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  1. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Winters in the Netherlands are more wet than cold. Bc of climate change , longer periods with freezing cold days (below 0°C) become rare. It seems that ice skating at the lakes, canals and floodplains are becoming an exceptional event. No mountains where I live, so the 30 -40 meter high hills...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :gig Please ask your partner or a neighbour to film this next winter if you have a spell of warm weather again. And of course you need to post it as a short on youtube. .
  3. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    There are many info pages and youtube help films available online. https://www.businessinsider.com/reference/how-to-make-youtube-shorts https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10059070 How do I create Shorts? Never done it but if you can cut of 15 seconds of your video its seems very...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    💚🤩 You should put the first part of the video in a loop (short). Would be marvellous to see an endless stream of chickens jumping through the pop door.
  5. BDutch

    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest Photo Submission - Thread #12

    My 3 oldest (10 and 11 yo) behind the wire:
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    Open Contest BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 10-10-25 Pic by TX Chick Noob

    “Wait, I see a fly 🪰. Got you little bugger. And got your typo’s fixed too” Im a champion. 🏆
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    Comment by 'BDutch' in article 'How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken Coop'

    I use sand in the coop. And when /after I had a mite infestation I used sand (with DE) in the nest-boxes too. Just a thin layer with hay on top. Change the hay after max one week. My chickens never took sand baths in the nest-boxes.
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    Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest 10-10-25 Pic by TheChickenGirl16

    “Mom, will you scratch my back? Just a little. And a little more on my right scoulder?. 🥰”
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    Open Contest BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest 10-10-25 Pic by TX Chick Noob

    “I’m all here for you. Love to prevent you get a burn out! 😻”
  10. BDutch

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Part of it does. But I know we had a lot of very sick people (unrecoverable) who lived near goat farms from Qfever. Many patients (most farmers) with MRSA resistance bc of they used too much antibiotics (nowadays more restrictions but still). Some people in the Netherlands and Europe think...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Netting on top of a run with a maze only smaller songbirds can fly through (4x4cm). Give food in the run.
  12. BDutch

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Sorry for your loss :hugs :hugs :hugs , and fingers crossed for the new life :fl. Flocks evolve. Tears and joy. And good luck with battling the stick flea. Did you ever try using a little diatomaceous earth in the sand bath?
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Why would human untreated pathogens be much more of a hazard than those of pigs, goats or chickens (salmonella, campylobacter, MRSA, Q fever, bird flu…) ?
  14. BDutch

    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    This thread is not meant to be used as a chat thread but I make an exception. You find your answer in @Perris’s article : https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wholesome-homemade-feed-2.79307/
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    2023/2024/2025 Question of the Day Archive & Suggestions

    Next question of the day proposal: How do you want title of the upcoming Question of the day’s to look like?
  16. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Mine works on batteries. The same for about 6 months now. Never got stuck. I have a small overhang above the door. It only gets wet with rain + west wind.
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    2023/2024/2025 Question of the Day Archive & Suggestions

    Right, some questions are way too long to add. But 1 or 2 extra keywords make a huge difference. And shortening the date to compensate is a possibility. Notabitail suggestion: QOTD, Jul 8th '25 how do you like your eggs? is (almost) perfect. This would be great too imho. : Question OTD, Jul...
  18. BDutch

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I bought a simple auto pop door with a light sensor (not adjustable , not on time). It works great for a humble €35. There are similar auto pop doors that work on time too.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I suppose these rules and regulations are necessary bc people throw all kind of things in the toilets and sinks. Human poop without anything else is very well compostable as long as the persons don’t use medicines.
  20. BDutch

    Fall/winter feed

    Many people on BYC have a mixed flock, with a rooster(s) or older hens who dont lay (much). The layer feed has around 3.5-4% calcium for laying hens and is not healthy for chickens who don’t lay. If you have 17, 18 week old (young) laying hens, layer feed is good to give too.
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