Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

Do you feel like you learnt some new things ? Or maybe a different way to ask the same question: looking back now, is there anything you would have done differently?

I learn something most days. Sometimes It's stuff I already knew but couldn't make concrete; the internet can do that to one. So much complete nonsense spouted with great authority can be hard to rationalise. The can't blow torch plastic coops being one example. The use of Ivermectin which at one point was promoted by a particular person here on BYC for just about every parasite problem known to human kind.
But, what's easy to overlook is I have had to deal with constraints that the vast majority of chicken keepers don't have to deal with; initially they were not my chickens and I live 6.4 miles from where the chickens live.

 

[Shadrach]

How is it going with your new help?

See todays post.

 

[Shadrach]

When did this happen?

A few days ago. It's in the thread.

 

[BDutch]

I live 6.4 miles from where the chickens live.

Where I live people often go on a bike for such a distance. Elderly often on an electric bike.
Its faster and more reliable than the bus. It probably takes about 30 minutes to get there, and it gives you the opportunity to take things with you in bike-bags.

A few days ago. It's in the thread.

Missed a few things.
Until our vacation I got update notifications of this thread. But this stopped for no good reasons.

 

[Shadrach]

Dry, chilly, with weak sunshine and less wind than yesterday. Three hours today.
The person who volunteered to stand in for the chicken care and I had our first trial run today. They were calm and quickly grasped what was important. They are happy to coop clean, feed and water and even give medication if I demonstrate what needs to be done. They live ten minutes walk away from the field and have over the past few months put in more time on their plot than most of the others. If they were just happy to feed and water that would have been a result. I think they'll be fine and may even develope a deeper interest in the chickens.

Busy so only a roosting picture.

 

[Perris]

The person who volunteered to stand in for the chicken care and I had our first trial run today. They were calm and quickly grasped what was important. They are happy to coop clean, feed and water and even give medication if I demonstrate what needs to be done. They live ten minutes walk away from the field and have over the past few months put in more time on their plot than most of the others. If they were just happy to feed and water that would have been a result. I think they'll be fine

that's really good news. I do so hope it works out.

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

I learn something most days. Sometimes It's stuff I already knew but couldn't make concrete; the internet can do that to one. So much complete nonsense spouted with great authority can be hard to rationalise. The can't blow torch plastic coops being one example. The use of Ivermectin which at one point was promoted by a particular person here on BYC for just about every parasite problem known to human kind.
But, what's easy to overlook is I have had to deal with constraints that the vast majority of chicken keepers don't have to deal with; initially they were not my chickens and I live 6.4 miles from where the chickens live.

My little tribe are currently living in Mum’s garden, I live in a rented flat 5 miles away but spend most of my time at hers looking after her (she is coming up 96) and them. Currently on a waiting list for an allotment where, when the time comes I can keep them as current allotment won’t allow roosters so they will be about 5 miles from home.
So I kind of understand your situation Shadrach and am grateful that, at the moment, I have it easy.

Would love to have a house & very large garden for them but that’s in the ‘pigs might fly’ category & a concern for another day. Still, they are greatly entertaining for Mum & have (sort of) saved my sanity!

Tax:
Bub-bub still knows that Mum’s house is really his…

When they were little their “coop” was inside &, at around a month old they did like a comfy slipper

Himself never had a proper mama or a brooder so by all rights (according to online wisdom) shouldn’t have survived. Had him working at a week old, lucky for him he hatched mid June

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

that's really good news. I do so hope it works out.

Me too

 

[Perris]

at around a month old they did like a comfy slipper

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I learn something most days. Sometimes It's stuff I already knew but couldn't make concrete; the internet can do that to one. So much complete nonsense spouted with great authority can be hard to rationalise. The can't blow torch plastic coops being one example. The use of Ivermectin which at one point was promoted by a particular person here on BYC for just about every parasite problem known to human kind.
But, what's easy to overlook is I have had to deal with constraints that the vast majority of chicken keepers don't have to deal with; initially they were not my chickens and I live 6.4 miles from where the chickens live.

My feeling is that if you do not learn something every day you have lost.