Peeps in Europe!

[Maiahr]

Uh, need to catch up on messages... @BDutch, I will be going to the Netherlands May 22nd to May 25th. Still don't l know where. Don't have a ticket yet... If I have time I will be hunting for eggs: https://cs-tf.com/brabanters-chickens/

 

[Maiahr]

@PouleChick I was in South France (Marseille area) in October last year. Looked for eggs, couldn't find and ended up buying Poux Protect, Anti Poux and Oxi Poule. Any opinion on these? I haven't used them yet. I have been looking for a bio de-warming agent to put in the water. In Bulgaria we only have liquids that need to be put in the food, per kilogram body weight, etc. too complicated...

 

[abpatchy]

bloody neighbors dog got my lavaynder marans this week so furious, second one in about 6 weeks. They aren't fenced which really pee's me off. I went and saw her and she is going to pay for some new ones so that is at least something. I'll have to be better at keeping on top of clipping thier wings and trying to block up where the dogs are getting in.

I'm so sorry about your hen! Maybe a good option would be to cover the run with netting. Also keeps the hawks out. And you wouldn't need to clip the wings. Of course I don't know your run and if netting is an option.

 

[BDutch]

Uh, need to catch up on messages... @BDutch, I will be going to the Netherlands May 22nd to May 25th. Still don't l know where. Don't have a ticket yet... If I have time I will be hunting for eggs: https://cs-tf.com/brabanters-chickens/

Brabanters are such beautiful chickens . Are you coming to the NL for your work? Let me know in a pm if you like to pay a visit to my flock.

 

[PouleChick]

To free range where the grass is greener or to escape from the dogs?

Probably to get out to free range. before the dog people moved here I free ranged them (our gardens aren't fully fenced) but now I can't because of them. I'm going to work on getting the garden fenced so they can have at least some free range time (i do let them out if I'm physically in the garden with them).

nded up buying Poux Protect, Anti Poux and Oxi Poule. Any opinion on these?

Sorry not used any of them!

 

[chickengr]

@BDutch
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-and-feet-issue.1660170/page-7#post-28552102

#68

Yes! The horrors of the poultry industry is insane! We did the same thing with the eggs, thinking we were making better choices. Then I read about the difference in "cage free" and "free range". It's all lies!!!! And the "cage free" chicks get their beaks cut off so they don't peck each other while packed tightly into a warehouse like barn. That's disgusting! And "free range" just means they have access to one square foot (or something tiny like that) of outside space per chicken.


as you can see this thing is global.

 

[Maiahr]

So do you in Europe have this compulsory numbering on the eggs they sell in the stores? 0 to 3, where 0 is bio, free range and 3 is cage..?

 

[BDutch]

@BDutch
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-and-feet-issue.1660170/page-7#post-28552102

#68

Yes! The horrors of the poultry industry is insane! We did the same thing with the eggs, thinking we were making better choices. Then I read about the difference in "cage free" and "free range". It's all lies!!!! And the "cage free" chicks get their beaks cut off so they don't peck each other while packed tightly into a warehouse like barn. That's disgusting! And "free range" just means they have access to one square foot (or something tiny like that) of outside space per chicken.


as you can see this thing is global.

I dont understand why you refer to the tread above.

But yes, the way chickens are kept in factory farming is disgusting. Some are a bit better off than others.
For the supermarket they put free range on the carton with eggs from chickens who are not caged. And free outside space if the can go out too. But over the last years only during summer bc of the bird flu restrictions.

I copied info from www and added some info to explain a bit more about the meaning of the egg-codes in EU, that have 1 number, 2 letters, 7 digits.

The codes consist of 1 digit, 2 letters and then 7 digits.
The 1st indicates how the chicken lived. This goes from 0 to 3. Although number 3 no longer occurs in the shops in the Netherlands, because this stands for colony housing. But they sill exist for food production and export.

The other 3 numbers stand for:

0 = organic egg (organic feed + more space, can go outside)

1 = free-range egg or grass egg (can go outside)

2 = free-range egg inside only , or roundel (special stables with more space inside)

For free-range (2) chickens and free-range eggs, among other things, the following applies:
Laying hens live on a maximum of 9 chickens per square meter. Broilers live on a maximum of 13 chickens per square meter at free-range. Without run-out, this goes up to 15 chickens.
The farmers remove the top of the beaks to prevent pecking problems.

The 2 letters after the number stand for the country where the eggs come from.
The 7 digits after that refer to the company where the eggs come from. That makes it possible to trace the eggs, should there be anything with them.