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  1. BDutch

    Rhode Island keeps eating and wasting food all day long

    She is already tortured bc she has to live alone. Please don’t buy her pinless peepers. Solve her unhappiness. Please! Give her to someone who loves an extra hen like yours.
  2. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    The eggs of the red mites can survive a very very long time. Not active mites without a regular good meal. True they can go to rest and revive again I know 2 diagnose options: Shine on your chickens with a torch 🔦 at night. if you have a mite infestation they try to hide away from the light...
  3. BDutch

    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Veggie soup. Pizza with mushrooms, mozzarella and spinach. Ice cream cone. I ate too much.
  4. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Are you both referring to ‘my big nose’?
  5. BDutch

    Rhode Island keeps eating and wasting food all day long

    Is it possible to give her away for free to someone who has a single hen or a small flock ? Or buy a few pullets for your own maintenance? I wouldn’t sell any chicken that doesn’t lay (anymore). Always give them away for free. That makes it much easier to find a new home.
  6. BDutch

    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Only if the plants you buy are organic. Most flowering plants they sell in the regular gardening shops contain a lot of poisons. And are NOT bee friendly at all. In my country they grow a lot of plants and flowers for export. The flower/grow industry claims they need to use all these poisons to...
  7. BDutch

    Does this egg look fertilized? Thought I had all hens!

    I only see rounded feathers. No male pointy feathers or saddle feathers. But I’m no expert. Never had Orpingtons. Even more characteristic, if you don’t hear any crowing, you don’t have a male who is fit to mate/fertilise. Or you would be the first who claims to have a silent rooster.
  8. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    If you splash a red mite in the morning, you will see blood 🩸. I eradicated it after treating and using DE in summer within 2 months as far as I could see. After cleaning and using DE the first time, the red mites kept coming out of their hiding places. Cleaned everything a second time and...
  9. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Not many people free range their flock like you do. Keeping 2 roosters in a run that isn’t very big is often problematic. And even free ranging with more than 1 roo can be problematic. Remember @ManueB ‘s struggle with her roosters? If you want to keep multiple roosters you might need a...
  10. BDutch

    Newly laying pullet bully?

    My thoughts with little experience on this subject: My knowledge is just from reading and the experience that some chicken characters are impossible to change. Some chickens just have the wrong genes or were mentally damaged in their upbringing/ chick-hood. You did a great job to separate the...
  11. BDutch

    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Things have changed here over the last decade. In my country and more countries in the EU, they encourage citizens and municipalities to enhance biodiversity and to let the water soak into the soil.
  12. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    Deleted this post, somehow I posted it twice.
  13. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    After the cleanup you can go the quick poisonous way to eliminate the red mites or do it the hard way with DE , more DE and even more DE and corrugated paper and another cleanup after 7-10 days if the adult mites keep coming . Repeat the DE and check daily on the number of red mites (the tiny...
  14. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    It certainly makes them vulnerable for sickness and damages their health. Act quick! Clean the whole coop with green soap and vinegar. The nestbox twice.
  15. BDutch

    2yo hen molting...forever?

    Are you sure you want your give poisonous medicines if you are not sure about the cause. ? This can harm their health further if there is something else underlying. I don’t see mites or feather lice. I know some ex-battery hens that had a real bad time in custody, can have severe problems in...
  16. BDutch

    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Same. I cant drink more than 1/2 glass or my stomach protests. My hardworking husband drinks more than I do. He took shares in an organic wine company. That way we get good wine for a very reasonable price. Apple juice, orange juice, milk and yoghurt from the supermarket are always organic too...
  17. BDutch

    Found Chicks Alone

    I suppose with your temps they barely need a heat lamp to survive. Thats probably why the chicks survived before you found them and took them home. Be careful not to give too much heat. Maybe only during the night. Best ask people with about the same climate what they need. Or search for a list...
  18. BDutch

    Does this egg look fertilized? Thought I had all hens!

    If so.. You would be the first I encounter on BYC with a rooster that doesn’t crow.
  19. BDutch

    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest 07-04-25 Pic by Gill-b

    “I need a psychotherapist right away because I’m off balance. “
  20. BDutch

    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    My penny thought : Tell him you don’t want this anymore. And why. Bring the poison back to the shop or to the waste station as toxic waste before your husband is actually going to use it. Buy him a him a weed burner instead. Wrapped in beautiful gift paper.
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