Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[rural mouse]

He’s a very pretty boy!

I need a new pic, he's a week or 2 older and has changed again.

Mortimer, another from that batch isn't going to be a Raven black. He's going to be the Raven that fell in the paint bucket

the gold edges are coming in. He's named for this fine fellow

https://www.fictiondb.com/series/mortimer-the-raven-joan-aiken~23694.htm

 

[Mother of Chaos]

If only this were true!

 

[Ebullock]

I eliminated food using a rat proof feeder made by a guy here on BYC and once the food was gone I used bait that would not have a secondary effect on wildlife (or chickens) if they ate the corpse.
I also managed to kill a few with dry ice down in their burrows.
I only ever had one dead rat to dispose of. The rest abandoned ship. I have been rat free for almost 2 months now.
I was skeptical about eliminating food having such an effect but it really did.
I was thinking of writing an article about it to help others handle the issue.

 

[Ebullock]

can you share the rat proof feeder?

 

[RoyalChick]

can you share the rat proof feeder?

Here you go.
https://ratproofchickenfeeder.com/Medium-Ratproof-Chicken-Feeder_p_1.html

The guy who makes them is on BYC user name Al Gerhart. I am not tagging him because it is probably better that you PM him. He was very helpful to me in getting it set up. You have to train the chickens to use it and mine learned at different rates. I could not be happier with them - though Al does warn you that you need to be willing to tinker a bit - this is not a big box store product. Not quite home made but close. It is very solidly built and I know several folk who have them and have been happy with them but sometimes a bit of tinkering is required.
I have two.

 

[RoyalChick]

Here you go.
https://ratproofchickenfeeder.com/Medium-Ratproof-Chicken-Feeder_p_1.html

The guy who makes them is on BYC user name Al Gerhart. I am not tagging him because it is probably better that you PM him. He was very helpful to me in getting it set up. You have to train the chickens to use it and mine learned at different rates. I could not be happier with them - though Al does warn you that you need to be willing to tinker a bit - this is not a big box store product. Not quite home made but close. It is very solidly built and I know several folk who have them and have been happy with them but sometimes a bit of tinkering is required.
I have two.

Adding a picture of Tassels standing on the treadle to hold it open for her Littles. You have to be careful with chicks because they can get crushed by the door. Mine are still not heavy or big enough to use it on their own but are very capable of eating from it when someone else opens it and for now I have put a clip to prevent it completely closing on their heads if the adult steps off. I should be able to remove the clips in a week or two.

 

[fuzzi]

If only this were true!

Some of us aren't.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Welcome to Wrexham , and Neyland and Queensferry
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An out-of-nowhere question: do you pronounce Neyland NEE-land or NAY-land?

Our college football stadium (University of Tennessee) is named after a former coach, Robert Neyland. It was pretty universally pronounced Nayland for a long time, until it suddenly became Neeland, which is how the family pronounced it. This gave rise to much bitter debate at the time, often alcohol-fueled…