Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[kcan2]

Rain this morning then dryish until around 4.30pm. Windy with 30mph gusts.
They were waiting at the gate wanting out when I arrived. They ate and headed out the gate as soon as I opened it. They got about an hour on the field before the rain showed up. They saw it coming before I did and it pissed down.View attachment 4298652View attachment 4298653View attachment 4298654View attachment 4298655View attachment 4298656View attachment 4298657

So much rain!
Did I miss the Boris update?

 

[BDutch]

Usually there is no need to trim as in cut. It is a good idea to file the spur points round and check down the spur shaft for rough patches. A good quality nail file does the job.

I tried filing the upper beak of Ini mini. It didn’t work good enough. Goes too slowly and Ini mini didn’t cooperate. Cutting a piece off with a baby nail cutter (no sharp ends) works much better. I only file the sharp edges after cutting now.

I need to cut her upper beak regularly. Ini mini is my oldest Dutch bantam who is getting 12 yo this spring. Here her beak got at a point it hinders her (eating and preening) and I need to cut it.

 

[Shadrach]

So much rain!
Did I miss the Boris update?

Boris is still alive!

 

[kcan2]

Boris is still alive!

Yay for Boris and those disgusting eating habits of his!

 

[Shadrach]

6C less wind chill and it was chilly. Rain on and off but nothing torrential. One and a half hours. They came out to eat, did half an hours foraging in the extended run, ate their treats and settled down under the coop in time to avoid the next bout of rain.

There is a call that a hens rooster makes in responder to her escort call. The call verges on hysterical. It winds up and then down, 6 or seven sounds with the peak at 3 seems roughly correct. There's been quite a bit of this going on between Glais and Sylph. Mow has made the call in the past for Henry but rarely but I haven't heard her call Glais yet.