Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kattabelly]

Breeze block tax

"Why are you photographing me in the bath?!"

 

[BDutch]

Sussex are just really solid. Even for bigger birds, I'm always surprised at their weight when I pick mine up. They're like breeze blocks underneath the fluff.

In my overwhelming hatch in 2023 (9 chicks from 11 hatchery eggs) I had a bantam speckled Sussex pullet and a cockerel. They where lovely and friendly. The size of adult bantams is around 900 grams/1 kg.

I had to sell/give away 4 cockerels and a few pullets ASAP. There was no way to keep the pullet if I wanted to make a deal with the guy who loved to breed with 2 males and had room for the male Dutch as well. Last year I contacted the breeder again for a new try. But his own eggs were infertile by that time.

Thats why I have 2 Amrocks now and no bantam Sussex.

Bantam speckled sussex chick with no name.

For now my flock is complete.

Officially I have to coop them up in a coop/run now with the bird flu restrictions in the Netherlands. The run is big enough to keep 5 small and 3 bigger bantams (15m2) inside if necessary, that is after a warning/visit from an enforcer.

Until that moment I let them free range.
My moulting /oldies flock. Lots of feathers but no eggs at all last week.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Reposting from elsewhere. The Look you get when a new sliced almond isn’t offered every 30 seconds:

 

[Perris]

So Glais finally flew this coop and has landed safely in Bristol I'm sure Shad will have more to say about the introductions and first impressions, but it seemed to go very well while I was there and I sincerely hope they will all get along famously.

 

[kcan2]

So Glais finally flew this coop and has landed safely in Bristol I'm sure Shad will have more to say about the introductions and first impressions, but it seemed to go very well while I was there and I sincerely hope they will all get along famously.

Wow, so exciting! Looking forward to hearing about him from Shadrach’s end!

 

[kattabelly]

Wow, so exciting! Looking forward to hearing about him from Shadrach’s end!

I know, I read that and I felt like a kid on Christmas morning waiting to hear all about it

Mad how we can feel so invested in the love lives of some chickens hundreds or thousands of miles away.

 

[BDutch]

So Glais finally flew this coop and has landed safely in Bristol I'm sure Shad will have more to say about the introductions and first impressions, but it seemed to go very well while I was there and I sincerely hope they will all get along famously.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

So Glais finally flew this coop and has landed safely in Bristol I'm sure Shad will have more to say about the introductions and first impressions, but it seemed to go very well while I was there and I sincerely hope they will all get along famously.

I was beginning to think it would never happen!!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

So Glais finally flew this coop and has landed safely in Bristol I'm sure Shad will have more to say about the introductions and first impressions, but it seemed to go very well while I was there and I sincerely hope they will all get along famously.

 

[BDutch]

5 portions of popcorn
I think you need at least 5 jumps around to keep your weight! Better add a few in your next post.