[BCFSN] Dust Baths and Longer Beaks Can Make Cage-free Chickens into Mite-free Chickens

[Pamela Zevit Adamah Consultants]

More on chicken mites from an entomological perspective and two more:

 

“Many poultry farmers are replacing the conventional conjoined small wire cages, called “battery cages,” with cage-free housing in large open poultry houses. Cage-free housing gives chickens freedom to walk around, spread their wings, and lay their eggs in real nest boxes. But life in this improved housing isn’t just sweeter for the chicken, it may also be sweeter for the chicken’s ectoparasites.”

http://entomologytoday.org/2016/09/14/can-a-cage-free-chicken-also-be-a-mite-free-chicken/

 

Home-grown veggies can fight climate change—but beware the compost pile. “Vegetables grown in home gardens are associated with lower greenhouse gas emissions than vegetables bought at the store, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Home gardening reduces emissions by about 2 kilograms for every kilogram of produce, they report in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning.” http://conservationmagazine.org/2016/09/home-grown-veggies-can-fight-climate-change-beware-compost-pile/

 

Taking the bounce out of pesticides. “When farmers spray their crops with pesticides, much of the liquid bounces off the leaves and winds up on the ground where it easily runs off into water supplies. In fact, for the many plants in the world that have waxy, water-repelling leaves, a mere two percent of pesticides sprayed on leaves stays put.” http://conservationmagazine.org/2016/09/taking-bounce-pesticides/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pamela Zevit, RPBio 
Adamah Consultants 

Coquitlam BC Canada
604-939-0523 

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