Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

I used to have wild black raspberries and gooseberries in the poultry yard. They ate the berries and then the leaves. I don't have any left in the Poultry yard

 

[Perris]

Mine aren't particularly fond of raspberries; most will try one if I pick a berry and offer it to them, but they're left on the canes for me to enjoy, which I'm very happy about

I imagine grape, olive and pomegranate will do well where you are @fluffycrow , but most of what I'm familiar with couldn't cope with the dryness.

 

[Perris]

I tried a bit of planting this year, hopefully it helps a bit. So far, that is one bougainvillea glabra, two larger nerium oleander bushes, two lavenders bushes (not sure which exact species), one myrtus communis bush (which I’m most excited about)

I'm jealous; they are all so beautiful or fragrant (the varieties that will grow here are not so good as those that love the heat).

 

[Perris]

This is Phoenix the ram. He was the most dangerous domesticated creature we kept

He really liked knocking people over. He did this a lot. He is probably responsible for the heart attack I had while I was at the smallholding.

It became my job to deal with him. I did daily, twice a day or more usually. Every year he would put me on my back once.

Is the last photo after one such episode, with him coming to check you were OK?
My takeaway from this is: never turn your back on a ram

I got to like Phoenix. The tipping point was watching him tread care fully around an egg one of hens had laid on the floor in his shed