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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
There will be no more free range eggs on the shop shelvesfrom Monday. All flocks are being kept inside due to Aviation flu. Well they certainly kept that quiet.
The propoganda war exists on both sides. They tell us what they want us to know |
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"We shouldn't be eating eggs anyway. How many more pandemic before we ban factory farming ?"
All farming is industrial. This flu has particularly affected free range - which is the "best" for bird welfare. As for flu - the bird population is the repository that kills thousands annually - so there is a bit of balance. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"I didn’t think chickens could fly  "
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers |
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers "
Every day is a school day  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Keep your own chickens - problem solved 
But then you'd get bird flu
I’ve had chickens for over ten years and never had any issue "
I was teasing!!
I'd love to keep chickens. Not much room in this flat tho. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep your own chickens - problem solved
But then you'd get bird flu
I’ve had chickens for over ten years and never had any issue
I was teasing!!
I'd love to keep chickens. Not much room in this flat tho. "
No, I wouldn’t have thought that chickens would enjoy living in a flat. I really want a duck but I need to stop myself from getting carried away |
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"Keep your own chickens - problem solved
But then you'd get bird flu
I’ve had chickens for over ten years and never had any issue
I was teasing!!
I'd love to keep chickens. Not much room in this flat tho.
No, I wouldn’t have thought that chickens would enjoy living in a flat. I really want a duck but I need to stop myself from getting carried away "
Ducks can carry humans? Everyday is a school day! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"But chickens dont have flying licences so how do they catch it
They managed to fly in chicken run  "
Awww...do you still remember watching that when you were a wee lad? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep your own chickens - problem solved
But then you'd get bird flu
I’ve had chickens for over ten years and never had any issue
I was teasing!!
I'd love to keep chickens. Not much room in this flat tho. "
Chick and duck on Friends did alright |
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers "
Mine do not have their wings clipped and I can guarantee you they can flap and potentially roost in a tree. But they aren't flying off anywhere far even though their wings are not clipped. Plus they like their coup they huddle up in there on their own accord when it starts to get dark, thereby stopping Mr Fox getting to them. |
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"If they can still walk about even if inside does that still make them free range ? X "
No. Free range requires free access to outdoor space of a certain size per number of hens. They will be relabelled barn eggs whilst the restrictions remain in place. |
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers "
In my head I read that in the voice of the pig farmer in snatch Lolol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers
In my head I read that in the voice of the pig farmer in snatch Lolol "
Brick Top? |
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers
In my head I read that in the voice of the pig farmer in snatch Lolol
Brick Top?"
Yes lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers
In my head I read that in the voice of the pig farmer in snatch Lolol
Brick Top?
Yes lol"
Do you know what nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by a 'orrible cunt; me.
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"If they can still walk about even if inside does that still make them free range ? X
No. Free range requires free access to outdoor space of a certain size per number of hens. They will be relabelled barn eggs whilst the restrictions remain in place."
Never knew that's thanks x |
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"Bloody barn my arse... "
I mean we could let it rip.
Who knows what might happen? It might infect pheasants, pigeons and bats, create a new super plague that they'd have to develop vaccines for, and shut all the pubs again. I suspect there might be sharks with lasers involved.
Free range eggs are nice, but be careful what you wish for. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Bloody barn my arse...
Is your arse a barn? I don't know. Do your back doors flap open?"
Tom has seen these bloody barns.. don't think wooden slats with an old vintage tractor surrounded by hay..
They are like concertina camps |
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"Bloody barn my arse...
Is your arse a barn? I don't know. Do your back doors flap open?
Tom has seen these bloody barns.. don't think wooden slats with an old vintage tractor surrounded by hay..
They are like concertina camps "
That would be a bit of a squeeze. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I didn’t think chickens could fly
Chickens can fly but owners often clip their wings to prevent it. They cannot fly far which is why fox's in particular prey on them. A fox in a henhouse will kill every hen regardless of the fact that they only need to eat one. That's why many farmers shoot the buggers "
We have 20 chooks mostly heavy French breeds but we also have a group of 6 legbars and marans who actually sleep in a tree they kinda scramble up buy in the morning they do fly down. We'll more they use their wings at warp speed to avoid crashing into the ground but they are really high up at night. |
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"Bloody barn my arse...
Is your arse a barn? I don't know. Do your back doors flap open?
Tom has seen these bloody barns.. don't think wooden slats with an old vintage tractor surrounded by hay..
