Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[MrsNorthie]

Walked out the door before 11 am and a bunch of chickens were hiding in the front yard.
Found feathers everywhere a dead hen and a fox with a pullet. It dropped the pullet who ran to me and died in my arms. I found another hen I had to put down. I knew a brother to the pullet was missing. All these were white or white with a few black feathers.
After I harvested meat that wasn't punched or torn, I walked around looking and found him half buried in the ashes of the burn pile. If I hadn't seen the fox I might have blamed a bobcat
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I put him in the big coyote box trap. So far I have not caught any canines , so probably a waste to drag the trap up to the burn pile.

I am so sorry!

 

[Shadrach]

Walked out the door before 11 am and a bunch of chickens were hiding in the front yard.
Found feathers everywhere a dead hen and a fox with a pullet. It dropped the pullet who ran to me and died in my arms. I found another hen I had to put down. I knew a brother to the pullet was missing. All these were white or white with a few black feathers.
After I harvested meat that wasn't punched or torn, I walked around looking and found him half buried in the ashes of the burn pile. If I hadn't seen the fox I might have blamed a bobcat
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I put him in the big coyote box trap. So far I have not caught any canines , so probably a waste to drag the trap up to the burn pile.

 

[Shadrach]

Two and a half hours. Drier than yesterday thankfully.
Pleased to write the grass transplanting and seeding seems to be working.
I know it's just a few small patches but it seems to have discouraged nettles which was what was in these areas before. There are a couple more patches further down the run which are slowly getting established.

I did write drier! Full rainbow again.

Out on the field.

Leaving the field at around 7.15pm now and that means I can catch an earlier bus. Home at 8.30.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

There’s a lot to be said for earlier sunsets!

 

[notabitail]

Walked out the door before 11 am and a bunch of chickens were hiding in the front yard.
Found feathers everywhere a dead hen and a fox with a pullet. It dropped the pullet who ran to me and died in my arms. I found another hen I had to put down. I knew a brother to the pullet was missing. All these were white or white with a few black feathers.
After I harvested meat that wasn't punched or torn, I walked around looking and found him half buried in the ashes of the burn pile. If I hadn't seen the fox I might have blamed a bobcat
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I put him in the big coyote box trap. So far I have not caught any canines , so probably a waste to drag the trap up to the burn pile.

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

In an ideal world, we would make enough from selling eggs to cover feed, but it really isn't that important because I just love them. When everything else is stressing me out, I just visit with the chickens and I feel calm.

My little flock are great at relaxing me even channeling their inner pirate dinosaur!

That’s how I described this picture of Minnie to my 4 year old great nephew who had just got back from a holiday where they took a boat trip to see pirate caves - he loves dinosaurs too and we told him chickens are dinosaurs’ great great great etc grandkids

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

Walked out the door before 11 am and a bunch of chickens were hiding in the front yard.
Found feathers everywhere a dead hen and a fox with a pullet. It dropped the pullet who ran to me and died in my arms. I found another hen I had to put down. I knew a brother to the pullet was missing. All these were white or white with a few black feathers.
After I harvested meat that wasn't punched or torn, I walked around looking and found him half buried in the ashes of the burn pile. If I hadn't seen the fox I might have blamed a bobcat
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I put him in the big coyote box trap. So far I have not caught any canines , so probably a waste to drag the trap up to the burn pile.