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  1. #Netherlands, Cabinet takes step towards mandatory #vaccination of laying #hens in fight against #birdflu, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    ''By focusing on vaccinations, among other measures, we can structurally reduce bird flu. In doing so, we are adopting a one-on-one internationally accepted approach so that it does not come at the expense of our trade.”

  2. #Netherlands, Cabinet takes step towards mandatory #vaccination of laying #hens in fight against #birdflu, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    ''By focusing on vaccinations, among other measures, we can structurally reduce bird flu. In doing so, we are adopting a one-on-one internationally accepted approach so that it does not come at the expense of our trade.”

  3. #Netherlands, Cabinet takes step towards mandatory #vaccination of laying #hens in fight against #birdflu, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    ''By focusing on vaccinations, among other measures, we can structurally reduce bird flu. In doing so, we are adopting a one-on-one internationally accepted approach so that it does not come at the expense of our trade.”

  4. #Netherlands, Cabinet takes step towards mandatory #vaccination of laying #hens in fight against #birdflu, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    ''By focusing on vaccinations, among other measures, we can structurally reduce bird flu. In doing so, we are adopting a one-on-one internationally accepted approach so that it does not come at the expense of our trade.”

  5. #Netherlands, Cabinet takes step towards mandatory #vaccination of laying #hens in fight against #birdflu, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    ''By focusing on vaccinations, among other measures, we can structurally reduce bird flu. In doing so, we are adopting a one-on-one internationally accepted approach so that it does not come at the expense of our trade.”

  6. Did you know that all the hens found in both factory farms and traditional farms have been genetically modified by humans? 👀 Find out more 👇 https://veganfta.com/blog/2026/04/29/the-genetic-manipulation-of-laying-hens/ #chickens #hens #eggs

  7. Hens are not egg-laying machines. 🐔 We have bred them to overproduce, which can lead to stress and health problems. 💔 Say NO to eggs 🚫 #eggs #hens #chickens

  8. #TheHumanLegue:

    The #UKGovernment’s consultation on banning cruel #cages for #hens will close in just a few days. We urgently need as many animal lovers like you as possible to submit a response and help stop the suffering for good.

    actnow.thehumaneleague.org.uk/

    i just spend an hour doing this, giving my anarchist view to kid starver & co, such fun! please give your view, who knows how many public servants we'll convince to quit or vote green, or maybe even sabotage the system 😁

    #farming #press

  9. #TheHumanLegue:

    The #UKGovernment’s consultation on banning cruel #cages for #hens will close in just a few days. We urgently need as many animal lovers like you as possible to submit a response and help stop the suffering for good.

    actnow.thehumaneleague.org.uk/

    i just spend an hour doing this, giving my anarchist view to kid starver & co, such fun! please give your view, who knows how many public servants we'll convince to quit or vote green, or maybe even sabotage the system 😁

    #farming #press

  10. #TheHumanLegue:

    The #UKGovernment’s consultation on banning cruel #cages for #hens will close in just a few days. We urgently need as many animal lovers like you as possible to submit a response and help stop the suffering for good.

    actnow.thehumaneleague.org.uk/

    i just spend an hour doing this, giving my anarchist view to kid starver & co, such fun! please give your view, who knows how many public servants we'll convince to quit or vote green, or maybe even sabotage the system 😁

    #farming #press

  11. #TheHumanLegue:

    The #UKGovernment’s consultation on banning cruel #cages for #hens will close in just a few days. We urgently need as many animal lovers like you as possible to submit a response and help stop the suffering for good.

    actnow.thehumaneleague.org.uk/

    i just spend an hour doing this, giving my anarchist view to kid starver & co, such fun! please give your view, who knows how many public servants we'll convince to quit or vote green, or maybe even sabotage the system 😁

    #farming #press

  12. #Netherlands, #H5N1 #Birdflu detected in #Lunteren, Gelderland, rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/v

    In Lunteren, in the municipality of Ede, in the province of Gelderland, avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm with laying #hens.

