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  1. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had the same experience hiking and climbing there many times, and was woken up once or twice by hungry pigs coming to get what food was in the tent. They're not standard pigs though they are black and have some boar blood in them.
  2. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Chipie has left the chicks and gone to lay! She made a strange plaintive noise an hour ago that turned out to be a call to Théo for protection. He has accepted, made the shuffling around her thing to say ok you're back in, and led her to the nest box. Does this mean she has abandoned the...
  3. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've done this countless times when I did ultra trail running but always with water 🤣 https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/dispose-of-waste-properly/
  4. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My partner has been doing something I really despise but I must admit he got impressive results. He's been feeding broody Chipie who hangs around our table when we have breakfast and lunch. He's getting her to eat in his hand whereas we have never been able to even approach her. She growls and...
  5. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    These systems are the norm in many countries in Asia and South America. 35 years ago my ant married an Uruguayan who couldn't believe how our toilets were made when he arrived in France. It was his first of a long serie of disillusionment toward the country of human rights. And I agree that...
  6. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It works well for some of our hens but others don't get that they can put their weight on our hands and will struggle especially with my smaller hands. In my opinion a hole which will not have your bottom in contact with dirty surfaces but only your shoes is far more hygienic than a modern...
  7. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    An excuse that nobody could put to doubt🤣! But toilets at the village's ball are the last place I want to spend time in 🤢
  8. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Horrible week for antisocial me. Will have to survive concurrently the celebration for the national 14th of July, the village's patron three days party, having to host friends for five days, my partner's stepbrother's 50 th birthday and a heatwave like in most of Europe. Can't wait to reach...
  9. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This article is really full of insights, it's a well of information. The conclusion could almost have been written by Shadrach! So much feathers 😯! It seems they have almost grown all of their adult feathers , how old are they now ?
  10. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Educating the partner is probably the most difficult part. It's him i'd like to make stew out of but then I'd get thrown out of here as it's his father's place😁. We've got 3 already, so we can work on 1 and 2 and resort to 4 if necessary.
  11. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    When he put her down. And yes, I have, several times in fact 🙂. Théo arrived almost two years after we got the six-ex batts and the habits we always had with them are the source of the problem. The first 5 months he was here, Chipie was his hen as they arrived together and we had to protect...
  12. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Is that a real expression like horse whisperer, or something you just made up especially for Shadrach ? I believe that now he's grown from bullied cockerel to rooster of the flock, he finds we're overstepping. The hens always come running to us, especially when they don't want to be mated by...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I so wish it was the same here 😕
  14. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It was brewing these last days, Théo has been turning aggressive on us. Two days ago he flew at my partner's arm after he had carried Vanille in his arms. This morning when I opened the coop, he attacked Chipie and the three biggest chicks until he made even Chipie run away, then the smallest...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Sounds like you had a lovely day! Really good idea to share a stand with your eldest daughter. What does she make ? Is it a big craft fair ? Is it Treacle the rooster ? Théo's colour are very similar. They are a scientific study. Oh no, I'm really sorry 😔. I would think if the cat took it you...
  16. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We have four gardens on three different levels- terraces (not sure that's the right term) separated by stone walls. It makes it kind of a pain to fence nicely, and also, we moved the fence further away because we didn't like being surrounded by fences. We'll have to do something temporary this...
  17. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Deer rant tax : my whole ex-batt gang. The bigger cockerel chick has a rough time growing feathers and beautiful green eyes, I don't know if they will change color as he grows.
  18. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Do you process them yourselves ? Also, I didn't get if you're the family they feed, or if they go to someone else ? The alien rat 🤣. No, I didn't see it before! We've been fenced since we started the garden 8 years ago but we take the fence a bit further each year. Now it's almost 7 acres of...
  19. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I don't know if it would work but I love the idea. Reminds me of folklore tales : leave an offering to gain some creature's good will like the small folk or the domovoi. Do you think if I leave some lettuce for the roe deers they will cease eating down all the vegetables in my garden 🙄?
  20. ManueB

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Which one is the fourth, was it another generation ? Will you have to re-home all three ? That would be too bad ! Even though you can't keep all with Paprika / Svenka's chicks. I'm thinking I have two boys. The smaller chick (it's growing up, but very slowly) looks like a twin of the bigger one...
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