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  1. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    30a. Good climate. Chainsaw(s). Tractor. Plenty of electricity. I have a day job that pays for the lifestyle. Absolutely could not do what my great grandparents did. Working my land is a very expensive hobby.
  2. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    Because it isn't said enough. Chicken math includes Addition AND Subtraction. (this coming weekend, for me).
  3. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    8% protein isn't feed, its scratch. and crude protein levels between the US and across the pond aren't directly comparable. The EU makes more use on synthetic AAs than we do, they rely on less corn, and they have, yes, seemingly lower expectations for their hobby flocks than some portion of...
  4. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    Be aware that, at best, fermenting feed might stretch it 10% further nutritionally, often, much less than that. Were it otherwise, commercial producers would routinely ferment - as their margins are generally closer to 5% or less. It has greater impact when fermenting non commercial feeds...
  5. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    The snarky response was this one. I was its author, and it was largely because the question had already been answered, consistently, several times in the first 13 pages of that thread. Would not have been the response had you asked the question in a new thread, where there would have been no...
  6. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    Perhaps I overestimated the alcohol content of a wine -I'm not a big drinker. The yeast strain I have now for the wine in the pot should start giving up the ghost around 11% and a bit more. I have other strains to 14%, and the US still uses the description "table wine" up to 14%. Speaking of...
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    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    I should note that the concentration of alcohol needed to truly disinfect is quite high - but a little bit of alcohol was better than nothing. As the saying goes in the home brewing community w/ regard sanitation, "nothing in there can kill you, but it can still make you plenty sick". A small...
  8. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    all wine has antibiotic properties. Its the alcohol content. Which is whhy before modern sanitation, medieval Europe drank "table wine" or a "small beer", or added a bit of wine to water before drinking it. Because the water wasn't safe.
  9. U_Stormcrow

    How were flocks of poultry maintained hundreds of years ago?

    A combination of factors. 1) Poultry ownership was often anciliary to other farming activities. So yes, the poultry got kitchen scraps and often corn or something resembling what we today call "scratch". But they also got to free range much larger areas than most of us enjoy today, and they...
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