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Aaaahhhh maybe my lovely 20c day with sun was fine after all :lol:

So jealous of the snow!

Does anyone who has Marans find their eggs to be richer / deeper in colour and flavour? I noticed a colour difference and a neighbour who has my eggs commented on the richness of flavour (she compared them to her uncles goose eggs). Oh Kris your photos make my heart go boompity boomp - how...

I always forget about that one and my rosemary is doing really well too so I have heaps of it!

OMG you poor thing, I'd hate to know that was in my ground :hugsand yes I think I'd be doing the same as you with that level of previous use. I'm the same - I dont' use anything at all - compost layer at the beginning of the spring and nettle tea type fertilisers. I hope my original post didn't...

Good article! Yes it seems a bit more compicated than that! Glyphosate had a median half-life of 8 to 9 days in leaf litter of red alder and salmonberry sprayed with Roundup®.51 I think this was the sort of stuff I'd read. There is also this which is actually quite heartening if the chooks get...

Wow a year is a long time, I think that they would have gone from the plants well before that! Glyphosphate (round up) has a 3 week time to be gone. ETA Just thinking in terms of the benefits of free ranging - I'd be looking into the life of the chemicals used and get them out as soon as I could.

Great questions brought up on this thread especially after I opened 3 eggs yesterday, all collected the same day, from my hens who are all fed the same pellet feed :eek:to say I was shocked by the colour difference is putting it mildly! I have 2 theories - that the colour differences are down to...