Idle dreamer
I wonder if them being raised by a machine has messed up their mothering skills.
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Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
Dee Ann Reed wrote:I am looking for an all round bird, one that sets, lays, and puts on a decent amount of meat.
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Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
I am looking for an all round bird, one that sets, lays, and puts on a decent amount of meat.
John Polk wrote:
Chicks raised by their mothers are usually better at foraging, and more alert to the presence of predators.
when they were only a few days old giving them buckets of garden soil containing lots of bugs
Idle dreamer
Intermountain (Cascades and Coast range) oak savannah, 550 - 600 ft elevation. USDA zone 7a. Arid summers, soggy winters
John Polk wrote:
I wonder if them being raised by a machine has messed up their mothering skills.
That has a lot to do with it. Chicks that have never known a mother don't make the best mothers.
After decades of hatchery raised birds, 'real birds' are a vanishing species. We need more homesteaders out there raising them the old fashioned way if we want to re-evolve them to a self sustaining barnyard animal.
Chicks raised by their mothers are usually better at foraging, and more alert to the presence of predators.
In my opinion, I also believe that home raised chicks tend to be healthier. They are not exposed to the conditions of commercial growers, and I am certain that those 3 days they spend in the postal system is not helping them either.
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