Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

Whenever you find that raising chickens is about to drive you out of your mind, don’t forget this from ?30 years ago (Super Bowl commercial, and the sponsoring Internet-bubble business promptly collapsed) - sorry about all the IG blather; couldn’t edit it out:

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Very funny, but I don’t grasp what product they promote.

Sussex pullets, hatched in July 2025

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Claudia

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Lois on left

Both are laying right now.

One of my younger chickens started to lay again after the period with snow.
I suppose the laying season is starting up around here.
10 Feb ; Sun up 8.05 set at 17.45.
Also important : warmer sunshining days and less stress (free ranging without snow ).

 

[Sally PB]

I suppose the laying season is starting up around here.

I am eagerly awaiting the start up of laying season.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Very funny, but I don’t grasp what product they promote.

Exactly! And this commercial gets mentioned when people talk about (non-) effective advertising - it's memorable and loved, but people have no idea what the product was. (I think it could be used to sell lint rollers - that's one of the funniest gags in the commercial to me.)

It was for EDS, Electronic Data Systems, to suggest that they could solve unsolvable business problems. ("It's like trying to herd cats!")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Herders