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I see an ad for ex-commercial layers being rehomed at 72 weeks old. That's 1 year and 4-5 months old when they're discarded as waste. It's obscene.

Just got some news on Skomer, two weeks into his new gig: "he is getting on just fine, has his own little flock of about 10 girls. Had a bit of trouble with the other cockerel at first for 3 or 4 days but now all sorted. He is a hard worker and seems to like the old birds Thanks again" yay...

yes you were. But all in a good cause :) Congrats on the new chicks; they look adorable

stunning photos! I love them.

:goodpost: that's my impression too. Thanks for the info on snoring too; I have wondered about such sounds in the past but never been sure what's going on. Your boys are really very handsome :love

yay! congrats! :jumpy:celebrate:wee Fingers crossed for the rest!

:clap well done you! :celebrate

Scratch that. Rhondda's flipped now ( :barnie ), so we're at 2. She'll be joining Idris in jail later...

:barnie I hate it when that happens yes! It was exactly that that catalysed me into action on Idris yesterday. I'd taken the back off the coop to poo pick (having waited all day for the nest boxes to be free) and while I was doing it, having noted she was in a trance, I not only heard but saw...

on a fork - how posh! Or are they just picking the last morsels off the serving implement? :gig

She's the only one currently. One of the other three broke via the attempted rehoming, and two spent two or three days in broody jail, where young Idris now is. Pressure's on to make space by June to let at least one hen sit...

Idris has gone broody now :th

don't regret it: you lived it, in the moment, and I bet the real thing was better than any photograph of it. Which is not to say your photos aren't stunning. Sadly I missed it; just couldn't stay awake that night after waking at 3 something or other (very, very early am).

Mow looks like she's taking a keen interest in what Fret's doing...;)

in their jerk phase I guess :th Cockerels are easier to manage :p

perhaps discretely set up a wildlife camera to catch the culprit? Sorry to read about the family misadventure; sounds traumatic. I hope everybody's nerves are calm again now.

so true! They are a bit of a misnomer these days; 'market for all sorts of things made by local people in their kitchens' would be a more accurate title for the ones near me :p

exactly, because they're picked before they are ripe (when they are still tough enough to withstand the machines that handle them). Strawberries are a classic example; they are usually harvested when only 75% ripe, and they do not (cannot) get any riper or sweeter after harvesting, they just go...

there were pistachio groves all over Sicily, and they used them in all sorts of ways that were new to me e.g. pistachio cream sauce :drool

:th ManueB told a story somewhere of French schoolchildren having lessons about where their food comes from, seeing and tasting them where they grow/are landed etc. It is such a basic thing every child should learn, yet few apparently do now.