Eat with chickens

[Sally PB]

I save any and all bones for bone broth. If I can mash the bones with my fingers after it's made broth, that bone goes into the "chicken treat" bag. Most decent sized bones can go into the broth pot at least twice.

When the broth is done, I strain it through a colander. I take out the big bones, and the rest becomes chicken treats. They don't get it all at once -- there's a lot! -- but cup or so at a time, along with their mash snack.

I once gave them the whole batch. Their poop was pretty messy as a result. Oops.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

One question about bones in the run. Does the meat smell attract predators? Would I have to remove the bones before nightfall once the trimmings were picked off? Only hawks here as daytime threats but nighttime brings fox, raccoon and skunks.

I did remove the bones after they picked everything. They were not interested in that any longer when they confirmed there was no meat left.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

For the record, our today's dinner So, we do share the ingredients somehow.

Of course, the contribution of our girls is also added into the curry, so yummy.

 

[3KillerBs]

One question about bones in the run. Does the meat smell attract predators? Would I have to remove the bones before nightfall once the trimmings were picked off? Only hawks here as daytime threats but nighttime brings fox, raccoon and skunks.

I don't bother picking up the small bones that will dissolve in the compost, but I pick up the big stuff a couple times a month.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Today's brunch, commercial feed and fermented grains are underneath the fresh ingredients.

Also some dried herbs and flowers I collected during the growing seasons last year.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Such a great method! Table and garden scraps are so healthy for them!

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Chicken Math! Three new sussex hens joined our flocks! I am quite surprised about how calm they are. They are raised in the barn and are unfamiliar with the outdoor environment yet.

Today's veggies and fruit for the family:

I could almost hear the complaint from the compost pile -- It's NOT fair!

Okay, done

Feed for today

 

[Silexian]

My chickens have access to my compost pile. I toss everything on the pile. Which in the growing season, when we are preserving some of our harvest. Can be quite a lot. Whatever they don’t eat in a day gets covered over. Them scratching and picking through the fresh scraps usually produces a thin, even layer that breaks done faster. Of course we also use all the organic material the chickens produce also. Which seeing firsthand, how my animals tie in, speed up and complete. The breaking down of plant waste and adding nutrients back to the soil. They will always be a welcome addition on my property.

 

[3KillerBs]

Today they got a real treat:

The picked over ham bones with all the gristle and membrane (most fat and salt rendered out), carrot peels, all that wispy egg white stuff you get after poaching 15 eggs for people's lunch because I used the poaching water to make mash with the scraps and their pellets.

 

[MWSIFarm]

Today they got a real treat:

The picked over ham bones with all the gristle and membrane (most fat and salt rendered out), carrot peels, all that wispy egg white stuff you get after poaching 15 eggs for people's lunch because I used the poaching water to make mash with the scraps and their pellets.

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