I agree it has been lost. I might have spoke on it before, but my family raised quarter horses and game chickens when I was kid. And they didn’t have coops or nest boxes or feeders.
I was shocked as an adult getting back into chickens that most people keep their chickens penned up and...
Best of luck with your break from making content. I have a channel where I just document the chickens, no talking and it takes up time to film, edit, upload etc. and then when you get fans, they have a million questions.
The videos probably inspired people to do something similar. I saw some sponsored post on Facebook for the “Jack-o-raptor” which seemed like another Terrorfowl.
95º+ weather here already. Chicks staying hydrated at the water stations.
Check out the copper mark of the beast on that one chick, that chick is one of the half maran/half whiting true blue.
Getting about 6-7 eggs a day from 10 layers.
That’s good to know. Teff is new to me. Tiny super grain high in lysine from Ethiopia. Sounds great for Texas chicks. I guess with the right permits I could grow hemp seed as well.
Here’s a picture of the corn I used to grow until I got chickens.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/purple-corn-vs-yellow-corn-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference.1609980/#post-27453658
I have a friend that makes flour from acorns. He says burr oak works well because it’s big and easy to collect. We have a park close by that has loads of burrs, reds, live oaks and chinkapins.
I was brainstorming with a friend the other day about alternative feeds that I could source locally and free. I collect a lot of pecans and feed them to the flock. He said what about acorns? There are unlimited amounts of them here in the fall I could collect. I haven't tried to feed them yet. I...
Alright Amigo, I called the local feed store and its $20 for 50# of wheat. The feed I get from them is $40 for 50#.
Besides wheat, what other grains should I source? Corn, Oats, Peas?