Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[micstrachan]

Indeed he is. He's a Swedish Flower, so I don't think there's any connection with Sussex of any variety, but I haven't yet got my head round chicken genetics, so maybe it's the same gene expressing independently in them both.

Interesting. I just looked up Swedish flower, and the females look much like speckled Sussex.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning X Batts. Dry day here.

 

[Ribh]

Agree about horse poop BUT horse poop laid out over the winter with chickens scratching through it = pure gold as the chickens suck out most of the weeds. I also put horse poop through my worm farm and they adore the stuff.

Roses love horse manure.

 

[BDutch]

Good to know!

Just saw a German study (via the editorial I linked) that found ingested microplastics in 28 of 30 cetaceans (fellow mammals) but no clear indication of harm from ingestion.

But I'd still rather be safe than sorry.

It’s too early to tell what the effects are because there aren’t any researches published yet about plastic micro particles and damage to human health.

This is a part of an article in a quality (NRC) newspaper in the Netherlands. Translated with Google:

“The toxicology of particles works differently than we are used to, says Halden, because it is not so much about the substance from which the particle is made, but about its size and shape. He refers to asbestos: microscopic asbestos needles can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause asbestosis and lung cancer years later. “It doesn't matter whether a fiber is made of asbestos,” says Halden, “what matters is that it is a certain size and has sharp points. As a result, it ends up in the lung membrane and can cause chronic inflammation that eventually leads to cancer. Translated to plastic, we are really concerned about that. Again, it doesn't really matter what kind of plastic it is, if the particles have sharp edges and build up somewhere in the body, it will also cause inflammation that can eventually lead to cancer."

Tax for spoiling this thread (pic from 2020 with a bantam RIR chick).

 

[Ribh]

The Legbars are not daily layers, but the rest lay most days. It will tail off in a couple of months I expect. Given there is nothing I can do about the RSL high productivity rate, selling the eggs seems a good option for helping to pay for the costs of keeping them.
I've allowed £50 per month from my own money, eggs or not. Most hobbies probably cost a lot more per month. My allotment patch came free as does some fruit and veg donated by some of the other plot holders, including C.
When one considers how much I enjoy the chickens and the allotments in general, it seems like a bargain.
It's taken a while. For the first few months I didn't get anything back, not even cooperation. Things have improved as they have a tendency to do if one is persistant with a task.
The possible down side is the chickens have gone from being the allotment chickens to Bucket Boy's chickens and with that comes the responsibility for their welfare.

I have to say being Bucket Boy's chickens rather than allotment chickens is probably a lot better for the chickens.

 

[MaryJanet]

It’s too early to tell what the effects are because there aren’t any researches published yet about plastic micro particles and damage to human health.

This is a part of an article in a quality (NRC) newspaper in the Netherlands. Translated with Google:

“The toxicology of particles works differently than we are used to, says Halden, because it is not so much about the substance from which the particle is made, but about its size and shape. He refers to asbestos: microscopic asbestos needles can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause asbestosis and lung cancer years later. “It doesn't matter whether a fiber is made of asbestos,” says Halden, “what matters is that it is a certain size and has sharp points. As a result, it ends up in the lung membrane and can cause chronic inflammation that eventually leads to cancer. Translated to plastic, we are really concerned about that. Again, it doesn't really matter what kind of plastic it is, if the particles have sharp edges and build up somewhere in the body, it will also cause inflammation that can eventually lead to cancer."

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Tax for spoiling this thread (pic from 2020 with a bantam RIR chick).

I owe tax for plastics chat too.

 

[Shadrach]

It’s too early to tell what the effects are because there aren’t any researches published yet about plastic micro particles and damage to human health.

This is a part of an article in a quality (NRC) newspaper in the Netherlands. Translated with Google:

“The toxicology of particles works differently than we are used to, says Halden, because it is not so much about the substance from which the particle is made, but about its size and shape. He refers to asbestos: microscopic asbestos needles can penetrate deep into the lungs and cause asbestosis and lung cancer years later. “It doesn't matter whether a fiber is made of asbestos,” says Halden, “what matters is that it is a certain size and has sharp points. As a result, it ends up in the lung membrane and can cause chronic inflammation that eventually leads to cancer. Translated to plastic, we are really concerned about that. Again, it doesn't really matter what kind of plastic it is, if the particles have sharp edges and build up somewhere in the body, it will also cause inflammation that can eventually lead to cancer."

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Tax for spoiling this thread (pic from 2020 with a bantam RIR chick).

You forgot to add DE in the list.

 

[Shadrach]

Broody transport. She's given up going at my hand like a woodpecker. Shame she hasn't given up on being broody. Early days I suppose.

Matilda.

One of the lap sitters or rather standers in this case.

 

[Shadrach]

Major dustbathing today.

 

[Shadrach]

That's a couple of the rat runs destroyed. I almost caught one in my hand, but it just slipped out of my grasp.
This was two bins of chicken shite and paper later.

She's so sweet.