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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    French Marans from France.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've read some of it. Interesting but an over simplification in my opinion. I didn't finish the book. One needs a lot of things to live a healthy life in ones senior years, genetics will get you a long way, a simple lifestyle eating real food will get you a bit further, exercise daily has a...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    None of it's life threatening. It's part and parcel of getting old for most. If it's not one thing it's another. I've had to work harder on my diet and try to increase my exercise load. The doctors mostly just want to give people drugs, many of which give side effects worse than the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Four hours today. Thankfully it was cooler than yesterday at 25C with night time temperatures of around 17C; much more comfortable for me and the chickens. It wasn't a good day for Fret. There is something going on here we need to know about. Fret had two fits today, exactly the same as Barking...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My health? :lau I'll try not to be too facetious.:p For someone with Shingles, yes it's still there,COPD and now Parkinson's Disease, apparently, I'm the picture of health according to the doctors.:confused::lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Three and a half hours today. 29C at mid afternoon and everyone was showing it with spread wings and open beaks. Fret came out with a bit of encouragement and settled close to my chair or on my plot. I found she'll drink from the container in the picture above. She drank a lot today compared to...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I didn't until today. I spoke to C. Got to within a couple of months. C brought Fret to the field in the early spring of 2019. Fret was about eighteen months old. So Fret is seven years old plus some months. Older than I thought.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    One can only go on the information one has. If I had known you were going to get a feather duster from an established flock with a first class CV I might have written differently. He is gorgeous and no wonder that bunch of floozies you've collected adore him.:D I'm delighted to be proven...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    "Is this how you comfort your soul bc the time to say goodbye to Fret is near? Of course I hope for a miracle too. " Well, in a way I suppose. I listen to a lot of music. Sometimes a track just seems appropriate, Here's the bad news. I've been watching chickens die for close to 25 years. I've...
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    Scaly Leg Mite + Feather Feet Questions (UPDATED WITH PHOTOS)

    I don't dilute it. I've used it on my own wounds.
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    Scaly Leg Mite + Feather Feet Questions (UPDATED WITH PHOTOS)

    Feathered legs and feet make most of the usual recommendations impracticable. You've certainly got your work cut out with your wookiees.:love It would seem that susceptibility to scaly leg mite is a genetic problem rather than lack of care on the part of the keeper. I've had and have some birds...
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    Intro - I raise Muscovy ducks, various geese, and a few chickens in a "food forest"

    Hello BingC. Welcome to BYC. I would love to see some pictures, and read any other information you may be willing to share on your food forest project.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    It looks like they are paying attention. :love
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Four hours today. A rather muggy and warm afternoon. Apparently it's going to reach 30C tomorrow and the chickens are not going to like that.:(
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Most of them are in my experience. Some won't become compliant, probably a laudable attitude when it comes to dealing with humans. I think the saying might be for some of these "difficult" rooster is "better dead than pet." I can't disagree with that. I know that to a certain extent the field...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    28/06. Three hours.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It's possible.:confused: If Fret was sitting on a nest, with or without eggs then the above methods might be worth considering.
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    Strange issue with hen

    Was there some incident that gave rise to the limp, a strain, a fall, for examples? From experience I can write that some muscular/tendon strains can take months to recover so knowing the cause of the initial problem is very helpful. Another possibility if the problem isn't related to an...
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    MJ's little flock

    I don't believe most breeders are aware that their chicks have health problems. There are doubtless some that don't care and that is just one of the problems with many backyard breeders.
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