100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

[Arielle]

I tucked another cornishx egg in today--- hoping for something!! Will swap out the roosters tomorrow. THose boys can go back to their girls who have 3 other boys filling in for the two kings; and I"ll pull the extra BO who has been baaby sitting the BCM. Or maybe I need to use the BCM boy that has been harassing the 1 pullet. I have time to think about it!! lol

AND i got an email today confirming an order for 25 BUCKEYE chicks.

THe beginnings of my meat flock!!

 

[aoxa]

$3.00 a bale organic???? WOW!! Great price! What makes the hay organic? No pesticides and chemicals in the field?

Do you have a milk stand? I wonder if I could milk my ewes when they are pregnant? Anyone tried drinking sheep milk before? I wonder what it tastes like.

He does not use any pesticides or chemicals. He has had beef cattle for 50 years. This is a very old guy that is my father-in-law's friend. He lives a few houses down and usually only grows it for his own cattle, but he is doing us a favour. We paid $2 each last year.

The feed store charges $6 a bale.. so I think it is an awesome deal! It's beautiful hay too. Very green and healthy looking. The goats love it.

I have heard sheep milk is the best out of cows, goats and sheep.
http://www.weedemandreap.com/2013/05/milk-showdown-cow-vs-sheep-vs-goat-which-is-best.html

I'm very interested to see that cross. i just found this thread. i start reading it from the beginning. you also have some good looking barred

Thanks I will keep you all updated! I expect to get some white birds from the cross. I hope I do.

I'm paying 7-10$ a bale NOT organic.


I definitely need to trade in those horses for goats!!

I understand the need for granola with milk!! Been there done that. I don't eat granola anymore, and no milk anymore. Yogurt and cheese YES. If I eat high carbs of the SAD, my arthritis flairs up, hot flashes fire away, and my brain goes foggy. Hence lot of chickens, eggs, and turkeis to et for me.

WOW

 

[Angelicisi]

Lime works great as a natural deodorant. Slice a piece off, rub on in the morning and good to go. About a lime a week if used daily.

Is it dinner time???

While I don't have that reaction, I am ever mind ful that others are sensitive. ANd honestly, I think it is one's body saying  "what was that junk you put on me???"  I was looking for easier, cheaper and more natural. Not sure the CO is cheaper, but I like it. ( there is a thread on makeing CO deoderant here on BYC)

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: I pay 17 dollars a bale for Bermuda and Alfalfa.... and I go through 1 bale of bermuda every three days at 125 lbs a bale for the horse. I go through 1 bale of Alfalfa every ten days for the goats if I dont let them free range. I have two Nigerians and one Pygmy. Everyone gets fed free choice. My feeders hold a bale at a time.

No organic here...

Its important to note different areas of the US and Canada bale their hays differently. My hay is baled three strand and the bale will vary in weight between 110 to 135 lbs depending on type and cutting number. Where I live there is no grass. Annual rainfall here is supposed to be 9 inches.... This past year we got 3.... There is some browse for goats though and when I let them browse they completely forego baled feed.

deb

 

[Arielle]

Lime works great as a natural deodorant. Slice a piece off, rub on in the morning and good to go. About a lime a week if used daily.
Quote: I can see my kids going into school smelling like a lime margarita!!!

( I will remember the lime in a pinch--ty)

Quote: I pay 17 dollars a bale for Bermuda and Alfalfa.... and I go through 1 bale of bermuda every three days at 125 lbs a bale for the horse. I go through 1 bale of Alfalfa every ten days for the goats if I dont let them free range. I have two Nigerians and one Pygmy. Everyone gets fed free choice. My feeders hold a bale at a time.

No organic here...

Its important to note different areas of the US and Canada bale their hays differently. My hay is baled three strand and the bale will vary in weight between 110 to 135 lbs depending on type and cutting number. Where I live there is no grass. Annual rainfall here is supposed to be 9 inches.... This past year we got 3.... There is some browse for goats though and when I let them browse they completely forego baled feed.

deb
Did you get rain the other day?? Someone mentioned a few days ago CA got some rain.

