Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

So my coop roof is still leaking in that one spot that seems to leak no matter what I do to repair it.

I used EPDM ti repair the timy roof of the laying nest and other leakages.
Did you try that?

 

[BDutch]

An Afghan women holding a chicken.
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Whats the rope for you think?

And sorry to see Theo’s scaly legs still look miserable.

 

[Shadrach]

Whats the rope for you think?

And sorry to see Theo’s scaly legs still look miserable.

Given the picture came from an article about the terrible poverty many Afghans are now living in primarily due to the sanctions the West has imposed on the country having tried to beat it and bomb it into submission I would assume the women iis going to hang the chicken by its feet and cut it's throat and eat it.

 

[no fly zone]

I used EPDM ti repair the timy roof of the laying nest and other leakages.
Did you try that?

Looks expensive

 

[no fly zone]

Given the picture came from an article about the terrible poverty many Afghans are now living in primarily due to the sanctions the West has imposed on the country having tried to beat it and bomb it into submission I would assume the women iis going to hang the chicken by its feet and cut it's throat and eat it.

That country was hurting before we ever ventured there. It's mostly a barren wasteland.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good evening one and all!

62 mostly cloudy 92% humidity feels like 63 rain 6%.

Have a great day!

 

[Perris]

We in the UK need to catch up with EU on further reducing antibiotic use in farming (and the US needs to catch up with us and them). Modern industrial livestock production threatens us all, as well as feeds almost all of us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63666024

 

[BDutch]

I read through it twice. I must say, scientific studies are difficult for me to understand. It seemed as though they found that baby chicks would adapt to cold temperatures in a variety of ways? If anyone could elaborate further (or correct my synopsis please let me know!)

Yay! Congratulations!

I have been reading this ability of the chicks has to do with the genes of this old Russian breed who where not heavily selected like other breeds (Didn’t say exactly what, but the production - battery hens crossed my mind).

What I’ve been reading previous: a natural selection over several chicken generations make a breed more fit to it’s climate. Sorry I don’t have a link for that one.

Edit typo

 

[BDutch]

Looks expensive

We have a shed (for gardening stuff and bicycles) with a sedum roof. We needed the EPDM to go under the soil and plants.
There were a few leftovers I happily used to improve the chickens coop. The shed was handmade by a carpenter (with some help of MDH and me) that is specialised in sustainable builds.

 

[Perris]

It seemed as though they found that baby chicks would adapt to cold temperatures in a variety of ways? If anyone could elaborate further (or correct my synopsis please let me know!)

the genetics in that article were way beyond my ken too, but that seems to me to be the gist of it. On the other hand, I consider a temperature of about 20 C perfect sightseeing weather - not too hot for a lot of walking, not too cold demanding lots of layers - so I'm not sure I'd classify this as a 'cold' climate adaptation
(materials and methods section: "the conditions for normal growth and development were temperatures, on average, of 20 °C (18–23 °C) versus the generally accepted 30–33 °C")