Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[hcammack]

Personally, I am a fan of feeding animal protein to appropriate animals like chickens, dogs and cats. Chickens. are not herbivores despite the current Perdue ad. Of course if that is all that is available, they will do fine. I toss leftover bones to the chickens to pick clean. Recycling at it's best.

Meat sources are a complete protein, with all the essential amino acids.

Yep I feed my hens meat scraps, other food scraps, and left over milk. I used to work on a farm where we slaughtered our own animals and any leftover guts or scraps got thrown to the laying flock or pigs.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Two of natures cleaner uppers!!

 

[fowlman01]

Personally, I am a fan of feeding animal protein to appropriate animals like chickens, dogs and cats. Chickens. are not herbivores despite the current Perdue ad. Of course if that is all that is available, they will do fine. I toss leftover bones to the chickens to pick clean. Recycling at it's best.

Meat sources are a complete protein, with all the essential amino acids.

This is the picture I post when people insist that chickens are not meat eaters by nature. This is an O Shamo hen with a rat in her mouth. ......it is not a mouse. This hen is 9 lbs.



Walt

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Quote: I need to borrow that hen Walt. Saw a young field rat in the barn today.

 

[hcammack]

I used to have some ameraucana and faverolles hens that were mousers. None of mine are currently that I can tell. Also haven't seen many mice around though.

 

[cgmccary]

Quote:
I concur completely. One time I noticed one of my Buckeye hens running & carrying something rather large in her beak. Other hens were in hot pursuit. I ran behind them to see what she had. It was a Chipmunk!

Also, I have fed mine live fathead minnows. They just swallow them whole.

 

[campinechickens]

My Campines hunt for mice too. Several times I've gone out to their pen and the hens are all chasing each other because one of them is carrying around a mouse.
Who needs TV when you have that??

 

[MagicChicken]

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I love this photo, Walt. Thanks for re-posting it!

Sarah

 

[fowlman01]

I was surprised to see my East Indie ducks fighting over a mouse.........I guess they gum them to death. lol

Walt

 

[Robert Blosl]

Quote: Bob, thank you for the feed back re: Tompkins line. This man says he got his birds left to him by his gramp and they are Tompkins cross


saw his avitar pictures and if these are his Rhode Island Reds they look more like half and half prodution type. The do not look anything like what Harold had back in 1954. If you look at the pictures I have posted the dark brick shape ones or the pictures that Matt 1616 has thats the old Tompkins look. He was the greatest Rhode Island Red Breeder in history. Anyway thanks for the excitement. bob