Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kattabelly]

I read the post you linked to when you posted it. I don't think there's any doubt pecking back can work. There have been posts advocating this method from other BYC members.

I use it sometimes, but I'd want to be sure they understood what they'd done to make me peck them back. I don't think it's always that obvious with some accidental hand-feeding bites.

 

[Shadrach]

Two hours today. Snow flurries this morning. Feeling cold at 3C. The sun did shine but only Glais was interested in going onto the field. The 25mph wind gusts are what kept Mow and Sylph mostly under the coop for the afternoon rather than the cold.

I took sardines to the field today as an attempt to get some better quality protein into Mow and Sylph. I gave half a tin each in separate bowls. It worked well. Not much bowl swapping and no squabbling. It looked to me as if each got close to an exact share.

I'm thinking about making some feed changes. Looking at the cost over a month of what I have been giving it would work out cheaper to make a daily sardine mash with some fermented grains. Roughing out the details currently.

Fifteen minutes just out of the gate eating greens.

Happy to be in the coop I think. When I looked last they had all wedged up together. Keeping the hens warm is on Glais's job list as far as I'm concerned.