  13. This girl Shaniqua...always has to jump up onto the outdoor setee to lay her daily egg.. Cant lay in the coop like a normal hen lol... #bluesky #chicken #hens #henlife #eggs #fresheggs

  14. This girl Shaniqua...always has to jump up onto the outdoor setee to lay her daily egg.. Cant lay in the coop like a normal hen lol... #bluesky #chicken #hens #henlife #eggs #fresheggs

  15. This girl Shaniqua...always has to jump up onto the outdoor setee to lay her daily egg.. Cant lay in the coop like a normal hen lol... #bluesky #chicken #hens #henlife #eggs #fresheggs

  16. This girl Shaniqua...always has to jump up onto the outdoor setee to lay her daily egg.. Cant lay in the coop like a normal hen lol... #bluesky #chicken #hens #henlife #eggs #fresheggs

  17. This girl Shaniqua...always has to jump up onto the outdoor setee to lay her daily egg.. Cant lay in the coop like a normal hen lol... #bluesky #chicken #hens #henlife #eggs #fresheggs

  18. "A pope ordered that churches put images of roosters at their highest point as a reminder of our frailty—hence the rooster weather vane." —Ian Frazier for The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/1 #chickens #roosters #hens #history #longreads

  19. I created a temporary chicken run for three special ladies being pecked by their sisters. A frizzle, A brahma, and a Warren

    #snaps #hens #latte #bully

    l.prry.uk/snaps/2025-12-11-sna

  20. Jo is a perfect example of why we need to change our habits to make this world a better place for animals. Thank you lancasterfarmsanctuary (IG) for giving this hen the chance to shine again 🙏🌎 🙋‍♀️Need help eating plants? Try the 7-Day Starter Kit: challenge.veganfta.com/starter_kit  #hen #hens

  21. Bird flu confirmed in Pontyberem area

    In response, the Welsh Government has declared a 3km Protection Zone and a wider 10km Surveillance Zone around the site. The Government says these restrictions are designed to stop the disease spreading and apply to anyone keeping poultry or other birds.

    The council said its Animal Health Officers will visit homes, farms and businesses within the zones to check for birds and ensure biosecurity rules are being followed.

    Officials stressed that the strain identified is dangerous for birds but presents a very low risk to people. The council added that residents who do not keep birds do not need to take any action.

    Cllr Aled Vaughan Owen, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Decarbonisation and Sustainability, said:

    “The identification of avian influenza in the Pontyberem area is very sad news for the poultry keeper involved, however I want to reassure residents that this virus presents a very low risk to human health. I urge the keepers of poultry or other birds in the area to follow the enhanced biosecurity measures.”

    He also noted that all bird keepers across Wales remain subject to national prevention rules introduced earlier this month.

    Maps showing the zones and full guidance are available on the Welsh Government website.

    Map showing the 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone around Pontyberem following confirmation of avian influenza in poultry.

    The council has reminded residents that dead wild birds such as swans, geese, ducks, gulls or birds of prey should be reported to the Defra Helpline on 03459 33 55 77 (option 7).

    #avianInfluenza #biosecurity #birdFlu #carmarthenshireCouncil #carmarthenshireCountyCouncil #ducks #farm #geese #hens #pontyberem #poultry #protectionZone

  22. Our hens won't drink under a roof. Eat, sleep, poop, and lay eggs, but not drink.
    Bowl of water on the back step? Fill 'er up, we've nearly emptied it already.
    Bowl of water in the coop (near the feeder)? ABOMINATION.
    Waterer on the back step? Sure, why not.
    Waterer in the doorway of a doorless and derelict shed in the chicken run? Not going near it; would rather die.
    Waterer randomly out in the run? At last, we were DYING!
    #chickens #chooks #hens

  23. The destructive might of the chicken horde has been held back by the chicken-wire-with-assorted-additions fence for a couple of days now, so I have been bold and sowed shade-loving flowers in the bed under the kitchen window.

