Permaculture: The Edge is the New Center
Taos, New Mexico / Carson, New Mexico / 7000ft / zones 5,6 / Soil: Servilleta-Hernandez / Avg. 13" precip per annum
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paul wheaton wrote:I think there are two important angles on this.
1) most chicken food per acre per year, and
2) most chicken food per acre in January
I would really like to see a top 10 list for each of these. But I'm not even sure where to start to try and figure this out.
I suspect that at the top of the list for #1 is gonna be mulberry. Maybe wheat. Maybe Sepp's russian corn.
And at the top of the list for #2: Kale? Fall field peas/lentils that dried and are still sitting out there at chicken head level? Sunflower seeds? Winter keeper apples that are still falling off the tree?
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Chris Kott wrote:Is alfalfa unsuitable for chickens, then? I haven't seen it mentioned at all.
-CK
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Permaculture Apprenticeships at Windward
America's First Permaculture Cemetery? Herland Forest Natural Burial Cemetery
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Gwen Lynn wrote:Regarding Mulberry Trees (and you all may know this already) you have to make sure you plant the right gender to get fruit. I love to eat mulberries, but didn't know this. I let a seedling grow in my backyard and wouldn't you know it... wrong sex, NO fruit. So I now have a big bushy shade tree that tent caterpillars get to feed off of...but I don't! Lesson learned!
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant classes, & DVDs
Live in peace, walk in beauty, love one another.
LEAD only by example, FOLLOW only when lost, fOR you only "GET OUT OF THE WAY" once per lifetime.
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Chelle Lewis wrote:Could you tabulate exactly what you do when for us? Also you spoke of some kind of conditioner you put over the feed... couldn't quite catch that. What about Diatomaceous Earth sprinkled over? Rich in silica and minerals and destroys parasites.
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Leah Sattler wrote:I didn't even think of grains. I just assume that the chickens will destroy anything grass like in a confined area. I'm sure that some planted along the fence line would grow through and offer some feed. what about millet? you could also have a rotating pen and get one planted and put the chickens in there to munch while you got the other one planted again.
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Kelly Ravner wrote:Maybe it was mentioned somewhere and I skimmed by too fast, but I didn’t see mention of rhubarb. My chickens love rhubarb leaves and will destroy any that they can reach through the fence. They are somewhat less interested if I cut the leaves off and toss them into their pen though.🤣 And for some reason, rhubarb root seems to be their most favorite delicacy. Especially in the spring they will dig until they’ve eaten every trace of rhubarb root - so be sure to fence off any plants you want to save.
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Gwen Lynn wrote:Regarding Mulberry Trees (and you all may know this already) you have to make sure you plant the right gender to get fruit. I love to eat mulberries, but didn't know this. I let a seedling grow in my backyard and wouldn't you know it... wrong sex, NO fruit. So I now have a big bushy shade tree that tent caterpillars get to feed off of...but I don't! Lesson learned!
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