Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kattabelly]

I've been trying to get people to bring their leaves to the field instead of putting them in a council recycling bin.

Leaves started falling a couple of weeks ago here. Sometimes when I see a good heap I'll sneak back in the middle of the night to sweep it up - probably unnecessary when it's on a public road but I default to assuming everyone sees as much value in dead leaves as I do, and might be annoyed at someone else collecting "their" leaves from the road outside their house

Not sure how much they actually eat but the chickens have been enjoying pecking all the green buds off the small twiggy willow branches that came down in the recent wind.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

So fun story…today my dog started barking her head off and I looked out to see a guy up in the trees under the power lines spraying something on the bushes (which had just been brush-hogged a few days ago). I resisted the urge to load the shotgun because I saw the electric company truck on the road but went out and hollered “can I help you!?” He didn’t speak English. But his boss told me if I don’t want the power company spraying herbicide on my property I need to call them and let them know. He assured me it is safe for animals but added they don’t spray it where cows are. I guess I need a bull to protect my chickens from poison.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

So fun story…today my dog started barking her head off and I looked out to see a guy up in the trees under the power lines spraying something on the bushes (which had just been brush-hogged a few days ago). I resisted the urge to load the shotgun because I saw the electric company truck on the road but went out and hollered “can I help you!?” He didn’t speak English. But his boss told me if I don’t want the power company spraying herbicide on my property I need to call them and let them know. He assured me it is safe for animals but added they don’t spray it where cows are. I guess I need a bull to protect my chickens from poison.

I like the requirement to be psychic and call them ahead of time, before the spraying that they don’t announce beforehand.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I like the requirement to be psychic and call them ahead of time, before the spraying that they don’t announce beforehand.

Or how they wouldn’t stop when I asked them to. If I hadn’t been home I never would have known there were strange people running around on our land. I didn’t let my dog out but don’t they worry about stuff like that? People have LGDs all over out here. I will be interested to see what the power company has to say. I had to leave a message of course

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Or how they wouldn’t stop when I asked them to. If I hadn’t been home I never would have known there were strange people running around on our land. I didn’t let my dog out but don’t they worry about stuff like that? People have LGDs all over out here. I will be interested to see what the power company has to say. I had to leave a message of course

“Your call is VERY important to us!!”

 

[notabitail]

“Your call is VERY important to us!!”

"We will call you back in three, six, five, days and three, six, seven, days".

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I WILL be the squeaky wheel that gets the oil even if it means walking into the office myself. I will also find out what they sprayed.

 

[RoyalChick]

So fun story…today my dog started barking her head off and I looked out to see a guy up in the trees under the power lines spraying something on the bushes (which had just been brush-hogged a few days ago). I resisted the urge to load the shotgun because I saw the electric company truck on the road but went out and hollered “can I help you!?” He didn’t speak English. But his boss told me if I don’t want the power company spraying herbicide on my property I need to call them and let them know. He assured me it is safe for animals but added they don’t spray it where cows are. I guess I need a bull to protect my chickens from poison.

Good Lord. I have power poles on my property which gives the power company and all the cable companies the right to show up without notice.
But they don’t spray. They do prune but always tell me when. I would be very unhappy if they were spraying without my permission.

 

[fuzzi]

A lady I know lives in a modest neighborhood where everyone tries to keep a pretty yard. She asked her next door neighbor to put dunks in her pond and water garden to help prevent mosquitoes The neighbor declined, so this lady took it upon herself to toss dunks in her neighbor's ponds while the neighbor was away.

I'm aghast.

 

[notabitail]

A lady I know lives in a modest neighborhood where everyone tries to keep a pretty yard. She asked her next door neighbor to put dunks in her pond and water garden to help prevent mosquitoes The neighbor declined, so this lady took it upon herself to toss dunks in her neighbor's ponds while the neighbor was away.

I'm aghast.

Dunk her in water.