We get about 16 inches over the 4 months of summer-- and it is still expensive because land is expensive and little is left as pasture. Watched a farm of a good number of acres sprout up houses, dozens of houses, and the pasture was gone to lawn. Hard to compete with that.

 

[perchie.girl]

I pay 17 dollars a bale for Bermuda and Alfalfa.... and I go through 1 bale of bermuda every three days at 125 lbs a bale for the horse. I go through 1 bale of Alfalfa every ten days for the goats if I dont let them free range. I have two Nigerians and one Pygmy. Everyone gets fed free choice. My feeders hold a bale at a time.

No organic here...

Its important to note different areas of the US and Canada bale their hays differently. My hay is baled three strand and the bale will vary in weight between 110 to 135 lbs depending on type and cutting number. Where I live there is no grass. Annual rainfall here is supposed to be 9 inches.... This past year we got 3.... There is some browse for goats though and when I let them browse they completely forego baled feed.

deb

Did you get rain the other day?? Someone mentioned a few days ago CA got some rain.

We get about 16 inches over the 4 months of summer-- and it is still expensive because land is expensive and little is left as pasture. Watched a farm of a good number of acres sprout up houses, dozens of houses, and the pasture was gone to lawn. Hard to compete with that.

Yep we have had and are having rain abut every three or four days.... .10 inches at a time. It gave the mountains about 4 inches of snow.... All moisture is gleaned by the mountains before It makes it 60 miles to my house. I am temporarily liveing here in the burbs of San Diego sixty miles from my home.

Pasture here consists of acreage that is mostly mustard and wild Oat hay. If you can find it. There are quite a few cattle farms that have that for their use. I have always fed baled hay Here there is not enough water to use as irrigation.

All our hay comes from the Imperial Valley around El Centro. thankfully they get seven to eight cuttings per year AND can grow almost year round. Their water comes from the dregs of the Colorado River.

deb

 

[Arielle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by perchie.girl

I pay 17 dollars a bale for Bermuda and Alfalfa.... and I go through 1 bale of bermuda every three days at 125 lbs a bale for the horse. I go through 1 bale of Alfalfa every ten days for the goats if I dont let them free range. I have two Nigerians and one Pygmy. Everyone gets fed free choice. My feeders hold a bale at a time.

No organic here...

Its important to note different areas of the US and Canada bale their hays differently. My hay is baled three strand and the bale will vary in weight between 110 to 135 lbs depending on type and cutting number. Where I live there is no grass. Annual rainfall here is supposed to be 9 inches.... This past year we got 3.... There is some browse for goats though and when I let them browse they completely forego baled feed.

deb

Did you get rain the other day?? Someone mentioned a few days ago CA got some rain.

We get about 16 inches over the 4 months of summer-- and it is still expensive because land is expensive and little is left as pasture. Watched a farm of a good number of acres sprout up houses, dozens of houses, and the pasture was gone to lawn. Hard to compete with that.
Yep we have had and are having rain abut every three or four days.... .10 inches at a time. It gave the mountains about 4 inches of snow.... All moisture is gleaned by the mountains before It makes it 60 miles to my house. I am temporarily liveing here in the burbs of San Diego sixty miles from my home.

Pasture here consists of acreage that is mostly mustard and wild Oat hay. If you can find it. There are quite a few cattle farms that have that for their use. I have always fed baled hay Here there is not enough water to use as irrigation.

All our hay comes from the Imperial Valley around El Centro. thankfully they get seven to eight cuttings per year AND can grow almost year round. Their water comes from the dregs of the Colorado River.

deb
THat poor COlorado river-- 30 years ago the volume was so significantly reduced that the River didn't make it to the ocean. Simply faded into the sand. We need better methods to be frugal with our water. Especially CA as that is a HUGE producer of food for the rest of the US. We need to develop other ways.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:

All our hay comes from the Imperial Valley around El Centro. thankfully they get seven to eight cuttings per year AND can grow almost year round. Their water comes from the dregs of the Colorado River.

deb

THat poor COlorado river-- 30 years ago the volume was so significantly reduced that the River didn't make it to the ocean. Simply faded into the sand. We need better methods to be frugal with our water. Especially CA as that is a HUGE producer of food for the rest of the US. We need to develop other ways.

