Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Two and a half hours today. We had some rain.
While nowhere near enough, it's a start and there is more forecast for tomorrow.
They look best of friends and perhaps they are but it seems to me that it's all on Mow's terms.

 

[rural mouse]

You’re right, that’s an awful lot of leakage for that mix. I too am used to the leakage only being present on the wings, but I haven’t seen many individuals quite as mature as these ones. Even so, the red on the saddles is a bit extreme. Maybe a generational RSL mix?

Or.....maybe someone was trying to make a sex link but got the breeds swapped (instead of the red roo x white hen, they bred a white roo x red hen) so all the chicks look like red sex links, but aren't sexable until the standard age?