Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

And more good news from @Ladies-Eight . More recovery wishes for everyone.

My chickens didn’t go out today. I opend the door. But they all stayed inside the run. Didn’t see any cats or other animals. Weirdo’s.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

@Shadrach How are you doing?

Temperature is in thee 60s with a flood watch.

Have a great day!

 

[no fly zone]

Skeksis Jr (and her bf Neo in the last pic)

 

[no fly zone]

a Skeksis grandchild (Pinecone is the father, mother is a Polish)

 

[HiEverybirdy]

That's very interesting; thanks for sharing.

It led me to discover this paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924796/
which is a review of lab-demonstrated (in vitro) anthelmintic plants, from 2022, which is very useful. (I note they used the bark of the walnut, not the nut cases, and they tried it on a type of earthworm rather than, say, a roundworm btw; as they conclude, more research needed, of course!)

It's also focused on Juglans regia (English walnut) vs. the Juglans nigra (black walnut) we have in Tennessee, but walnut in general seems to be having its day. There's a surprising number of recent studies.

A few links that caught my eye:
https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/j/juglone.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761373/#B29
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9510174/

They're looking at more than anthelmintic properties...antibacterial, anti-inflammatory...and note that bark studies in India are inspired by ethnomedicine. Which always begs the question, what did humans know about nature before we stopped listening?

While this link isn't scientific and comes from 1/2 a world away from India, it hints at similar qualities of the black walnut:
https://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/ipp/black-walnut.html

You don't have to look far here in Southern Appalachia (and I'm sure in pockets all over the world) to find granny's remedies still in use, from recipes that were most likely handed down by indigenous sources. Folk medicine is alive and well here. I'm sure I'd only have to knock on a handful of neighbors' doors before finding someone with a black-walnut potion in the cabinet. I even keep on hand certain roots for tea and have fungi- and moss-based tinctures gifted by a neighbor for when you "feel puny."

Tax: We had so many walnuts this year that I was wary of letting the chickens forage under the trees for a few weeks in autumn. The nuts fall like rocks.

Black walnuts are nearly impossible to crack, so I usually leave them for wildlife, and the wildlife often leaves them until after the outer husk falls off.

Not sure if the chickens peck at the husk since it blends so well with the leaves and soil, but it's there if they need it, I suppose.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

https://www.catalannews.com/culture...urns-after-20-years-with-catalan-contribution

Hahaha, chicken teeth.

The claymation/animation of these movies always brings me back to, "Not even Wensleydale?"

 

[Perris]

it's there if they need it, I suppose

that's the case with white clover, fig, celandines, and coriander (which are all also identified in that paper as natural anthelmintics) which all grow here, and would explain why I don't have to worm the flock.

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

that's the case with white clover, fig, celandines, and coriander (which are all also identified in that paper as natural anthelmintics) which all grow here, and would explain why I don't have to worm the flock.

That might also explain why my 4 bantams like coriander so much. They get a pot of it every now and then and devour the whole thing within hours. Last poop test no worm eggs seen. Also plenty of white clover in the lawn, celandines - lesser in the spring greater during the summer. No figs though.

 

[BDutch]

That might also explain why my 4 bantams like coriander so much. They get a pot of it every now and then and devour the whole thing within hours. Last poop test no worm eggs seen. Also plenty of white clover in the lawn, celandines - lesser in the spring greater during the summer. No figs though.

I used to have white clover and coriander but it disappeared, probably thanks to the chickens.
Never seen any worms in their feces.

Only burden I had to deal with were red mites. Interesting that the shop sells herbal powder and a liquid to make the blood taste nasty for red mites. The ingredients for the powder are Echinacea, astragalus, uncaria, gentiane, thymus, citronellol, citronallal, calciumcarbonaat, maltodextrine, sepioliet, natriumchloride.

The liquid contains oregano, enchinacea and giseng. According to a reseller these herbs ensure that the blood becomes indigestible to adult red mites. This ensures that they no longer lay new eggs and this interrupts the cycle.

I used it together with cleaning, Diatom and control rolls. But after a few weeks I still had tiny mites. Maybe the tiny mites were from eggs that were laid before.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

@no fly zone The pictures are great.

Temperature is in the 60s cloudy with rain.

Have a great day!