It what's he's familiar with - if anyone does, it's always the hens that chase off the sparrows, dunnocks, robins, pheasants etc. from the feed stations here.This is him wondering what he should do about the jackdaws eating the feed he spilt out of the tray when he stood in it.
Sylph went round shortly after this picture and ran at the jackdaws who of course scattered.Not sure if Glais was impressed or not.
Ok, zero predators here where replacing chicken wire with welded mesh would make much or any difference, given my chickens aren't locked in in any way most of the time.
That's really frustrating, especially if it's down to the people organising the rehoming. One of the bigger national organisations had hens in Aberdeenshire recently and they were advertising that pickup day - the day after they collect the birds themselves, I believe - weeks and weeks in advance.It would be my preference but I'm sick of trying to deal with the rescue people who are in some cases well intentioned but hopeless to deal with. I could get a couple of Ex Battery hens tomorrow but they have been kept at one of the rescue centers for an undisclosed length of time and having seen a couple of these places and how they are run, particularly with regard to bio security I would rather not risk it. In fact I know of a person that did take 4 Ex Battery rescues from one of these centers and they all died within a couple of months.
Being battery hens, they have no resistance to anything found in a natural environment. One needs to get them the day they are rescued and these rescue days seem to be organised at extremely short notice.
