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  1. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Now, that's a harsh/true fact. :lau
  2. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Zippers can be problematic for sure.
  3. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Half right at least. :rolleyes:
  4. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Waste not, want not. One of my mother's mantras.
  5. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    @Shadrach hope that's it's a 'minor' bug. :fl
  6. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    You left out the castor oil every spring. I was 100 % free range and have always been enough company for myself. I knew the location of every fruiting tree (wild and cultivated) in my territory. Bicycle and hitch hiking were my means of transportation. Seems crazy in retrospect, but I have...
  7. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Have you considered converting a plastic storage shed ?
  8. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It is hard work, and many are exhausted upon pipping, zipping and exiting the egg.
  9. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Normal broody hen 'Don't mess with me behavior.'
  10. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Again :love and :lau. I somehow doubt that the bus drivers were surprised. :gig Necessity is indeed the mother of invention.
  11. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm between :lau and :love. Think that I shall do both : :lau:love
  12. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Looks like a decent texture to the soil. :fl
  13. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :lau added a 'y' to 'man' - that looked a bit weird. :eek:
  14. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    On this one thing you can trust me - my old butt is not the least bit fluffy and has survived many an ass kickin'.
  15. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    But what about the army boots?
  16. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Absolutely. We have invisible fencing (electric with shock collar) around our yard, and the deer know exactly how far Maggie can go and will stand just out of range taunting her.
  17. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The deer travel through my property regularly. Jewel weed grows within feet of my kennels. The deer graze on it during the summer. Most of my dogs learn to ignore them. The fox and coyotes on the other hand drive them nuts.
  18. sourland

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Look at the early flock pictures and then at the most recent. The flock improvement is very evident.
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