Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[SimpleJenn]

A cheese snack

Navy's brood is hatching.

 

[BDutch]

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Navy's brood is hatching.

Peeps! Congrats!

 

[Shadrach]

Spring is over. Winter is back. Rain, getting colder, 45mph winds.
We got out for an hour or so. They put up with the drizzle but even light rain wind driven is pretty unpleasant.
I dropped my small surgical round nosed scissors somewhere on the field. They were in a pocket but I didn't zip the pocket up.

They were quite hard to source.

Sylph ripped off one of the worst of her scales on her foot off this afternoon. I've never watched a chicken do that before. She didn't peck it,or knock it off, she grabbed in her beak and yanked like pulling a feather. She didn't do any other others and having got rid of the one, she charged off to catch up with Glais and Mow. I checked at roost time; no blood or sore patch.

The breeder who my Light Sussex friend sourced his chickens from many years ago and who he has swapped with since then has given up breeding.
People just wouldn't pay for a properly bred, low production, slow growing chicken when they can get one that looks the part for half the price or less.
I'm not sure what will happen to the breeders chickens. My friend will take some I know, but the rest...

Sylph waits on the extension roost bar like this often after the others have gone in and settled. Mow did similar last year but it's usually Mow who goes to roost first these days. Glais has come out to check/encourage her in even if it's just been his head.

 

[Shadrach]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj32d05x702o

 

[Sally PB]

Very interesting article, @Shadrach. I hope this helps a lot of pet owners to be able to to afford to care for their pets.

I hope the US follows suit. But I'm surely not going to hold my breath.

 

[Shadrach]

 

[notabitail]

Very interesting article, @Shadrach. I hope this helps a lot of pet owners to be able to to afford to care for their pets.

I hope the US follows suit. But I'm surely not going to hold my breath.

Knowing the US it will be a minimum of $21K instead of $21.

 

[BDutch]

I dropped my small surgical round nosed scissors somewhere on the field. They were in a pocket but I didn't zip the pocket up.

They were quite hard to source.

That sucks. No chance to find it again?

Kraai is broody for 2 - 3 days now .
New anti broody regime. I locked her up in the bathroom for 10 minutes. If she returns to the nest (now at least without fake eggs) I give her 20 minutes in there.
Let’s see how it takes to stop.

Personal choice to stop her. I don’t want chickens to sit on unfertilised eggs. And I don’t have space for more chickens. I do believe the mental impact or disappointment is bigger if the broody sits longer. Not sure if that idea is a right. Maybe just my thought (transposing) because loosing a baby in early pregnancy is not as hard as loosing it further on in the process.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Very interesting article, @Shadrach. I hope this helps a lot of pet owners to be able to to afford to care for their pets.

I hope the US follows suit. But I'm surely not going to hold my breath.

North America is addicted to their corporations, so I doubt anything will be done in the near future.

Meanwhile, animals suffer.