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    What did they do for calcium in the old days?

    In older books on chicken keeping, they often recommend giving excess milk to the chickens.
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    Different things they will eat?!

    Wow...that's fabulous! I've been trying to figure out where I can fit some in since I've read it is such a good feed.
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    Different things they will eat?!

    For chickens: Clover Comfrey Dandelions (don't even have to try with these!) Field peas
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    Bsby corn the kind you put in stirfry

    Because of our drought, my sweet corn did TERRIBLE this year. Only grew about two feet high, and made little bitty ears. Not as small baby corn, but not a whole lot better. So I started shucking a couple of ears each day and throwing it to the chickens. They ate it, cob and all! No health...
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    Now What.. I bought a bag of non-medicated feed and I am worried about coccidia

    This is my first year of raising chickens, also. Can't remember which book I found this in, but I read that the risk of cocci is low if chickens haven't been kept on the land before. I skipped the medicated feed and had no problems.
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    Whats your chickens menue like?

    Let's see... in addition to their layer pellets, my flock of three get: stale homemade bread (1-2 slices a week) excess kefir grains when I have 'em fermented grains (about a quarter cup of wild bird/pigeon feed daily) weeds from the lawn and garden leftovers from our meals veggie scraps...
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    Do any of you here ferment your soybeans and put it in your chicken feed?

    Actually, that link you provided refers to sprouting, which is different from fermenting. Everything I've found about fermenting soybeans for human consumption involves cooking them first. That said, I have no idea if sprouting the soybeans will remove or reduce the antinutrive factors in soybeans.
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I feed pigeon grains. I find a soak of 24 hours works fine. Chickens go for the peas first.
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    Practicing the egg song?

    Finally heard the egg song today! My hens have been laying for two weeks but today was the first time I heard it. It's very...distinctive.
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Kefir grains. Big hit!
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    What can't they eat???!?!?!?

    I give my chickens peanuts and they love them! I don't give them many at a time since they are lightly salted. My b/f likes peanuts in the shell but some aren't roasted to his liking. I collect the shelled peanuts he rejects and give them to the chooks. It's generally the first thing they eat!
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    A tomato that the wild birds pecked a hole in. Yum!
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    Chicken treats

    I do give my chooks wild bird seed, and they eat it with moderate interest. They inhale it if I ferment it! See the Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds thread for info on that if you are not familiar with fermenting feed. I gave my chicks a variety of treats starting at an early age, hoping that...
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    Growing Your Chicken's Own Feed?

    We have a large oak in our front yard. I plan to gather acorns this fall for the chickens; not sure how many I'll have due to this drought. I've read that acorns have varying levels of bitterness based on variety.Don't know how much the chooks will like mine, but it costs nothing to try. I'm...
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    Is Dumor feed organic?

    Most manufacturers won't tell you what their product is not. Since organic is a big selling point, and demands higher prices, you can bet that anything that is organic will make that very clear on the label.
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