Awesome.No, DH out of town, overwhelming week me and the kids chillen for a while watching the chickens close and playing with the puppy. Here is my first laugh of the day for your entertainment though.
Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
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No, DH out of town, overwhelming week me and the kids chillen for a while watching the chickens close and playing with the puppy. Here is my first laugh of the day for your entertainment though.
That's cute!
LOVE this thread!! Reminds me of my Grandma's farm out in West Texas. I would have spent all summer there if my folks had let me.
Grandma preferred to hang the chicken by it's feet and lop off it's head. My mom told of laying an iron pipe on the ground across the chicken's neck and standing on either side of it and pulling the body up to kill it. I've also heard of the grab the head and "pop" the body off method. Grandma had 50-60 white chickens at a time that free-ranged. She also had Banties. There were some open-type coops for shelter if they felt like it. They could also go into any of the barns or hay stalls for cover. I loved to go with Grandma every day when she gathered eggs and help. She knew where all the good 'hiding places' were.
Granddad slept with a gun by the bed. Many nights I remember hearing a commotion in the chicken yard and Granddad rushing out in his long johns to hopefully shoot the predator. They even had mountain lions occassionally!! No AC in the farmhouse so in the summers we slept with all the windows open and could hear all the night noises.
If Grandma had some fertile eggs and no broody hens she would put them in a box with hay underneath the stove. I don't remember her turning them or not. Under the stove is where all the baby animals went that needed extra care -- baby poultry, an occassional orphaned lamb, etc. Never knew what you would find under there!!
The chickens got some type of feed, leftovers, slop, whatever was available. She also raised guineas and peafowl (had over 100 of those at one time!). When something set the peafowl off -- they could hear them in town 3 miles away. Good memories!!
Grandma preferred to hang the chicken by it's feet and lop off it's head. My mom told of laying an iron pipe on the ground across the chicken's neck and standing on either side of it and pulling the body up to kill it. I've also heard of the grab the head and "pop" the body off method. Grandma had 50-60 white chickens at a time that free-ranged. She also had Banties. There were some open-type coops for shelter if they felt like it. They could also go into any of the barns or hay stalls for cover. I loved to go with Grandma every day when she gathered eggs and help. She knew where all the good 'hiding places' were.
Granddad slept with a gun by the bed. Many nights I remember hearing a commotion in the chicken yard and Granddad rushing out in his long johns to hopefully shoot the predator. They even had mountain lions occassionally!! No AC in the farmhouse so in the summers we slept with all the windows open and could hear all the night noises.
If Grandma had some fertile eggs and no broody hens she would put them in a box with hay underneath the stove. I don't remember her turning them or not. Under the stove is where all the baby animals went that needed extra care -- baby poultry, an occassional orphaned lamb, etc. Never knew what you would find under there!!
The chickens got some type of feed, leftovers, slop, whatever was available. She also raised guineas and peafowl (had over 100 of those at one time!). When something set the peafowl off -- they could hear them in town 3 miles away. Good memories!!
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Hmmmm...that's not what we call fodder around these parts. Around here, fodder is chopped up corn stalks, sugar canes, rough hay, and whole grains in a coarse mix and fed to cattle, sheep, horses.
That pic shows sprouted grains...but never heard anyone call them "fodder".
That pic shows sprouted grains...but never heard anyone call them "fodder".
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GREAT memories! And, somehow, these folks managed to produce livestock and keep them healthy under "primitive" conditions...not a medicine or vet in sight and no formulated poultry feeds with just the right nutritional percentages in them. Go figure!
Where did you learn this is the best feed for chickens? What kind of chickens do you have?
I thought the same thing. Looks like a small hydroponic setup used specifically to sprout the grains some of us feed whole, soaked, or fermented. I am sure the chickens would enjoy them sprouted, just not sure the time and expense of doing so this way would provide any clear advantage.
LOL I remember the first time I heard peafowl sounding off - and being shocked that that sound came out of that beautiful bird!
What I got is for human consumption to make fresh masa (the "dough" stuff in tamales) with. It's expensive but cheaper than organic masa. Dent corn is just dried corn that's meant to grind up for cornmeal or feed livestock with. To make masa to you have to start with the whole grains, can't use cornmeal. I got a small amount to see how it would turn out. It worked well so next time I might get the feed store to get a bag of organic whole corn instead. It'll be expensive but still tons cheaper that way for people food.
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This is from the snope site you cited (I think it was you?) and seems pretty reliable:
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