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  1. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Sad chickens My youngest grandson loves chicken, but he loves animals as well. Obviously he struggled with this dilemma when he told the caretaker of the petting zoo, he was visiting with his father and brother, when he said:” I feel very sorry for the chickens because they are so tasty.”...
  2. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Congrats again! :wee If you let your broodies do as they please and don't cull any older hens, we need to congratulate you constantly, or at least every week, every spring and summer. ;)
  3. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I understand, grieving is a strange thing. But somehow, at least until now, I didn't grieve very much after the losses of chickens or other pets I had. I got over these losses rather quick. But I do feel a constant sadness for the millions of chickens and other farm animals in the meat, milk and...
  4. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had a fairy egg of one the Amrocks too a few days ago. Posted the photo on my own thread too. There is a drop in the number of eggs too. The Amrocks obvious have more difficulties with the warm weather (>30 °C) than my small bantams. I dont know if there is another reason. 1. Amrock, Gin or...
  5. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yes, I hope Shad’s Fret is getting well soon, and you too Mother of Chaos.
  6. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Amazing and weird photography / chickens.
  7. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Of course its not the same. Selective breeding with human intervention for more profit (more eggs or meat in captivity with less feed) , is something completely different than your aim to gain fit chickens for free ranging in your climate and environment. What you do is more a kind of selecting...
  8. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Not in roman times but later as a hobby for the rich. From www: Although the exact origins of the Polish remain somewhat mysterious, pastoral paintings from the 15th-century in the Netherlands help solidify its history as a fancy bird of European origin. There is a Dutch type with a large...
  9. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I you want to establish a group best fit for your garden and the way you feed them, you don’t need to bring in new genes. The finches with the large beaks who are able to eat the nuts didn’t come from a large gene pool.
  10. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The scheme is nonsense. One example: Schijndelaar is a new breed (around 2010) while Dutch is a very old one (recognised features around 1910 but in fact much older) . So Dutch cant be a descendant of Schijndelaar. The layer and broilers were bred after WWII.
  11. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :hugs (Keeping it simple for you Jenn)
  12. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It would make it easier to read if you skip the abbreviations. Or spell it the first time in every post like this: Swedish Flower Hen (SFH). My brain can’t remember every abbreviation ever used on BYC. And Google translate is of no help with jargon abbreviations. I believe that many chickens...
  13. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My bantam Amrocks (a bit fatter , more heavy build than Plymouth rock) seem to have a problem in the heat too. Where as my lightweight Dutch and my bantam RIR have no problem with the heat at all.
  14. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I have two very old, ugly, plastic ones I use for my chickens. One to put a food bowl and oyster flakes underneath to keep it dry. And the other one is used to hop on and of the roost bar more easily. My mother gave them to at least 25 years ago. The new ones are not meant to poop on. 💭 My...
  15. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think we need 3 words for that one: door elkaar husselen: rearranging randomly. I bought a few multifunctional coffee tables for our terraces last week. They can be used as a footstool or to sit on as well. The chickens love them too. 🤭🥳😂
  16. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    If you write German yelowjackets as 3 separate words its gets lost in translation. 🤣 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_germanica vs
  17. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you’ll for the contributions about bees. Did you know that most wild bees have nest in the ground? These kind of constructions are meant for the other wild bees. ^^ Do you have bee hotels where you live too? This one was in a Arboretum park we (family outing) visited yesterday. This is...
  18. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The public here has been sewing the government and large oil company with sort of success. But they still keep on doing what is very wrong for the environment. 😢🤬 Black acting strange.
  19. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Maybe give water with electrolytes in case she/he got dehydrated. ?
  20. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Extreme weather is about everywhere these days. More heavy floods, more widespread unstoppable fires, disappearing islands, collapsing mountains….. And in the meanwhile governments don’t do a thing or not enough against climate change. They let the industry and civilians use even more fossil...
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