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  1. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Three hours today. Grey with drizzle. C euthanized Fret today. I've written a t various points in this thread that trying to ensure Henry had a better life in his senior years was my main objective. I made a wonderful friend and buried him. I don't think Fret got over Henry's death which made...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :hugs It hurts less if one gets pecked if one slides ones hand under the broody hen palm up I've found.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It does I think. C hasn't had much involvement with the field chickens for the last almost four years. She wasn't able to claim Henry as hers, I don't think they ever got on very well. Fret was different. C bought Fret with money from her husbands life insurance I believe. The rest, including...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have often hoped that there is some worth, not just for me as a dairy, but for others to see the day to day reality of chicken keeping, albeit under rather odd circumstances. Once the coop was changed and the auto pop door fitted the conditions at the field are not so dissimilar to many...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Three and a half hours yesterday. This can't go on. I have spoken to C about Fret. Fret is the only chicken that C, without any doubt, bought with her own money so despite what I may think about C, they have the final word on what to do about Fret. C, says she will euthanize Fret this weekend.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Definitely worth reading and reviewing. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/building-a-better-coop-coastal-challenges-forest-solutions-and-the-stuff-nobody-tells-you.80133/
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    There has been so much going from Henry to the weather I couldn't even begin to guess what caused what currently. Everyone is stressed.:confused:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Three hours today. 22C down to 15C late evening.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    There is quite a large tolerance in the time it takes a hen to lay an egg. Better to look at the 24 hour standard as an average rather than a median value. It can be even more misleading when the manufacturing runs faster than the delivery. You can see this sometimes when one or two eggs are...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I know the feeling but the reality is in my experience that we're not as good at fixing things as we think we are.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've dealt with a couple of stress related paralysis cases as you may recall from my stories. It can take a bit of time but recovery prognosis is good.:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It has crossed my mind. I can think of two people who are unwell enough to do it. The deaths/illnesses are so different it doesn't seem realistic.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Congratulations I bet they love that extra freedom.:love
  14. Shadrach

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Four hours today. Tull died sometime this morning. I found her dead next to Fret in the coop extension. She had a heart attack. No mistaking the signs, neck far out and hackles slightly raised. Poor Tull. Poor all of them. Fret is no better but she had managed to leave the coop and perch on the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't know Perris and I doubt there are many vets in the country that could diagnose the problem let alone provide a cure. We just don't know enough about the chicken and while it may seem rather heartless to be taking pictures of poor Fret in her condition perhaps, between Barking Bracket and...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    There is the option to import a few reactions; download and post as an attached file. This is in the standard set for this platform but has been removed by the site owner I presume.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Jolly good show. :clap For those of you who can't find or can't be bothered to look I've provided a link below. Reviews will help get the article noticed. It only takes a moment to do.;):cool: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hedges-for-forage-and-cover.79874/
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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...
  20. Shadrach

    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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