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    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    IMHO, 110 years ago only the rich families who kept show birds could afford commercial feed. Back then feed was probably of much higher quality and much more expensive than it is today. Now the quality of feed is lower. The goal now is to keep the price as affordable as possible, while also...
  2. Altairsky

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    Whatever wine was available in the farm. Back then, in my region, every farmer had a grape field and made their own wine, not to sell it but for the family. Our wines are around 11-12% in alcohol content. However I think wine was used in place of how we use vinegar in poultry today. Another...
  3. Altairsky

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    My grandparents only gave corn to their chickens, as supplement. Everything else they ate all sort of vegetable scraps (the same scraps that were fed to the pigs), and they were extremely busy foraging in the cow manure. Lots of bugs, worms and undigested cereals in there. They obviously had a...
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