Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

3C, with wind chill -2C. Freezing rain at times. Wet and windy all day.
"We're not going out in that!" And they didn't. I fed them in the coop extension. Dashed out between downpours to fetch clean water, do the overnight food and water and clean out the coop,

 

[fuzzi]

Our sweet baby "pullet," haha. And his Mr. February 2026 photo because I'm proud of him <--that photo was actually taken in late August, just prior to molting. I never know if his beard is smaller than others due to genes or the girls keeping it short for him.
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Love that tail.

 

[kcan2]

3C, with wind chill -2C. Freezing rain at times. Wet and windy all day.
"We're not going out in that!" And they didn't. I fed them in the coop extension. Dashed out between downpours to fetch clean water, do the overnight food and water and clean out the coop,
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Mow 1st photo appears ready to go upstairs and have done with such nonsensical weather as that!