Heh. Ever since I read Al's recommendation on top dressing with fat/oil/lard, I've been doing it once a week on my FF. Mostly it has been the vegetable oil because I continually forget to pick up more lard when I go to the store.
Last night I made chicken and rice, and remembered to save all the fatty broth off the top of the pot when I got done stewing the chicken. This morning I used it for my Friday FF top dressing.
HOLY-MOLEY did those chickens go NUTS for their feed this morning. Usually they'll all come to the trough, eat some, then go scratching in the leaves, leaving the rest of the FF to nibble on throughout the day. This morning, I thought a couple of them were going to flat-out EXPLODE they ate so much. That trough was almost completely licked clean before I even left the run!!
This made me think about the previous discussion about chickens being omnivores and how much they need the ANIMAL fat and protein in their diets along with the vegetables and greens. Those chickens acted like I hadn't fed them in 6 weeks. I told the Mr. I'll have to stew chicken once a week from now on for that 'liquid gold' as Al calls it.
And they were covered head-to-toe with specks of the FF from the feeding frenzy that went on!
Great thinking
Makes me angry with myself that I didn't think of saving the fat from my turkey broth.
