Arizona Chickens

[cyborg]

... are they ok to Feed them to the chickens, like I did yesterday??

They sell them in the store as a dried treats for chickens. Right?

The dried mealworms you buy at the store, or the ones you grow yourself, are raised on a "clean" diet, usually wheat bran. "Wild" mealworms and darkling beetles eat "decaying organic matter" and if this is around your chickens, it translates as chicken poop. Among the "decaying organic matter" are worm eggs and bacteria that you probably don't want your chickens eating. The mealworms and beetles particularly enjoy sharing chicken feed with your chickens.

 

[moms3cuties]

http://www.montanaflour.com/kamut-khorasan-wheat/


:yiipchick Fyi- I have a 25# bag of organic kumut Flour, " from Blue sky." ~ It was a gift and I promised to find some recipes to give back to the gentleman for sharing the bags with me!

☆WHO would like to have some of the bag?

☆Anyone with A good kumut flour recipe, to share?

 

[moms3cuties]

Recipe Details for Bread made with KAMUT Brand Khorasan Wheat

Bread made with KAMUT Brand Khorasan Wheat Flour

KAMUT

Brand khorasan wheat makes a sweet and nutty loaf of bread. No need to add honey or other fancy ingredients. PrintIngredients:2 Tablespoons Active Dry Yeast2 ½ Cups Warm Water2 Tablespoons Olive Oil2 Teaspoons Sea Salt6 ½ or 7 Cups KAMUT

Brand Khorasan Wheat Flour Preparationlace yeast in warm water in large bowl and let stand until yeast softens (about 5 minutes).Mix in the oil, salt and 2 cups of the flour, mix until uniformContinue to incorporate the flour slowly, beat with a wooden spoon.Knead on a floured surface for about 20 minutes, occasionally slamming the dough down to help develop the glutenPlace dough in a large bowl, cover tightly and let rise until double (about 1.5 hours). The dough will have spring, but will be more dense than a conventional wheat loafPunch dough down, divide into two loaves and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Shape into two rounded loaves and place in well oiled bread pans.Bake in a preheated oven at 425° F for ten minutes then reduce the temperature to 350°F and cook for 45-50 minutes more.Bread is done when crust is golden, it comes easily out of the pan and sounds hollow when thumped on the bottom. Cool on a rack. 

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

so not sure if anyone else saw this but in Pittsburgh a guy crashed and had i think 30 or 40 chickens and an AK-47 and improvised explosives....I would love to hear how they all relate  to each other. 

Here is the link in case you missed it.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014...ns-ak-47-improvised-explosives-in-suv/?src=fb

? It makes you ask questions. Pure dog, I often thought of getting my dog a set belt, but I do not know if they work on K-9's. They keep a dog from jumping around and causing an accident. Then there is the chickens? Explosives? And $25,000.00 bail?

20-35 years ago I know a fellow (worked with) how was drunk and was brandishing a weapon (unloaded and and broken so if loaded couldn't fire, a civil war family heirloom) and his bail, if I remember right was $50,000.00 a little more then his house of that day. I remember because he was very angry and up set when he got back to work, they released the gun to his brother, and would never get it back now. All the kids wanted it, I am guessing that was the drunk and brandishing part, the family getting laud arguing over who was to get the old gun, police called found him with it in his hands.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Looked it up. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfactions brought it back was actually: [care meant worry then, you can see the root of the word in it today]

The earliest printed reference to the original metaphor is attributed to the British playwright Ben Jonson in his 1598 play, Every Man in His Humour, which was performed first by William Shakespeare.

...Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman.

Shakespeare used a similar quote in his circa 1599 play, Much Ado About Nothing

“ What, courage man! what though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. ”
The metaphor remained the same until at least 1898. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer included this definition in his Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:

“ Care killed the Cat.
It is said that "a cat has nine lives," yet care would wear them all out.

”

 

[chicksurreal]

Looked it up. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfactions brought it back was actually: [care meant worry then, you can see the root of the word in it today]

The earliest printed reference to the original metaphor is attributed to the British playwright Ben Jonson in his 1598 play, Every Man in His Humour, which was performed first by William Shakespeare.

...Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman.

Shakespeare used a similar quote in his circa 1599 play, Much Ado About Nothing

“ What, courage man! what though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. ”
The metaphor remained the same until at least 1898. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer included this definition in his Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:

“ Care killed the Cat.
It is said that "a cat has nine lives," yet care would wear them all out.

”

Interesting! Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I just finally got caught up. Welcome to all the new people! I'm also sorry to hear about all the birds lost. So devastating.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Quote: Odds are, your birds will be fine. Mine eat insects all day long, many of which could be intermediate hosts to worms.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I thought I'd give an update on our tiny patch of native grass we planted for the animals. We planted Thunder turf, a mix of Buffalo grass, Blue Grama and Curly Mesquite last spring and protected it from the chickens until it got a couple inches high. Overall, we're quite pleased with it and the animals just love it. For the most part it's fast growing enough to outpace the consumption by all the animals. Surprisingly, the tortoises have caused more damage to it than have the chickens. They graze paths right to the ground and early season forays through the center of the patch are still trying to recover. Hopefully the most damaged spots will fill in this winter while they're sleeping. Strangely, the chickens do not scratch while they're in the grass patch which really helped get it established. They love to sit in the grass in the evening.

 

[Papas Chickens]

... are they ok to Feed them to the chickens, like I did yesterday??

They sell them in the store as a dried treats for chickens Right?
Mealworms wild or domestic are ok for your girls.

The dried mealworms you buy at the store, or the ones you grow yourself, are raised on a "clean" diet, usually wheat bran. "Wild" mealworms and darkling beetles eat "decaying organic matter" and if this is around your chickens, it translates as chicken poop. Among the "decaying organic matter" are worm eggs and bacteria that you probably don't want your chickens eating. The mealworms and beetles particularly enjoy sharing chicken feed with your chickens.
Edited by cyborg - Today at 12:29 am
Chickens are scavangers and eat everything and anything, there are a lot of insects that eat decaying organic matter such as centipedes, predatory mites,rove beetles, fomicid ants, carabid beetles, springtails, feather-winged beetles, nematodes, soil flatworms, snails, slugs, earthworms, millipedes, sowbugs, whiteworms, crickets, mealworms, darkling beetles and are all found in small-scale outdoor composting systems, such as backyard compost piles. My chickens eat every little bug that crawls around outside including other things that slither, run and bounce and hop so im pretty sure eating some wild mealies is not going to hurt your girls.