Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[HiEverybirdy]

All of the above. It's why I write one needs to wait at least a year, preferably eighteen months before one judges the character. This allows for a full year of seasons independant from their parents. A years worth of experience basically.
It's just that the keeping circumstances are frustrating. Cockerels growing up has been mostly hands off for me in the past, apart from the few I've adopted until they either join, or make their own tribe.
In these circumstances feel I need to be more proactive in getting evryone settled, if they will. I want to add two more hens for one thing and the point of me being there with them is so they can get out of the coop run which I beleive is very very important for both physical and mental health. Much like me getting out of a city flat everyday.

Adding hens will be interesting, particularly with you not being there all the time. Of course a 2nd coop and a few extra feed/water/grit/calcium stations should head off most concerns. Did you replace the Nestera yet?

On them not wanting to range as much: we're seeing a lot of that here! It's been 2 months of them spending an excessive amount of time under cover.

They appear healthy and happy, but even the Adventure Speckles don't leave the safety of the chickenyard for more than a few minutes. We're going through noticeably more commercial feed.

In our case, the culprits may be hawks and feral cats. The wind has also returned after a remarkably windless year, bringing noise they're no longer accustomed to, plus the falling leaves that camouflage hawk dives.

 

[notabitail]

I did as a child, and when we had children.
It’s a celebration in the Netherlands and Belgium for children, when they get presents. A bit like kings day in Spain.

Three Kings Day is one my family does celebrate. We don't do presents on Christmas, we wait until Jan 6th to do them.

 

[BDutch]

The last paragraph in the article is a bit strange For many a few European countries, this simple is a gift-giving day in early Advent helps preserve a Christmas Day focus on the meaning of Christmas itself.

I forgot :
Many people make funny or special personal verses accompanied with the presents. Older children often make surprise/ fun presents.
We have special candy and cookies in the month before Sinterklaas.

Nowadays many people with older children changed the present date to Christmas eve or Christmas day.

My 2 black Pete’s