Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ChickenshedStudio]

Much excitement here today - Lightning laid an egg!!
She is one of the two remaining hens from the 5 we inherited in the summer, she's at least 6+, breed unknown, and she hasn't laid since we moved here.

She was very underweight when we finally managed to catch her in the summer, and she had the name 'ScaredyChicken' until my nephew renamed her because she was so averse to people. She's not any fonder of us now, but we had to treat an injury last month and she was in much better condition, so it's just lovely to see her laying.

I'd noticed Abney paying her lots of attention and he even started herding her today - then she was seen heading into the coop. Even better, she's laying in the same nest box as the pullets!! (I'm leaving the eggs in in the vain hope of broodiness)

 

[SimpleJenn]

My cat says woof

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Tax for everything (I'm on the installment plan, I fear:

The nice, jungley goal - please ignore the random detritus from the winter; it's on my list:

The current state (different part of yard):

I’m so over having my backyard look like a penitentiary exercise area