When we moved here in 67 I think there was a little trickle.... But California cant take all the credit.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dams_in_the_Colorado_River_system

Most of northern Californias water comes from the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas.... they just got their first snow of the year....

San diego depends mostly the Colorado... as does The imperial Valley and Mexico (the mexican side of the Imperial valley). But the past twenty years we have seen more and more drout or the cycles of drought lasting longer and longer. To date we have been in water conservation mode for the past twenty... Low flow toilets are mandatory.... Water from the garden running down the street is a fine able offense. People are given incentives to xeriscape the landscape.... YAY.

Grass in the form of a lawn does not belong here. Untill just recently though the local government hadnt removed the grey water laws.... Grey water tanks were illegal.... But the city of Santee (where I live at this time) has had in place a sewage recycling plant that is on the cutting edge of technology. That was in 1955..... All Santees sewage is processed down to the point where the water that comes from it is 99.9 percent pure. where its allowed to flow into seven separate lakes where people can fish and wild ducks are encouraged. There is a park around it where people picknick.

All water coming from purple pipes in town is reclaimed water..... I wish the whole city of San Diego would follow that thought.

Our main Agriculture was Avocados, Oranges (a minimal amount) and Tomatoes and Strawberries.

deb

 

[Coralietg]

How goes the chicks, KuntryGirl? The weather outside is quite nice today!

I just sat out and did a chicken count. Not as bad as I previously thought. Down to 5 roosters, 15 laying girls and 8 female bantams. I have so many tiny eggs. I think I need to stock up on some future layer chicks.

 

[Arielle]

Quote:

All our hay comes from the Imperial Valley around El Centro. thankfully they get seven to eight cuttings per year AND can grow almost year round. Their water comes from the dregs of the Colorado River.

deb

THat poor COlorado river-- 30 years ago the volume was so significantly reduced that the River didn't make it to the ocean. Simply faded into the sand. We need better methods to be frugal with our water. Especially CA as that is a HUGE producer of food for the rest of the US. We need to develop other ways.

When we moved here in 67 I think there was a little trickle.... But California cant take all the credit.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dams_in_the_Colorado_River_system

Most of northern Californias water comes from the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas.... they just got their first snow of the year....

San diego depends mostly the Colorado... as does The imperial Valley and Mexico (the mexican side of the Imperial valley). But the past twenty years we have seen more and more drout or the cycles of drought lasting longer and longer. To date we have been in water conservation mode for the past twenty... Low flow toilets are mandatory.... Water from the garden running down the street is a fine able offense. People are given incentives to xeriscape the landscape.... YAY.

Grass in the form of a lawn does not belong here. Untill just recently though the local government hadnt removed the grey water laws.... Grey water tanks were illegal.... But the city of Santee (where I live at this time) has had in place a sewage recycling plant that is on the cutting edge of technology. That was in 1955..... All Santees sewage is processed down to the point where the water that comes from it is 99.9 percent pure. where its allowed to flow into seven separate lakes where people can fish and wild ducks are encouraged. There is a park around it where people picknick.

All water coming from purple pipes in town is reclaimed water..... I wish the whole city of San Diego would follow that thought.

Our main Agriculture was Avocados, Oranges (a minimal amount) and Tomatoes and Strawberries.

deb
THe rules here are rather old fatshioned and allows for much waste of water. I'm not allowed to use grey water to even water my lawn. WTH??

To do it all over again, I would look at a totally different home sewerage system. AN out house is estentailly the same set up that I have now, only it would use NO water.

THe diswasher ( NEW) is so crappy at cleaning my dishes I was by hand. ANd THAT uses a boatload of water. My water is fress as we have a well and the rains are still plentiful, but I AM mindful of wasting water anyways. THough I don't know why when the farm animals are very wasteful in regards to water.

Certainly keeps me thinking of how to rediscover old ways, and impliment new methods here.