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  1. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That makes a statement that you need to take care of the field chickens until they die :hugs .
  2. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Without access to a sheltered or indoor place and warm water, some health issues are certainly very challenging to manage. Just as having another pair of hands makes a world of difference. But chickens can lose their toe even when their keeper has all that, and is careful at monitoring them. Any...
  3. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    About ten days ago I saw a few hens nibbling at the rosemary in their yard for the first time ever in five years 🤔. Looking back and comparing, I realise my ex-batts were not that good at foraging in the sense that the scope of what they ate was definitely less than what the other chickens have...
  4. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I still wish Henry could live forever. :hugs
  5. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    She could see them. I think she cries like this to express her displeasure that the rooster doesn't stay with her. In the morning when it's still cold, she wants to stay in the coop, in the evening she wants to roost 30 mn before the other chickens, and that's when she gets very loud ! That is...
  6. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Oh, reading what I wrote I realise it could sound like I was saying I find our host @Shadrach excessively judgemental. It's definitely not what I meant as I was thinking about the way people write on BYC in general. But yes, Shad could make it to the top of the people who don't wrap up what...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Her poof, pantaloon and short legs make her look all cute and cuddly, but her personality seems very independent. Rude is a rather subjective notion. I have never found any posts downright rude, or insulting, on BYC (granted, I only read posts centered on chickens). But I find an awful lot of...
  8. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Strong winds are the reason why we have a polytunnel instead of a green house. The worse that we've seen is getting the tarp shredded and two broken loops ; if we had had a greenhouse of the same size, it would have been a disaster. I don't like the polytunnel because the tarp needs to be...
  9. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    BOSS are uncommon here, and sold only by foreign bird brands ; we are used to the striped variety. I grew sunflowers three summers in a row. But, because of the strong winds, they needed individual support stakes, which was a bit of a pain when growing rows of them. And they also required so...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Possibly because they share the same coop as the standards, the small chickens that live here all have very strong temper. They seem to believe that tiny should rule. I've shared these before : (Being on the small side myself, I can attest that it does not make me more apt at living...
  11. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A few years ago, we made a mistake and kept feeding our hives after we put the honey bodies on top, because it was a cold spring with late frosts combined to a draught and we were worried they wouldn't find enough to eat. The honey that year was disgusting, even though we had stopped feeding...
  12. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've been thinking about giving my hen Kara milk thistle too because she has ascites and sometimes either a tiny speck of blood or yellow droppings, which makes me think her liver could need support. I wonder if you have heard of any counter-indication ? I only read that it is not recommended to...
  13. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I also prefer leaving chickens in the flock, whenever possible. Do the roosters bother her ? How cold, damp, windy is it ? No, I don't think lack of appetite always means the system shutting down towards the end. I've experienced a few times hens completely stopping to eat for as long as a week...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am also puzzled about leg/ foot feather situations on my chickens. I can't figure out why on earth chickens grow those, they are so troublesome ! My first issue is that my rooster Theo's leg feathers almost all start as ingrown. They always raise his scales and some turn into small hard balls...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Post Scriptum : I deeply regret raising the issue and will now really keep my mouth shut about subjects that do not directly ensue to chicken.
  16. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you first for taking the time to write those detailed explanations especially under circumstances that make it a stressful subject. I understand better your policy, and the choice to not remember that person's membership. I don't want to argue about a subject that has nothing to do with...
  17. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I wouldn't say judging of my partner 's mother's failure from the few lines I wrote is insensitive, but I dont think it's either reasonable or fair. But I don't see the point of arguing about it 😏. Tax for unrelated talk.
  18. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I partially disagree. Of course success =results for the chickens, for plumbers or roofing. But I can think of quite a few domains in which I wouldn't agree. The one I know the best is sport : for me success is practice and consistency, not results. Someone could be very talented and achieve...
  19. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Sorry to hear that. I hope not renewing one of the membership will convince the others to be more active. Maybe some of those people had good reasons ? Life can sometimes throw curves. How do people actually get to know about the allotment and the possibility of getting a plot ? Are they mostly...
  20. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Indeed. Thank you @Perris ! (It makes me wish there was a section of the site devoted to books on poultry.)
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