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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    They are getting better at coming out and are showing much more interest in looking for food. I'm okay with herding them out when the weather is decent, but on days like today if they don't want out I don't blame them.:lol:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    3C max. Intermittent rain. 30mph Easterly wind gusts. Miserable weather. Nobody came out. I can't blame them and they went to roost shortly after I had cleaned them out and fed them their treats.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's got some amazing colours in his plumage.
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    MJ's little flock

    They're funny at that age. It's all fidget and curiosity or abject terror.:lol:
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    MJ's little flock

    You may have already looked into it but some modern phones have a wind noise reduction program. Got it on mine and it does make a difference for the better.
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    MJ's little flock

    Does the rest of the phone work well? I got a new phone a few months ago, ditched my old smart phone which generally did as it was told by me rather than by the applications installed, and my old separate camera which was dying, and bought a Google Pixel 8a. The camera and the smart photo...
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    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Someone within walking distance I hope.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    For warm weather herbs they seem to be doing surprisingly well at the field given the weather.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    We could well be. In more recent studies they suggest that altering the calorific content of the feed (sort of nutrient density) has a greater impact on egg production than the percentage of crude protein. There is the amino acid profile to take into account and the recommendations for this vary...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I really don't know. I imagine over time that's what they found to be an average over the breeds they studied. The field hens I care for at the moment eat something like 150 grams a day of the feed I provide but it's not commercial feed. I've seen various feed quantities suggested on feed bags...
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    Hydrogen Peroxide Hatches

    I don't think I would clean hatching eggs with chemicals. The shells are porous and the bloom on the egg is there to counteract the ingress of bacteria.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It rained, but not much. We got onto the field for an hour out of the one and a half hours I was there. I herded them around the field. It started with me leading/directing then Glais got the idea and I herded the hens in his direction if they didn't move off with him. We got further into the...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Btw, Bone broth fortified with hemp seed protein powder makes for a good start to the day if one wants quick and effective.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Back to the hypothetical hen. She only eats commercial feed which is available all day and night. The feed she eats is easily processed and her biology tells her no need to store it because there is always food. Because it travels through her digestive system at a higher rate than other foods...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Likewise.
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