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Country oriented nerd with primary interests in alternate energy in particular solar. Dabble in gardening, trees, cob, soil building and a host of others.
At my age, Happy Hour is a nap.
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." C.S. Lewis
"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind." C.S. Lewis
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." C.S. Lewis
"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind." C.S. Lewis
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Betty G.
We get commercial feed and the main ingredient is wheat.Betty Garnett wrote:I know a lot of people are not using soy or corn now so if anyone knows what they are replacing it with, that would be helpful!
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Zone 6, 45 inches precipitation, hard clay soil
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Do any of you grow your own chicken feed? Anyone grow 100% or close to 100% of the feed on your own property?
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Jay Angler wrote:Has anyone had experience with French Sorrel and/or Swiss Chard and chickens? Both have Oxalic acid in them and both grow *really* well in my climate.
I've been giving some of the girls the French Sorrel once a week or so, and on a per/bird basis, not very much. I'm not sure that it's growing faster than the kale, or only appears to be because I've been hesitant to give them very much of it. They don't object, but I don't want to overwork their little kidneys!
However, it's in a different family, and Cole family crops can get Root-Knot Nematode if you grow too much of it or for too long in one area. That's really easy to do with kale/cabbage as it self seeds, loves my climate, I've got a couple of plants that are about 5 years old, and the birds adore it.
My climate isn't good for drying summer greens as winter feed as we're so damp year round. I'm really looking for more winter greens that aren't in the Cole family.
Jay Angler wrote:Has anyone had experience with French Sorrel and/or Swiss Chard and chickens? Both have Oxalic acid in them and both grow *really* well in my climate.
Oh, my, I'd be boiling them up for stew for *me* for dinner! I admit if we have to cull a troublesome racoon, I will pressure cook that for our chickens and they're happy to eat it.Megan Palmer wrote:I have also got a couple of friends that go hunting and they keep the deer bones and meat scraps for me that I cook, chop and freeze into portions to feed to the chickens. The bones get boiled up and fed to the girls.
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Where my chicks have roamed no grass grows!
John F Dean wrote:I am still working out the details so I can do this on a larger scale for all my livestock, but I have contacted the larger farmers in my area. All are willing to sell me grain. All are willing to sell in smaller volume. Most are willing to sell it at whatever their market price is.
There are two points were snags exist. One is my ability to safely store the grain. The second is how to measure the grain being sold. Neither is a huge issue, but I do need to work them out to where they make sense to me.
~Karen Lee Mack
Moving to south Georgia FALL 2024!!
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Matt McSpadden wrote:Do you think IBC totes would be enough to protect the grain from rodents?
I don't have much experience with IBC totes, but I don't think they have very thick plastic walls?
~Karen Lee Mack
Moving to south Georgia FALL 2024!!
~Karen Lee Mack
Moving to south Georgia FALL 2024!!
~Karen Lee Mack
Moving to south Georgia FALL 2024!!
Megan Palmer wrote:I have also got a couple of friends that go hunting and they keep the deer bones and meat scraps for me that I cook, chop and freeze into portions to feed to the chickens. The bones get boiled up and fed to the girls.
Jay Angler wrote:I admit if we have to cull a troublesome racoon, I will pressure cook that for our chickens and they're happy to eat it.
Shookeli Riggs wrote:pests or problem animals can be cooked and fed to them, chickens love mice!
Christopher Weeks wrote:
Megan Palmer wrote:I have also got a couple of friends that go hunting and they keep the deer bones and meat scraps for me that I cook, chop and freeze into portions to feed to the chickens. The bones get boiled up and fed to the girls.
Jay Angler wrote:I admit if we have to cull a troublesome racoon, I will pressure cook that for our chickens and they're happy to eat it.
Shookeli Riggs wrote:pests or problem animals can be cooked and fed to them, chickens love mice!
Why would these animals and their parts be cooked before feeding to the flock?
I've been imagining shooting a raccoon or deer or whatever, maybe opening it up and just giving it to them. probably breaking it into chunks first if it's big. But I hadn't imagined cooking it.
So, why do that?
~Karen Lee Mack
Moving to south Georgia FALL 2024!!
Country oriented nerd with primary interests in alternate energy in particular solar. Dabble in gardening, trees, cob, soil building and a host of others.
Christopher Weeks wrote:
Why would these animals and their parts be cooked before feeding to the flock?
I've been imagining shooting a raccoon or deer or whatever, maybe opening it up and just giving it to them. probably breaking it into chunks first if it's big. But I hadn't imagined cooking it.
So, why do that?
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Where my chicks have roamed no grass grows!
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