Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

09/03.
These morning trips are wearing me out.
Grey, misty, with morning drizzle.
Late getting to the field due to roadwork delays. One and a half hours.

Isn’t there someone in the allotment group who you can ask to open up in the morning until the new pop door is ready? Don’t you have a WhatsApp groep?

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Tinned mackerel for supper. I give it to Glais and Glais gives it to whoever grabs it out of his beak first! I had to break tiny bits to get Glais to eat any. All the large bits he gives away.

So amazing, the depth and breadth of instincts! Even though it’s doubtless better to have a multigenerational flock teaching the younger ones, it’s humbling how much they just know.

 

[Perris]

So amazing, the depth and breadth of instincts! Even though it’s doubtless better to have a multigenerational flock teaching the younger ones, it’s humbling how much they just know.

He had several excellent teachers for his first few months remember.

Killay, for example, will use a bridge rather than get his feet wet

 

[Mother of Chaos]

He had several excellent teachers for his first few months remember.

Killay, for example, will use a bridge rather than get his feet wet
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Very true, although how much a young cockerel or pullet understands and retains examples of information that is not yet relevant seems a bit iffy. (I know that humans are quite terrible in this regard.)

A more personal example is that of my five, none raised by broodies or in mixed flocks (verified by the breeder.) They show many behaviors that I see in posts about multigenerational flocks.

 

[Perris]

I agree that instincts run strong and deep in normal chickens, and they will out given half a chance. But I disagree about young humans understanding and retaining info; think about the 1st 3 years, not the teenagers or tweenagers. Infants and toddlers are soaking it up like sponges. Their native language, cultural habits etc are picked up in those years and equips them for life, and a nurturing environment, or lack thereof, is often said to have lifelong consequences too. Ditto chickens. Chickhood is much more important than people generally recognize.

 

[Molpet]

I agree that instincts run strong and deep in normal chickens, and they will out given half a chance. But I disagree about young humans understanding and retaining info; think about the 1st 3 years, not the teenagers or tweenagers. Infants and toddlers are soaking it up like sponges. Their native language, cultural habits etc are picked up in those years and equips them for life, and a nurturing environment, or lack thereof, is often said to have lifelong consequences too. Ditto chickens. Chickhood is much more important than people generally recognize.

Yes I see a difference in chicks raised in a brooder or by a hen. The hen raised are predator and whats good to eat savvy quicker.

Chicks that hatched in my incubator, and only handled when I took them out of the incubator immediately walked out and put them under a hen, are much more friendly than the ones the same hen had hatched at the same time. I believe they remember me.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Jailbreak!!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Erebody up!!!

(This is somewhat painful in shorts)

 

[Mother of Chaos]

lol

I think they’re creating a new surgical incision

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Again, this chicken bait is Da Bomb for anyone with access to Trader Joe’s stores and who want to enchant their chickens.

Sliced thin (no choking risk), raw, unsalted. Dietary info is for humans, not chickens: