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New recommendation for distributing fresh vs. aged poultry litter
One should not necessarily be blithe about distributing fresh vs. aged poultry litter, if one takes to heart the findings of this study: “Centrifugal spreader mass and nutrients distribution patterns for application of fresh and aged poultry litter,” W. D. Temple, M. Skowrońska, and A. A. Bomke [pictured here], Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 139, […]
Diapers for modern domestic chickens (part 2)
Tobi Kosanke, Ph.D., inventor of a diaper for domestic chickens (profiled here yesterday), has filed a patent application for that device: “Poultry Harness Diaper,” US patent application 20120037094 A1, by Tobi Kosanke, filed August 11, 2011. “A diaper assembly for use on a bird includes an upper-body portion that has at least one first part […]