Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

What an utter twit (thinking something a little more colourful but this is a family friendly space)

Nitwit?

Dingbat?

Dimbulb?

 

[Shadrach]

My wife got some of the pork fat.
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I bought a very small jar of goose fat this Christmas to give it a try. We had it when I was a child and used to make bubble and squeak with the Christmas leftovers.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bubble-squeak

 

[fuzzi]

I believe I owe some tax...

This is cudweed, which grows well in my yard:

This is what happens when I put cudweed inside the run:

 

[fuzzi]

I bought a very small jar of goose fat this Christmas to give it a try. We had it when I was a child and used to make bubble and squeak with the Christmas leftovers.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bubble-squeak

Now I know what bubble and squeak is...

 

[Sally PB]

Now I know what bubble and squeak is...

I've seen it at a food vendor at the Michigan Irish Music Festival. If I see it again, I'm going to order some.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Hmmm... I have a small head of cabbage in the fridge... May be an idea of what to do with it! Was just going to make soup, but...

 

[Shadrach]

Ground feeding. Anyone do it?
I used to do it with Tribe 3 in Catalonia when there were some disputes about who should eat first. Ground feeding resolved the issue.
My friend in the next county ground feeds his birds. He says his chickens eat more and get more exercise when they are ground fed.
I'm particulalry interested at the moment because both Fret and Mow have a habit of taking food from my hand and dropping it on the ground and then picking it up and swallowing it. They don't do well on the treat front with this behaviour because Tull and Sylph are on the dropped food like vultures.
Fret has always prefered to feed from the ground and is fussy about feed/treat size.
I'm going to give it a try with the evening feed at the field.

 

[fuzzi]

Ground feeding. Anyone do it?
I used to do it with Tribe 3 in Catalonia when there were some disputes about who should eat first. Ground feeding resolved the issue.
My friend in the next county ground feeds his birds. He says his chickens eat more and get more exercise when they are ground fed.
I'm particulalry interested at the moment because both Fret and Mow have a habit of taking food from my hand and dropping it on the ground and then picking it up and swallowing it. They don't do well on the treat front with this behaviour because Tull and Sylph are not the dropped food like vultures.
Fret has always prefered to feed from the ground and is fussy about feed/treat size.
I'm going to give it a try with the evening feed at the field.

I do both. I have bucket feeders, and I also toss a couple handfuls of feed on the ground, about three feet apart so the lower ranks get some, too

 

[Canadian Wind]

I don't have any 'real' feeders and usually feed from a tray on the ground, which has the same result as ground feeding since bits get flung all over the place as they scratch.

If I'm feeding mash, it usually goes on the tray although I also put a few globs directly on the ground for them. This is for the chickens AND the ducks.

When giving out treats, those always get scattered directly on the ground.

 

[BDutch]

Nitwit?

Dingbat?

Dimbulb?

I would say: “Achterlijke gladiool. “ (slang expression for a kind of stupid fool, from Utrecht-NL)

I do both. I have bucket feeders, and I also toss a couple handfuls of feed on the ground, about three feet apart so the lower ranks get some, too

X2 (tossing mainly mixed grains) + a bowl with mash once a day.