Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fluffycrow]

I was reminded this morning of a line from Chicken Run
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Those chickens definitely look like they're planning something over the compost heap

That is a gorgeous photo!

 

[MROO]

I was reminded this morning of a line from Chicken Run
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Those chickens definitely look like they're planning something over the compost heap

That looks more like a conspiracy to hide a body!

 

[fluffycrow]

Tax. A hen way too terrified to go into the nest boxes, the broody monster is just too close

 

[Perris]

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what a lot of eggs in those nestboxes! is that you trying to encourage broodiness, or lots of other hens with a bit more bottle than the poor wee thing on the top?

I hope you and yours are not being threatened by the wild fires in Attica; looks awful around Keratea.

 

[fluffycrow]

what a lot of eggs in those nestboxes! is that you trying to encourage broodiness, or lots of other hens with a bit more bottle than the poor wee thing on the top?

I hope you and yours are not being threatened by the wild fires in Attica; looks awful around Keratea.

None of the above, actually! Well, sort of. You might remember a post of mine on BDutch’s natural breeding thread about encouraging broodiness back in May (I think). Well, they’re the bantam eggs from then. A few have been added since then, but now their purpose is less about encouraging broodiness, and more about encouraging nesting in more than one nest (which proves extremely annoying when a middle or low ranking hen wants to brood).

Every summer, the wildfires are a threat. Things in Attica are always very bad, we have had wildfires very close to us each summer. Right now we are ok, but we don’t know how long that will last