They are like concertina camps "
I see you lost concentration typing that  |
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There were two cases of avian flu in the area I work but apparently they weren't a strain that was transmissible to humans. I imagine farmers still want to protect their flocks of chickens from being wiped out by it from a financial point of view though. |
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"There will be no more free range eggs on the shop shelvesfrom Monday. All flocks are being kept inside due to Aviation flu. Well they certainly kept that quiet.
The propoganda war exists on both sides. They tell us what they want us to know "
my eggs come from scotland...no flu there......ok..i thought it was funny...? |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
"There will be no more free range eggs on the shop shelvesfrom Monday. All flocks are being kept inside due to Aviation flu. Well they certainly kept that quiet.
The propoganda war exists on both sides. They tell us what they want us to know my eggs come from scotland...no flu there......ok..i thought it was funny...? "
Scotch eggs? |
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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago
Wakefield |
There are very little free range eggs about these days anyway, the ones marked free range only have to comply with this
"legal requirements for free-range eggs ensure a minimum amount of space and litter for the hens: no more than nine hens a square metre, 10cm of feeder a bird and one drinker for 10 birds."
It does not mean they are free to range where they want as they did when I was a child |
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"There are very little free range eggs about these days anyway, the ones marked free range only have to comply with this
"legal requirements for free-range eggs ensure a minimum amount of space and litter for the hens: no more than nine hens a square metre, 10cm of feeder a bird and one drinker for 10 birds."
It does not mean they are free to range where they want as they did when I was a child "
The full definition includes reference to outside space:
Hens must have continuous daytime access to runs which are mainly covered with vegetation and a maximum stocking density of 2,500 birds per hectare. The hen house conditions for free range hens must comply with the regulations for birds kept in barn systems, with a maximum stocking density of 9 hens per square metre of useable area.
Hens must be provided with next boxes. Adequate perches, providing 15 centimetres of perch per hen, must also be provided. Litter must be provided, accounting for one-third of the ground surface - this is used for scratching and dust bathing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Keep up Tom! Producers were allowed 16 weeks grace after their own lockdown started. That has now run so they have to say barn raised till back in open air"
Barn raised? That’ll never take off! |
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"There are very little free range eggs about these days anyway, the ones marked free range only have to comply with this
"legal requirements for free-range eggs ensure a minimum amount of space and litter for the hens: no more than nine hens a square metre, 10cm of feeder a bird and one drinker for 10 birds."
It does not mean they are free to range where they want as they did when I was a child
The full definition includes reference to outside space:
Hens must have continuous daytime access to runs which are mainly covered with vegetation and a maximum stocking density of 2,500 birds per hectare. The hen house conditions for free range hens must comply with the regulations for birds kept in barn systems, with a maximum stocking density of 9 hens per square metre of useable area.
Hens must be provided with next boxes. Adequate perches, providing 15 centimetres of perch per hen, must also be provided. Litter must be provided, accounting for one-third of the ground surface - this is used for scratching and dust bathing."
Next boxes? Are boxes from other shops suitable too? |
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"This is what happens when kids spend too much time playing computer games!
Jet Set willy fucks up, bring backs the flu and we end up Chucky egg! "
Duke Nukem and Commander Keen will sort this out! |
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"There are very little free range eggs about these days anyway, the ones marked free range only have to comply with this
"legal requirements for free-range eggs ensure a minimum amount of space and litter for the hens: no more than nine hens a square metre, 10cm of feeder a bird and one drinker for 10 birds."
It does not mean they are free to range where they want as they did when I was a child
The full definition includes reference to outside space:
Hens must have continuous daytime access to runs which are mainly covered with vegetation and a maximum stocking density of 2,500 birds per hectare. The hen house conditions for free range hens must comply with the regulations for birds kept in barn systems, with a maximum stocking density of 9 hens per square metre of useable area.
Hens must be provided with next boxes. Adequate perches, providing 15 centimetres of perch per hen, must also be provided. Litter must be provided, accounting for one-third of the ground surface - this is used for scratching and dust bathing.
Next boxes? Are boxes from other shops suitable too?"
Autocarrot strikes again!
Nest boxes (other integrated home heating devices are available  ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This thread really took off, shame so many people have the wrong altitude and aren’t taking it seriously. It flys in the face of common sense to have your head in the clouds over this, I could spit feathers! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"82,000 ducks being slaughtered today in Suffolk because of the birdflu.. what's going on here guys. First chickens but now it's spread to ducks.. "
My three bird roast just became a one bird roast and now I’m angry. Start a petition Tom. |
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"82,000 ducks being slaughtered today in Suffolk because of the birdflu.. what's going on here guys. First chickens but now it's spread to ducks.. "
Last I checked ducks were also birds Tom, therefore able to catch bird flu |
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