Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Got the Covid again. Buses are on strike. It's going to rain all afternoon.
J is going to do the chickens for me today.

 

[fluffycrow]

Got the Covid again. Buses are on strike. It's going to rain all afternoon.
J is going to do the chickens for me today.

Hope you feel better soon, Shad . Is this the third time?

Hopefully it won’t leave any long lasting effects, and is even milder than last time

 

[notabitail]

Got the Covid again. Buses are on strike. It's going to rain all afternoon.
J is going to do the chickens for me today.

I hope you get well soon .

The sunglasses, however, did remind me of this:

 

[RoyalChick]

Got the Covid again. Buses are on strike. It's going to rain all afternoon.
J is going to do the chickens for me today.

Feel better!

 

[Perris]

I hope you get well soon .

The sunglasses, however, did remind me of this:

that's brilliant!

 

[Shadrach]

So, so jealous of your apples. PROPER apples (not the shite they sell in supermarkets) are my favourite thing ever - I used to get enough for free through orchard and gardening jobs when I lived down south that I could eat several every day for almost half the year. Now instead of visiting family for Christmas, I go down when Egremont Russets are at their best and fill a 90L rucksack to take back with me.

That little tree was the only tree apart from from cooking apples at the back of the run that got properly watered during the long dry spell. The apples from that little tree are the only eating apples that haven't developed a tough skin due to the lack of proper watering. They're on the small side but very tasty.

 

[Shadrach]

Not easily; that is one thing that the Nestera coop does not lend itself to. I don't want to take the back off and risk scaring other birds out into the night while trying to get hold of the one I want.

And I think you forget there is no pen/run here; either they are free to roam or they are in the Nestera for the night.

This isn't a problem I've ever encountered when taking birds out of coops at night. The others in the coop have shown zero interest in going out in the dark to the point that I've left the coop door open while I do what I needed to to the bird I had taken out.

 

[Shadrach]

I know I'm not the only one on the thread with super duper tame chickens, but I figured I'd go ahead and represent (acknowledging that Shad's probably shaking his head at this level of chicken-human mingling).

Tame chickens can happen unintentionally and unexpectedly. Merle was a mean cockerel – vicious biter, yikes – but over 4 years has somehow come to expect a daily scritch. It's to the point where I can't herd him back to the yard by tickling his bum anymore. As soon as I touch him, he stops to wait for more.

Others, like Stilton, have no interest in being touched but like to spend time near or on people. At this point, they're all calm and easy enough to scoop up, particularly if they sense your intentions are well placed.

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Their tameness might be the mark of a less experienced keeper (I'll let you know my opinion on that in 10 more years ) and yes, the birds are a little cushy, but their high level of human socialization works for our current keeping style

I'm not shaking my head. I written numerous times that I think it's important to be able to handle ones chickens, livestock or pets.
Some chickens put up with it better than others, but I'm not the slightest bit interested in chasing chickens at my age.
Luckily I'm still quick enough to do the full tail grab and if as I do, one sits close to the chickens when one feeds them, a sneaky tail grab while they have their beaks in the grub works wonders.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

Yup. I stopped eating chocolate entirely; even the no sugar, extra dark organic stuff because of that.

I tried to like this post as I was catching up and my thumb just wouldn't cooperate. I'm not sure life without chocolate is worth living.
Sort of kidding.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

Got the Covid again. Buses are on strike. It's going to rain all afternoon.
J is going to do the chickens for me today.

Oh man sorry to hear about everything going on at once.
Rest and fluids.