    It was built as a raised bed, but whoever built it didn't consider that burying the foundation's air vents under a foot or so of soil was not a great idea.

    Hopefully the seeds don't mind a heavy clay soil under a thin layer of rich loam.
    #gardening #hens #chooks

  24. My chicken tried to EAT a button right off my shirt! While I was wearing it!
    Luckily it was well sewn on, but now she keeps stalking me in the garden with her beady little eye fixed on the button in question.
    The button is made of coconut shell, and it's the sort you button a long tab to if you have your sleeves rolled up (I didn't).
    Now I'm worried about what else on or about my person she might take it into her tiny little brain to consider comestible.
    #hens #chooks #chickens #gardening

  25. Our junior hen stopped laying in the coop! Provoked, it appears, by me mucking it out. No longer able to contemplate a pile of poo while laying, she's been forced to squeeze into a patch of mud under a pile of prunings in order to lay her eggs in sufficiently sordid surroundings.

    The senior hen looks like she'll be coming into lay soon, so hopefully her good example will jostle the wayward witless one back into more hygienic habits.
    #hens #chooks

  26. The oviposition saga continues!
    The junior hen has continued to lay eggs at two day intervals in Nest Box No.3 (previously used to hold food, prior to the Hedgehog Incidents).

    I have been leaving each egg (dated in pencil) until it is joined by its successor, so as to reinforce the idea that this is indeed the right place to lay eggs. (A Kinder Surprise capsule makes an unconvincing decoy, I have learned.)

    Yesterday's egg was therefore still sitting in Box No.3 today when the junior hen elected to a) kick it on to the floor of the coop and then b) lay an egg in Box No.1.

    Box No.2 houses water and shell, so will probably remain free of eggy deposits.
    Probably.
    #hens #chickens #chooks

  27. Wonders will never cease! Our junior hen, after spending a day and a half visiting every muddy nook and cranny in the garden, finally laid an egg...in the coop! And not just in the coop, actually in a nest box!!
    Previous favoured locations have included: clump of overgrown grass, pile of prunings, mudpatch under leaning fence, and under the perch, hazardously close to the nightsoil.
    Long may this outbreak of unexpected good sense last.
    #chickens #hens #chooks

  28. New blog post on the inspiration for a new Julia package I am writing.

    The package will address the optimization based design of heat exchanger networks for process integration (energy use reduction). The optimization will be based on decision variables defined on the basis of visualisation of hot and cold streams in a process.

    The blog post illustrates the concepts using gnuplot src blocks in org mode in Emacs and highlights a nice feature of code reuse in org mode. There is also a small example of the use of Emacs Calc to do some algebra.

    The plan is to have a series of blog posts as the code is developed. This is the first in the series.

    #HeatExchangerNetworkDesign #HeatExchangerNetworkSynthesis #HENS #Optimization #ProcessOptimization #ProcessIntegration #visualization #Emacs #Calc #EmacsCalc #orgmode #gnuplot #JuliaLang #blog

    homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/b

  29. New blog post on the inspiration for a new Julia package I am writing.

    The package will address the optimization based design of heat exchanger networks for process integration (energy use reduction). The optimization will be based on decision variables defined on the basis of visualisation of hot and cold streams in a process.

    The blog post illustrates the concepts using gnuplot src blocks in org mode in Emacs and highlights a nice feature of code reuse in org mode. There is also a small example of the use of Emacs Calc to do some algebra.

    The plan is to have a series of blog posts as the code is developed. This is the first in the series.

    #HeatExchangerNetworkDesign #HeatExchangerNetworkSynthesis #HENS #Optimization #ProcessOptimization #ProcessIntegration #visualization #Emacs #Calc #EmacsCalc #orgmode #gnuplot #JuliaLang #blog

    homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/b