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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A strange thing. He's triathlon fit and he works at the hospital. He's had covid more times than I can recall. He worked on the covid department when the regular staff got sick, or just plain worn out. The hospital offer anti virus jabs to their staff and he was just passing by that department...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's out of hospital. Minor impaired coordination and he can't read properly. That should all come back hopefully. He's a lovely man, rather old school for a forty year old so we get on well anyway.🥰
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No and no and you're avin a larf.:rolleyes::lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    All of the above. It's why I write one needs to wait at least a year, preferably eighteen months before one judges the character. This allows for a full year of seasons independant from their parents. A years worth of experience basically. It's just that the keeping circumstances are...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Woke up this morning... By the end of the day, my eldest's husband had had a stroke, the youngest had been misdiagnosed with shingles, in fact, after a second opinion, it was found to be another virus, a friend here has a prostate operation go wrong, the rat has been back overnight and my phone...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Well, yes I have. I've wondered a lot about women.:p There is some truth in what you imply regarding senior hens having the wisdom and receiving the more juniors respect, be they male or female. I would of course cite Fat Bird as a prime example. On the other hand there was Barking Bracket who...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Looks like I might be testing out a few ideas... Given you're overwhelmed with chicken drama and not interested in much else currently you could have the pictures I take and use them as well as whatever you knock up.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've got a couple of ideas. I had a look at the possibilities and a bit of a test this afternoon. There really isn't much I can do out on the field. My plot gives reasonable cover from spring to late autumn which is why they go there as default shelter spot. The corner just outside the chicken...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm waiting for Mow and Sylph to finish their moult. It's only then I can get a better picture of what's going on.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    You've been had over by some feminist propaganda it seems.:p
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    How do you keep your run dry and clean?

    No to the cat litter and the wood mulch. The wood mulch in particular is likely to exacerbate the problem. Hardwood wood chip may help in the short term but sorting the ground out so it drains properly is the long term solution. How bad is the run? This bad? Above is what the run used to look...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I appreciate this but he has to adapt a bit. There is never going to be jungle cover on the field. Unfortunately one can't just magic dense bush growth, it takes time. I've got some planted. It might do the job in a couple of years.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've got a problem and it's something I have not had to deal with before and maybe there is nothing to be done. Glais is alarmed at things Mow and Sylph were not before but are becoming alarmed due to Glais's reaction. Three times this afternoon he bolted to the coop when some Jackdaws landed on...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A dry sunny day today and the wind was light, but the ground is still sodden; more rain tomorrow. We need the water in the reservoirs and on the ground. But it is pretty miserable when you've traveled across Bristol mainly to get them out of the coop run and it just pisses down for the duration...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    There is a problem that I don't know the reason for going on. I have my suspicions but I would need to be there full time for a couple of days to see what's going on.
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