Dixie Chicks

[Ravynscroft]

you'd be fine with ivomec pour on. I've never had any bug issues with the ducks due to their swimming but I had a big issue last year with lice thanks to some starlings who decided my barn was prime real estate due to -25 temps

Perfect! Thank you!

Yeah, that's what happened last year... when we got that cold spell, the starlings swarmed us and we found lice as soon as it warmed up, ugh... trying to plan ahead and keep the nasties at bay...

 

[Amberjem]

it's grain all the same as scrtach. Generally oats, corn, and a protein/vitamin/mineral supplement pellet and molasses. Chickens will eat anything. My custom mix feed I've been using is multi purpose and could be fed to pigs also.

yeah rememebr giving it to my grandma's chickens as a kid as a treat to them...but didnt know it was 10 sweet..........was thinking bout it but priced it it isnt any cheaper then chicken feed here maybe only slightly as 40 pound bags are 11 n 10 sweet is 50 at 16

 

[minihorse927]

yeah rememebr giving it to my grandma's chickens as a kid as a treat to them...but didnt know it was 10 sweet..........was thinking bout it but priced it it isnt any cheaper then chicken feed here maybe only slightly as 40 pound bags are 11 n 10 sweet is 50 at 16

If the birds are doing well with what they have to eat now I wouldn't bother. I see nothing beneficial to make it worth the extra cost. Plus high levels of molasses will give them diarrhea

 

[perchie.girl]

was talkling with someone who said they used sweet feed to feed their chickens with a mix of layers pellet and corn n boss.......

the molassis used is the final stage of the sugar process so its got very little sugar. But it has some. Goats cows and sheep love it so do horses. Its not empty calories part of the reason its used in horse feed (what I know about) is its high in minerals and even micronutrients. Sort of a way to balance the diet before scientific mixing was used.

You can achieve the same with a container of Animal feed molassis and addi it to your own feed. I had a friend years ago move her horse to a boarding stable that fed ONLY alfalfa and molasis. At the time the Alfalfa was chopped and mixed with molasis it served both as a preservative and surprisingly helped with over weight horses and under weight horses. The guy swore by it. I was afraid my friends mare who was one of those that could gain weight on AIR... But she thrived and had a glossy coat while she didnt loose weight her weight changed her tummy slimmed down and her energy went up.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/s8850e/S8850E19.htm

This is the stuff you can buy yourself.

molassis for livestock

Lately I fed COB.... to all my critters as a treat. Corn Oats Barley. you can order COB wet or COB Dry. Wet has molassis in it.

deb

 

[Amberjem]

I got interested because for them it wwas 6 for fifty pounds which could have been half my cost of feed but it isnt as inexpensive where I am ...thought I might check another new local ma and pop feedstore that opened

 

[Beer can]

I got interested because for them it wwas 6 for fifty pounds which could have been half my cost of feed but it isnt as inexpensive where I am ...thought I might check another new local ma and pop feedstore that opened

Ever grow mangles? I just ordered a 1/4 pound the other day. Never have grown them myself, but giving them a try, giants suck down feed...
Henry Field’s Seed Sense for February 1926. In it the author writes, “If you don’t grow mangel beets for anything else, grow them for your chickens. They furnish a very important food element for your laying hens. Your hens will loaf on the job during the winter if they do not have green food of some kind like sprouted oats, cabbage, or beets. Mangels are easy to grow and make enormous yields.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was famous for getting excellent egg production out of her hens in the winter on her farm. She wrote of mangels in her memoirs saying, “Some stock beets should be raised to feed the layers in winter. The hens are fond of them and they act as a relish and appetizer as well as save other feed.”

 

[Ravynscroft]

Happy New Year, Dixie Chicks!

 

[Amberjem]

Ever grow mangles? I just ordered a 1/4 pound the other day. Never have grown them myself, but giving them a try, giants suck down feed...
Henry Field’s Seed Sense for February 1926. In it the author writes, “If you don’t grow mangel beets for anything else, grow them for your chickens. They furnish a very important food element for your laying hens. Your hens will loaf on the job during the winter if they do not have green food of some kind like sprouted oats, cabbage, or beets. Mangels are easy to grow and make enormous yields.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was famous for getting excellent egg production out of her hens in the winter on her farm. She wrote of mangels in her memoirs saying, “Some stock beets should be raised to feed the layers in winter. The hens are fond of them and they act as a relish and appetizer as well as save other feed.”

Nope I haven't not done a ton of root veggies...radish carrots, onion, garlic taters,....ground is good n sandy here for root crops though...wonder if they'd do good on a hill...

 

[Outpost JWB]

Happy new year!!!!!! e. Hope it's the best year yet!

 

[vehve]

Bunnies were run ng about the yard again during cleaking. The babies seem to have moved out of the nestbox and into the tunnels. I have to try and get some pictures of them for you guys.

My compost box is a bit cold, seems to need some extra attention if I'm to keep it running through the winter.

No eggs today so far. I'm a bit worried about the chickens. They seem to be eating and drinking though, so it should be fine.