BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[FaerieChicken]

I spent Thursday loading and unloading 1400 lbs of feed that will last me two months, so.....I guess I definitely qualify as "buying in bulk".

HOLY CRAP, how many chickens/poultry/fowl do you freeken got lady..... LOL

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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They are dormant in the muscle, not actively eating it. They are released when another animal eats the flesh/muscle.

 

[FaerieChicken]

Yep...pig-like creature in appearance, but it's actually part of the rodent family. It's pronounced have-UH-leenah. They get HUGE and can way well over 100 lbs, and they're amazingly destructive creatures. We've had a few customers bring their nearly totaled cars into our shop after running into a Javelina on the road. In more than one case the Javelina just walked off after doing thousands of dollars in damage to the front of the car. That said, I know people who've nearly domesticated them to the point where they can pet them without incident. I know other people who hunt them.


Here's a couple photos of them:

I wonder if this is really what we have here in Cali. I had a Wild Boar ram my Jetta on the passenger side one morning on my way to work in Jan. It was Totaled by insurance, new too, only a 2014, happened in 2016, the animal ran off into the hillside, I could hear it thrashing around in the bushes and making squeels. But I swear it was huge, its eyes and snout I could see clear as anything even though it was pitchblack out, were right there in my Passenger window!

 

[FaerieChicken]

They are dormant in the muscle, not actively eating it. They are released when another animal eats the flesh/muscle.

so the larvae, or eggs hatch and become active when the animal dies, then another animal consumes it and they develop into the worms or parasite that then lay the eggs/larvae into the new host?

 

[FaerieChicken]

The hatch that will happen next week puts me over 100. I've got a lot of culling to do.....

Oh my, I only have about 70 altogether. I haven't done a recent head count, and I really don't count chicks, or chickens for butcher.....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Sort of. There's a lot more detailed info to be had on the internet - not sure I want to highjack this thread further on this.

- Ant Farm

 

[FaerieChicken]

Sort of. There's a lot more detailed info to be had on the internet - not sure I want to highjack this thread further on this.

- Ant Farm

Im just curious, as I wouldn't want to make my chickens or turkeys sick. So its is topic related, in a way. Now I know NOT to give my Chooks any raw, wild animals, mostly bear and boar!

 

[Kev]

Meanwhile, I got a headache trying to shop for kitten food today. @Kev , I'm not a member at CostCo or Sams (never felt like I got my membership money's worth) - is the brand you got proprietary, or something I could look for elsewhere?

(Gotta get me some ground pork!!!!)

- Ant Farm

Yeah they are proprietary brands, sorry. It IS a a headache trying to find cat food with animal protein listed first and repeatedly. The local grocery store only has one kitten and three with animal protein listed way up high.. but these bags were smaller and started at 19 per bag.

Someone on here had suggested fish meal but I am unable to find it locally. Would that be something you're interested in?

It sure would be nice to be able to do what Ron/Hellbender did- he ground the meat himself and fed it to the chickens....

 

[Beekissed]

Speaking of pigs.... We get three Yorkshires tomorrow and I have absolutely no clue where I'm going to get the freezer space for them.

Just feed it to the chickens....

The hatch that will happen next week puts me over 100. I've got a lot of culling to do.....

I'm thinking you have some VERY well fed rodents there.....how in the world do only that many chickens eat that much feed???

Im just curious, as I wouldn't want to make my chickens or turkeys sick. So its is topic related, in a way. Now I know NOT to give my Chooks any raw, wild animals, mostly bear and boar!

You can feed them deer...no problem with deer meat. My chickens will gobble it right alongside the dogs.

 

[Kev]

I wonder if this is really what we have here in Cali. I had a Wild Boar ram my Jetta on the passenger side one morning on my way to work in Jan. It was Totaled by insurance, new too, only a 2014, happened in 2016, the animal ran off into the hillside, I could hear it thrashing around in the bushes and making squeels. But I swear it was huge, its eyes and snout I could see clear as anything even though it was pitchblack out, were right there in my Passenger window!

Don't think they are in CA.... Feral pigs are becoming a big problem and spreading too. They can get pretty wild looking, all hairy and foul tempered. I think some feral populations may have infusions of Russian wild boar, which are supposedly to be tougher and meaner? also, wild boars look similar to javelinas by being both shaggy and brownish..