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The free choice is an interesting idea for sure. Hadn't read much about that before. Will have to read up more on it, thanks for the links! I'm starting to play around with sprouting seeds IN the compost. I've done it on a small scale, but hope to do it at a larger scale once the wing heals.

Yes, that's Justin Rhodes....he's got some interesting stuff and has a real passion for practicing and teaching permaculture principles. I've watched a bunch of his videos...much of what he does is good stuff, although some I don't necessarily agree with. And yes, I think if you have the...

It's good advice. I'm a bad patient by nature, but am going to do my best. I need that arm for compost shoveling, fencing projects, reclaiming lumber for projects, and playing with the kids. I'm such a bad patient that when I came in and said I needed to go to the hospital, my wife turned ghost...

On attracting pests...haven’t seen any really. The run is fenced but not raccoon-proof. We live in a rural area but in a “neighborhood”. I do make sure to work any uneaten waste into the pile after a day or two, but I’m a bit surprised not to have ANY critters.

Thanks all for the wishes for quick recovery! I’m a bit bummed about delayed projects and less compost time...but with so many worse off (and the chance I could have been hurt far worse) I really can’t complain.

It’s heavy, dirty, smelly work for sure! It’s been a lot of fruit and veggies....greens, corn, lots of peaches, herbs, etc. Occasionally some bread, never any meat/dairy to speak of. A few times got boxes of crackers by the case, and still working through a pallet of expired baby oatmealI got...

One bone in right forearm broken, so can type lefty a bit. 2 weeks in I can type a little with right too...but slow going (that lengthy post took 10x the time to write it usually would). For work, where I’m at a computer, I’ve been using “speech to text” software instead of typing with some...

I haven't done a significant amount of "book research" since this thread went cold last fall, but I have been doing a lot of "field research". I've been feeding my flock a significant portion of their daily intake in food waste and compost for the last several months (WAAAY more than 10% of...

This is fun. Even when we're disagreeing, we're not arguing. And we've got some funny peeps around here. :lol:

You let your chickens eat raw bugs like they're some kind of ANIMALS!? :sick :D I have a bug zapper in my chicken run...my flock gets THEIR moths "flash fried". ;)

Yes, records would have to be kept, and if ill was being done, reversed.

Isn't "it's the easiest and cheapest" approach the same thinking that got us factory farmed meat and eggs? My thinking is that we have lots of locally produced food waste on it's way to landfills. Meanwhile, we grow crops that get processes into chicken feed, bagged in plastic bags, and...

Raw meat, maybe. Cooked meat?

Lots of discussions I've read seem to suggest that commercial chicken feed is the "BEST" or "ONLY" way to feed chickens. To each his own, but I decided to scratch at this a bit (I must be part chicken). So, if chicken feed is so great....why? What's in it that you can't get elsewhere? I found...