Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kattabelly]

A direct hit from a Muscovy Duck, in this case a sitting female, managed to draw blood through a pair of leather riggers gloves.They've got some power in those necks.

Other than one sexually frustrated gander (he already hated wheelbarrows and took his job as a guard very seriously and then it was spring and a fox ate his girlfriend), broody Muscovies are the scariest and most aggressive animals I've ever worked with.

 

[kattabelly]

I should probably mention that those Muscovies were half feral anyway. They slept outdoors all year round - other than the one who terrorised me for a couple of months after she decided to nest and raise chicks in the polytunnel - in an area that for part of the year was only accessible to humans if you had a machete. Only feed they got was what they could steal from the chickens (who, in turn, terrorised the Muscovies despite being far smaller) and other animals or foraged for themselves either in nature or from the polytunnel and veg field. The adults were wild and the ducklings they raised were even wilder.

Muscovies that are actually kept as livestock by people who like their animals to be relatively tame might well be different.

 

[BDutch]

I think archaeologists and art connoisseurs think otherwise. The context provides a story for why it exists and looks as it does. Neil MacGregor's History of the World in 100 Objects really shows the added value that comes with knowing the backstory of a work of art I think.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads

Sorry, I didn’t express myself in the right way. I meant the quality of the statue itself is of great importance for me, but true, I do place it in it’s time too.

And sure, knowing the story behind it makes it more interesting. This can refer to the original artist and the city/person who paid the artist, but also to the cultural and historical setting, and even the robbery and transport to elsewhere.

Thanks for the link. There are some very interesting artworks/things in the series.

 

[Perris]

Thanks for the link. There are some very interesting artworks/things in the series.

Glad you like it. It had us completely hooked when it first aired.

 

[RoyalChick]

Glad you like it. It had us completely hooked when it first aired.

I got the book associated with the series but probably should watch too.

 

[Perris]

I got the book associated with the series but probably should watch too.

You've probably got all the info already then, but it was a radio series - so you could listen again while e.g. driving or gardening

 

[fuzzi]

Two hours without any rain and a bearable temperature of around 11C.View attachment 4241188View attachment 4241189View attachment 4241190View attachment 4241191View attachment 4241192View attachment 4241193View attachment 4241194

I see some sickle feathers coming...

 

[kattabelly]

Muscovy duck tax

 

[Perris]

Tax for art and archaeology chat:
Greek (attic), 5th century BC, black-figure lekythos, in Palermo museum Sicily

 

[BDutch]

Art tax
Part of a modern wall painting (museum MORE modern realism). https://www.museummore.nl/en/