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I was thinking of rehydrating the shredded cole slaw and shredded cabbage. Which would be rather easy to ferment at that point. Nice thing is by having it dehyrated, it doesn't require electricity to keep stored. Its taking me only 1/2 quart per bag of cole slaw. Anisah

Wondering if anyone has fed dehydrated cole slaw or cabbage to chickens during the grip of winter? Just thinking it might be a nice add to their diet.

I'd mix the cornmeal in with their regular feed. Don't ferment anything. They don't need the alcohol that would come from fermenting. The burnt/semi burnt can be put out as well. If it too far charcoaled they will leave it to compost into the space. Or you could just put it directly into a...

I wouldn't ferment anything. Birds eat raw grains best. As for the bread... I'd dry it out and feed it that way. As for fermenting, it would make it so that you could be promoting molds or merely alcohol. Birds eat corn cracked all the time, corn meal just is easier for smaller birds too.

Hello Kassaundra, Eric (my partner) and I were just talking about growing duck weed in some tanks. You said you got yours from a local pond. Was it wild duckweed? I mean it wasn't being cultivated? We were thinking duckweed could be reared in tanks (livestock style tanks) and then used as...

Have you considered putting something on the fungus to help the fig treat against the attack? I don't mean chemical "fungicide" but perhaps a natural alternative of some kind. Or consider cutting out the fungus areas so the tree can recover. Most fungus is basically "mushrooms" growing on the...

Very true Sky! I know I've had numerous discussions with Vegans and Vegetarians who don't like it that I raise "meat" animals. Then sit there talking to me about how they don't believe in harming other living things, while living in the urban/concrete jungles and having their dietary favs...

I can totally understand. You all would love my town/village here the whole town pretty much burns! We've been waiting for two years now to be able to burn (county burn ban due to fire hazard), but they finally lifted it So I'm able to burn any trees that fell, old lumber, etc. We almost all...

My chickens always come running for whatever scraps I will toss them, including eating cooked potatoes. Mine devoured the cooked squash and pumpkin I offered. I haven't had decent potato harvest in several years, so I can't say I calculate any for my birds other than what comes from the table...

Good question about the timer. I hadn't thought about that! My bad! LoL Great idea. I will have to look into that option. I know some people may think I'm being silly about going solar, but its just a matter of my husband and I trying to reduce how much electricity we are dependent on. The...

Yes, this was something I was thinking about too. My thought was to learn more about the flathead minnow's requirements. I know I can get them in quantity year round due to ice fishing and that would allow me to obtain them to restock any tank I may have that I'm raising them in, if it were to...

Yes Kassaundra, I am basically looking at "seasonal". Even then my layers have to get thru the winter months and not be so stressed that it takes them a great deal to start up their egg production again. I am trying to make sure my new coop is designed with all their needs firmly in place, for...

Yes, I agree with you, Today I found my first worthwhile "recipes", I think! I will share what I found. It was in the book Poultry and Poultry-Keeping by Alice Stern. She writes in her book the following recommendations for chick & chicken feeds: First Week (feeding 6x daily) Wheat Bran...

Yes, luckily I'm 7 miles from an older ag university (South Dakota State University) and it has a very nice library with numerous older books in it. I'm figuring I will have to spend many hours down in their library basement digging through the older animal science books. As for most of what...

Your idea sparked some realizations for me. When I think back to where I was always dealing with the hens foraging (in my neighbor's yard & my own) I realize it may work best to do this. Building up their favorite "haunts" in a controlled run environment. It would be no different than rotating...

I am intrigued by your compost run system. How is it working out for you? I noticed my chickens always head for the compost pile in my yard, if I let them out of their run; but I have trouble keeping them in my yard and not going to my neighbors. So I had to limit their "free range" access. But...