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  1. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't eat meat. It is less an ethical consideration than a hormonal one. First indication of pregnancy Just the smell of meat made me sick. Couldn't eat it. Easier just to give it up & I never began again.
  2. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Cover is my issue @ present. I have plenty of large trees giving shade or dappled sunlight but no decent sized bushes. I have 2 I'm hoping will grow significantly come spring but for now the chooks hug a corner of the coop. This area has the neighbour's shrubbery they like & my 2 shrubs. I've...
  3. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Arriving late as I'm in a completely different time zone but my chickens have been in a number of different keeping situations: run & free range on the island; free range on a 1/4 acre block; free range on a 1/2acre block & presently I have over 3/4 of an acre. One third of that is my run as...
  4. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    ha'penny knows her name because it usually means, Hey, you. Get back here. FAST.
  5. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    You sure about this Shad? You know as well as I do that rescues are likely to have issues sooner rather than later & have shorter lives. You are probably emotionally stronger than I was. I found rescuing devastating.
  6. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm so sorry about Fret. She was a pretty lady & one of my favourites. :hugs
  7. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yes, I remember. I've done this before so know it takes time. So far she's doing well.
  8. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have a paralysed chicken @ present. Her sisters adjusted well to the move immediately but Sweetpea cowered & now is no longer walking. I reckon the stress of being crated, moved & a new flock to adjust to. I've separated her so she can eat & drink without competition & she is moving herself...
  9. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have always been very fond of Fret. I am sorry she is poorly but she is in good hands with you.
  10. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Another time I might not be so lucky. I do occasionally listen to you...😜 I read & re-read your article on understanding your rooster & asked what I thought were all the right questions before saying yes to him. It may partially be the breed; he is a booted bantam [ the majority of my flock are...
  11. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Did you seriously think I would get anything else? 🤣 My penchant for the weird & beautiful is rather well known!
  12. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think so - but I'm a terrible sucker for a frizzle! 🤣
  13. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    And yet you adamantly warned me against getting a rooster... 🤔 And that my girls would never again be my girls. I don't know if Leonard is just weird or if I have been extraordinarily lucky but Leonard is a fantastic rooster: gentle with the girls, non~aggressive, well~mannered & he seems to...
  14. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    So sorry, Shad. :hugs I have been missing so much of everyone's happenings but I know what a soft spot you have for roosters. He was one of the good ones.
  15. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    TAX. This is Sweatpea, one of my new babies ~ & yes Shad, they're all feather dusters! 🤣
  16. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Don't sell yourself short, @Perris. I always take your or Shad's advice into account even when I don't agree or my own observation/experience differs because we all know my chickens are weird & I'm on the other side of the world. Just the input, whether...
  17. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Nah. Shad gets a sort of pass because he's allergic. Besides he likes chickens. :p
  18. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    @Shadrach : This is Henry. He is from the same tribe I got Leonard & just as sweet natured & accommodating. I don't know what she does but all the roosters this girl raises are absolutely wonderful.
  19. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No. Mum was around but bubs had fallen onto the ground & wasn't strong enough to fly back up into the tree. I managed to grab it & perch it on a low branch & last I saw they were roosting together.
  20. Ribh

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I haven't paid tax in a while so here we go... This is the baby Tawny Frogmouth I rescued today.
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