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    The end of caged eggs.

    Good news. The two largest owners of several retail chains in Denmark have now decided to end sale of caged eggs. One by 2017 and one by 2020. Some of their chains have already stopped selling caged eggs. By now organic and free range eggs have a 50 % marketshare. In Europe that means at least...
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    Berries for chicks

    Hi Have anyone tried to feed their chickens (or quails/ducks) with scarlet firethorn berries, narrowleaf/slender firethorn berries or Beautyberries. Or seen them picking them themselves. I am thinking about planting them along my other berries.
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    Golden Hornet as chicken feed

    Hi Can/will chickens eat Golden Hornet crabapples? I dont have a tree, and don't know anybody who has. But I am considering getting one. And what about other kinds of crabapple? Like in the Malus baccata and Malus sylvestris species? I think wild birds eat them all. But they dont have...
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    No more beak trimming

    Good news from Denmark. The producers of battery chicken eggs in Denmark have agreed voluntarily to stop all use of beak trimming. Effective from two weeks ago. Some of them stopped 3 years ago. Two things made this possible. Selective breeding against aggression and the new enriched battery...
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    Organic McMuffin

    McDonald's in Denmark just started only using local organic eggs in McMuffins. They have already used organic milk in happy meals and coffee for some time. In Denmark organic eggs means: - No beak trimming - 100 % organic non-GMO feed - Getting outside 365 day a year - Having 43 square feet...
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    Happy Easter Everybody around the Globe!

    I wish you all a happy Easter and a great spring (autumn down under). Here in Denmark it is still winter, but garden birds tells me that now come spring.
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    Lights on during hatching?

    My ducklings should be comming out to night or tomorrow. Should I keep the lights on in the room to stimulate the ducklings comming out? Thank you
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