Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Vulpes vulpes]

Boringly, this one is wysiwyg: the -ais is pronounced 'ice', as in ice-cream, so as if spelt Glice.

I'm so silly. It's only just now that I realised that wysiwyg stands for what you see is what you get. I thought it was some Welsh word I didn't understand

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I'm so silly. It's only just now that I realised that wysiwyg stands for what you see is what you get. I thought it was some Welsh word I didn't understand

That was my first reaction too! And I know what wysiwyg is, but in the context, I thought, oh Lord, what is THAT now? If it had an ff, I would have been convinced.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

Or an incredibly repellent force to the people in our real lives

Ha, I was thinking about that, too: how the time spent here has saved my loved ones from untold hours of chicken-focused conversation

Yup. I don't even have chickens any more. I have to live vicariously through the rest of you.

That's a good point! Skeksis and her family and descendants are deeply woven through this thread, though.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

I hope you keep contributing. Apart from the lovely pictures your knowledge and observations of chicken behaviour are in my view excellent.

High praise. Thank you.

 

[Perris]

I've lost Fabio.

This young man is the best I currently have out of 9 sexually mature cockerels

He's splendid. Did you get a high male:female ratio this year, or just hatch lots?

all but one of which have been successfully rehomed to be flock roosters

well done you!

 

[Perris]

I hope you keep contributing. Apart from the lovely pictures your knowledge and observations of chicken behaviour are in my view excellent.

x2

 

[Perris]

Looks like Silas!

so has the unplanned assortment of genes in this flock spontaneously produced a Speckled Sussex, to go with the unexpected Kraienkoppes?

 

[DobieLover]

Did you get a high male:female ratio this year, or just hatch lots?

Soooo many boys! 70% in the first 2 batches. Astrid had a small 50/50 hatch. So there are 3 more boys coming along. One I'll definitely keep. Possibly a second ermine.