Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

Deep Litter method at work

We're being hit with a tropical storm this morning, but there's dry areas underneath the tarps.

I'd have thought neither standing water nor dryness were good for the deep litter method. What am I missing here?

 

[fuzzi]

I'd have thought neither standing water nor dryness were good for the deep litter method. What am I missing here?

That the litter is absorbing 3"-5" of rain in a couple hours so the flock just gets their toes damp. The surface of the litter dries out quickly in my open hoop coop.

Underneath the litter it's gorgeous compost and worms.

The puddle on the edge is where they've been digging holes for dust bathing. It won't be standing water for long.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good afternoon one and all!

Temperature is in the 80s.

Have a great day!

 

[Perris]

The weather's turned distinctly cooler. We have another fast featherer among the latest clutch, who's finding it a bit tedious as s/he's ready to go while the rest still need periodically to warm up with mum; 'come and play!' 'in a minute'

 

[Shadrach]

Three and a half hours today. Worst Covid day so far. Came home midday and slept a bit. On my way to bed now. Should be a better day tomorrow if other peoples experience of the bug is anything to go by.

 

[Perris]

here's hoping the worst is indeed over Shad.

 

[townchicks]

I hope you are turning the corner, Shad. Get as much rest as you can.

 

[sourland]

@Shadrach, hoping you are right, Shad.

 

[RoyalChick]

Three and a half hours today. Worst Covid day so far. Came home midday and slept a bit. On my way to bed now. Should be a better day tomorrow if other peoples experience of the bug is anything to go by.
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Hope you are feeling better once you read this.

 

[BDutch]

I don’t know anything about grape fields (I have one vine and it seems to need no care other than to hack it down when it gets too aggressive).
I know that the wine headache is often attributed to sulfites. I am not sure the evidence for that is rock solid but it is a widely held belief.
Some of the sulfites are naturally occurring as a result of fermentation, but sulphur dioxide (sulfite) is often added to wine as a preservative.
To get to sulfites from sulfur is an industrial process requiring a fair bit of chemistry including an electric charge.

It seems you are right. Did some research on the www.
Sulphurs are added as a preservative in the winery and for protecting crops in the vineyard against fungi, among other things.
About 1% of the people get headaches from (red) wines. But this is probably not from sulphites. Because in general there are more sulphites in white wines. Some people with asthma are sensitive for sulphates in wine. But they don’t get headaches but breathing problems.

The infographic shows the max quantity in miligrams per liter for different types of wine. The green dots are organic wines with little to much sugar in it.