a bit of a surprise because last year they left mine alone mostly.
Mow and Sylph are still more nervous than is good for them.
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Sylph has versatile tail feathers, Sometimes they're in a Marans style bunch and sometimes they're in sort of fan.

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I like this picture. I took it blind through the pop door.
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It is indeed a great picture!
I have found my Legbars all have versatile tails (good phrase) and they become even more versatile when broody!
Tax: the great white angry broody pinecone fanning her tail and wings because the feed is naturally going to jump out of the bin and steal her eggs!

 

[Sally PB]

I like this picture. I took it blind through the pop door.

I like it too.

 

[fuzzi]

I have been severely limiting my social media time, everything is so fake. I haven't had a facebook account for a few years and really loathe it, but if it helps find a nice young lad that fits the bill, as soon as you have him, you can let it go dormant or even cancel it.

I deactivated my Facebook account years ago, I couldn't handle the drama...BUT when I was trying to rehome my cockerels I made a new FB account just for that purpose. The auction I've used for my rehomes posts upcoming events, so I haven't deactivated it...yet.

 

[fuzzi]

Warning about FB...like other areas of the internet it is full of scammers. I have seen posts by those who were scammed, paying for chickens that never existed.

 

[fuzzi]

Cockerel Tax

I was away for five days and the OEGB chicks grew!

I think there's an auction on Saturday...

 

[MrsNorthie]

Sylph has versatile tail feathers, Sometimes they're in a Marans style bunch and sometimes they're in sort of fan.

I have noticed our CCL's do the same with their tail feathers, they are usual bunched when they are up to some mischief.(more compact for a quick flit.)

 

[Perris]

The courgettes are getting out of hand again

Have you tried turning them into chutney? there are some good recipes out there, and I've found it's really good with blue cheese.

The time gap between ripe and bug ridden is pretty small.

Indeed; the bug-gers are much quicker than I am at spotting that something is ripe - maybe because often, their life depends on it

They did munch a few leaves of beetroot

They're even more nutritious than the roots - good girls!

 

[Molpet]

Warning about FB...like other areas of the internet it is full of scammers. I have seen posts by those who were scammed, paying for chickens that never existed.

very true
I only pay cash on pickup
I had a friend who took a cashier check for a car he was selling. It was a fake check. Cash can be fake too though.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Have you tried turning them into chutney? there are some good recipes out there, and I've found it's really good with blue cheese.

Indeed; the bug-gers are much quicker than I am at spotting that something is ripe - maybe because often, their life depends on it

They're even more nutritious than the roots - good girls!

Does anyone feed chard to their chickens? I’m planting some as part of a fall crop, more for looks than anything else.

I hate it, myself, and when I found out that it’s a member of the beet family, I realized why.

Chard ‘Bright Lights’: