OK. This question has been rolling around in my head for awhile and maybe it has been discussed already but....
here goes.....
Really, if we were to have such disasters in our country that we could no longer get chicken feed from the stores, where would that leave most of us?
(Notwithstanding that we would need food for ourselves, too!)
What could we grow in a summer garden that could help feed our chickens through the winter? What did the pioneers do?? (Don't tell me just eat your chickens and be done with it. We can go a lot further for ourselves on eggs, that perfect food)
Perhaps this thread belongs on the self-sustainable living pages, but I'm sooo focused on chickens right now (oh boy....probably way too much, or so says DH, only without the 'probably')
I paid $18 for a a 50 # bag of grower crumbles yesterday. Yikes. And I suspect prices will only increase.
Any takers on this thread?
here goes.....
Really, if we were to have such disasters in our country that we could no longer get chicken feed from the stores, where would that leave most of us?
(Notwithstanding that we would need food for ourselves, too!)
What could we grow in a summer garden that could help feed our chickens through the winter? What did the pioneers do?? (Don't tell me just eat your chickens and be done with it. We can go a lot further for ourselves on eggs, that perfect food)
Perhaps this thread belongs on the self-sustainable living pages, but I'm sooo focused on chickens right now (oh boy....probably way too much, or so says DH, only without the 'probably')
I paid $18 for a a 50 # bag of grower crumbles yesterday. Yikes. And I suspect prices will only increase.
Any takers on this thread?