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"I gave them names, which real farmers never do. The red (RIP) was Hen-rietta. The two Easter Eggers I called Roger Featherer and Lilly Pullet-zer. A mottled Araucana with a puff of gray feathers beneath her chin was Janice, the Bearded Lady. And the pair of identical Buff Orpingtons I called Muffy and Buffy." —Christopher Solomon for Orion Magazine

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A large, buff brown hen stands on very green grass
Orion MagazineThe Price of Eggs - Orion MagazineOr, death of a chicken
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Tom

Installed an automatic feeder for the chickens to deliver their scratch after dark so it's there in the morning when they get up. Instead of me doing it after dark. Made a 3D printed hopper for it since I only wanted one portion instead of metered by seconds portions and there's not really much to hang a lot of weight from in the middle of the run. It will probably hold 2 lbs of scratch. It runs on 4 AA batteries or 12v DC.

A photo showing an automatic spinning chicken feeder that has a 3D printed hopper attached. It is hanging from stainless steel cables that came with raised garden beds... ;) It is a Briidea automatic spinning chicken feeder that has 6 programmable times that can be set to deliver food up to 60 seconds at a time.
A screenshot of the 3D printed model in the slicer program. It was an openscad design for a duct reducer that had the dimensions set to make the desired size hopper. In the slicer a cylinder was added as a mounting plate and negative cylinders were added for mounting and clearance holes.
A screenshot showing the sliced model in the slicer.
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Badgardener

Those of a sensitive nature, scroll on. Optimists may be rewarded for persevering.

Red, star of such posts as 'Would You Like To Talk To Me About Dinosaurs' and 'Chicken SWAT Team Available For Hire' - not to mention Tormentor Of The Cat - was attacked by a fox earlier this evening, in the back garden and in broad daylight.

If it hadn't been for Lily's yelling - a skill honed after every sodding time she's laid an egg, like it was a miracle of nature* - I wouldn't have gone running out to find the fox pinning Red to the ground, amongst a mountain of feathers. I assumed she was a goner, but ran back inside with her, to where the other chickens had fled and were tucking into some chicken-flavoured dog food, to find her still breathing.

Anyway, she's eaten her own bodyweight in sweetcorn, is about to get a bunch of useful drugs and they've all taken up residence in the kitchen. Apart from a bald arse she's essentially bloody but unbowed.

Whether the fox survived the ordeal is anybody's guess. Thoughts and prayers.

(*: It kind of is)

Red is on my left knee in the picture, but you knew that already.

#chickens #gardening #NotAllHeroesWearCapes
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A picture of three red hens. Two of the hens are sitting on my lap, facing to the left but staring sideways at the camera. Their expressions are alert and wary - equal parts on guard for any sudden movements which might involve distribution of food, and any other movements which might indicate me trying to stroke them, which is Not Allowed.
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Knee Neart

*breastfeeding bubs inside*

*Chicken starts squawking*
*Squawking continues*

I'm breastfeeding, kiddo's dad will surely check on this abominable sound

*Footsteps running*

*Kiddo squealing with delight, laughing*
*Squawking continues*

Kiddos dads voice makes it to the scene, I'm not detecting panic.

Squawking stops.

I'm still stuck here, breastfeeding, with bubs and my phone...

Wtf happened out there?! 😲

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Fast Company: Need a break from doomscrolling the news? Try this addictive chicken rating website. “Chicken.pics is a site from the mind of Erika Hall, cofounder of the design consultancy Mule. In a new subsection on the site, called Clickens, users are presented with two paintings of chickens and asked to judge them based on a hyper-specific adjective: For example, one might have to choose […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/fast-company-need-a-break-from-doomscrolling-the-news-try-this-addictive-chicken-rating-website/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Fast Company: Need a break from doomscrolling the news? Try this addictive chicken rating website | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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