Can Chickens Eat Whole Peaches?

[Regina Larsen]

Yes. In 4.2 seconds.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

We have a friend who raises pigs for Luau’s and he picks up all the grocery store waste for them.

That's the way it used to be done. It's why we have "trash" and "garbage"...they didn't used to mean the same thing.

I personally hope that some day, "waste stream fed" replaces "organic" as the thing people are willing to pay more for. Organic is great and all, but feeding food waste and other organic waste (weeds, crop residue, etc.) is far more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

 

[Nicrom]

When I was a kid, we had chickens who got plenty of garden and food scraps. They must have had the remains of a peach at some point, because the pit got jammed under the corner of the coop...where it sprouted and started to grow. It grew, and grew...and started producing peaches.

Literally thousands of peaches were harvested from that tree over a decade plus (long after my parents didn't raise chickens any more and I'd moved out) before the tree finally succumbed.

Talk about the ultimate "volunteer"!

Loved this, so glad you shared this story with us!