Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

A lot of times, the itty-bitty ones are the deadliest in terms of heat. Have you tried one yet?

Yes. Has a nice kick, but not excessive enough to the point where you question your life choices.

 

[BDutch]

I planted way too late in the season. This handful was from the indoor plant. The outdoor ones didn't get ripe. Too cold.

I have one too but hardly ever use it because its more convenient to use a bit of the Indonesian sambal oelek, from the store.

Black on the ‘swing’ in the run, asking: “do you have a piece of cheese or a mealworm especially for me?”
The swing (branch) was a real swing, but the chickens didn't like it until I secured it with an extra rope, so that there wasn't much movement in it anymore.

About 1.20 m or 4 feet from te ground.

 

[fuentemoon]

Joanna's molt is almost done, and she's mostly white! What a change. She's barely 18 months, this was her first molt.
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She's in the middle here and yes, she's not regained her comb, yet.

Here she is pre-molt
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My two are finally finishing theirs too, and have really taken their names to heart apparently!
Cassia:

Lumi:

 

[rural mouse]

My two are finally finishing theirs too, and have really taken their names to heart apparently!
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Lumi:
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Mera added to her spots this year too.

 

[RoyalChick]

Mera added to her spots this year too.View attachment 4262641

I wonder if Mr. Chips will do that too.

 

[Shadrach]

It surprises me that you prefer a US whiskey over an Irish or Scottish one. How old is it/she?

Oh I don't prefer bourbon over single malt whiskey. I was talking whiskey with a friend and mentioned I hadn't liked the bourbon I had tasted. He asked what I had tried and I told him. He said I had been drinking the wrong stuff and suggested I try this,
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiski...I_fCkej31IRGVR9qF3JuVP7Djw4pdceVneDBl_16kVyLu

I did try some of his. Very nice it was too. Easier to drink than most of the 15 year old single malts and not quite as powerful on the alcohol as the malts.

The Bulleit was on offer, £20. While it may not have won as many awards as the Mitchers it's still a well regard bourbon. Can't go wrong at £20.

One of the people I like to drink with is a bourbon drinker and I'll be seeing them over Christmas. It will be nice to offer him something decent that he likes.

 

[Perris]

I wonder if Mr. Chips will do that too.

How is Tassels getting on? still with the kids? Here Paprika has apparently decided that 11 weeks is enough, and spent most of today not answering her chicks' cheeps.

 

[Shadrach]

Rain all morning. Dry while I was at the field but the wind was worse than yesterday, not in intensity but in frequency.
I fed them out of the run. They ate and went back under the coop. Glais came out, foraged a bit then got on the post. A gust of wind blew him off.

Less feathers and more feather casings. Sylph is getting her tail feathers back.

 

[RoyalChick]

How is Tassels getting on? still with the kids? Here Paprika has apparently decided that 11 weeks is enough, and spent most of today not answering her chicks' cheeps.

She hangs with them sometimes but she has basically told them they have to fight their own battles now.
Mr. Chips has a major crush on Piglet who is not at all keen and very small compared to him.
She has been hiding in the nest boxes and I have been constructing lots of places for her to escape upwards even in the house part of the Chicken Palace.
I need to get updated pictures of him - he is turning into a handsome (and very large) lad. He is tall enough to reach into my pockets looking for blueberries.
He has just learned to summon the ladies for treats, but he hasn't quite learned not to eat them all himself before they respond to his call.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

After her 2nd molt, Peck has more speckles than ever. Lil Nugs has the same amount of speckles each year. I don't have a photo from this week since I'm visiting family (and missing my chickenbirds very much).

Relevant to this thread: I went searching for something to sip while cooking dinner last night and found the fifth of Dalwhinnie I'd brought to my dad 25 years ago after spending a couple weeks in Newtonmore. I'm particularly fond of this 15-year, perhaps because the taste reminds me of that trip. But wowww, has this bottle weathered the years impeccably. Unexpectedly good sipping.