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  1. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    I also won't coop up mine. My CX need to be able to go outside to forage, otherwise they will suffer from chronic hunger and then their quality of life will drop real fast. And sadly in my main flock the 2 older hens "bully" my pullets, so I preferably give them as much space as possible.
  2. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    That is so frustrating that you had to ask multiple times for the results on your own eggs that you paid for. Like the others have mentioned why the red if it's not considered dangerous? Did they explain that or are the measurements that they base it on on their site?
  3. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    So feed is basically a big unknown at the moment. I am specifically searching for which feed was tested in the other study and I have found the following. I have translated it to English as that study was in Dutch. "In addition, based on the results of the feed, there is little chance that, for...
  4. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Is there a way for you to share that post? I would love to see it. There are 2 things to consider with a post like this. Firstly is it true at all and secondly is it representative of all welkoop and bio-ron organic feed. If we assume both to be true then it could imply 2 things: 1. It is a...
  5. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    That is a good point, its why I was confused they pooled commercial eggs with home produced eggs in a figure. They compare it to previous studies on commercial eggs, it's in the discussion. Ofcourse it can't be questioned if those studies can be compared to this one. The theory is that...
  6. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Now that I have read over the Dutch paper some things stand out to me. It is probably me nitpicking a bit. "Calculations of PFAS exposure through the consumption of the eggsfrom the 60 locations were performed as described in Boon et al.(2024)." I find it a bit weird that the actual human...
  7. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Obviously can't speak for BDutch, but for me over the past 15 years my chickens always loved to eat them when I gave any. I do wonder how many earthworms a chicken would scratch up themselves, since they tend to be decently deep in the ground.
  8. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Exactly! So the feed that we buy in the store and feed our chickens with should not be a cause for PFAS in eggs.
  9. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    I do want to clarify that I do genuinely believe the data results from RIVM. We are a rather small country and PFAS doesn't break down, so it wouldn't be too outreached to suggest there is too much of it everywhere. They are still doing research to the origin of the PFAS in the eggs. What I...
  10. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    This is also how that makes sense to me. The commercial chickens are in very controlled evironments for hygenic reasons, which differs from hobby chickens that have acces to the outside world. A theory is going around that hobby chickens are exposed to these high concentrations because they eat...
  11. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    This is a scary statement. How many people are unknowingly eating more than allowed. But besides eggs, what about the amount of PFAS in milk or meat. There is the whole thing in Zeeland with too much PFAS in the water buffalo, cattle and sheep. What about every other region. Sucks that it's so...
  12. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    You are right about that. Animal life is completely different than plant life, all it did was remind of that example. I don't remember the name, I saw a video of them on my LinkedIN feed a little bit ago. But it must be small cause that was the first time I heard of them. Movement might have...
  13. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Yeah that just sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of meat. That's why I would prefer to breed my chickens a little bigger so that the processing is worth it. I am off the same opinion, which is why I rather avoid breeding roosters that I know will have no use for me and probably no one...
  14. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Yes you are right that 50% of hatches will be male, which is something I will be dealing with myself this year. There are hens available on marktplaats from people that can't keep them anymore or that do not have the right requirements for breeding. And there are some shops that sell animals...
  15. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    I actually did pull off something similar to this with one of my hens. But I do feel like it would differ per individual. For example I do not think I could pull this off with my rooster, although I haven't actually tried. I guess we have different opinions on this and that is completely fine...
  16. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    I am following that thread, so I will stay on top stuff. Won't read the 400 pages though lol. I am reading a few of their articles around natural behaviour and jungle fowl method of keeping chickens. True, but since its dark it will be harder to see and do stuff even with a light. Also that...
  17. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    I especially found it interesting to see the ways to monitor mites and the repurposing of the children's playhouse. I mainly wanted to read this thread due to you also being located in the Netherlands, a lot of American ways to keep chickens aren't always applicable here. I thought it was...
  18. Skyeknight

    BDutch's bantam flock & natural breeding projects #5 🪺 🪺 and #6

    Finally caught up on reading this whole thread! I was wondering if this app anymal also let you track stuff like eggs per day? I have been searching for a free poultry app on android with an easy layout.
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