Eat with chickens

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Hmm any alternatives for shrimp shells? Stupid as it sounds I'm terrified of bugs, especially crunchy ones, and crustaceans are ocean bugs. I can eat them if someone cooks and peels them but I can't touch the shells or look at their freakish faces.

I am a shrimp lover but I also feel they look like kind of bugs! Well, the only bug I am willing to eat often?

Fish waste (raw, including the water used to rinse) is a very good nutrition for plants. My family had a fish farm in the past , so I learned how to process and cook fish when I was about 10 years old.

 

[K0k0shka]

The chickens reduce our food waste by quite a bit. Though I am picky with what I give them. My main breed is prone to obesity, so they don't get any bread, grains, fat, or other carb-heavy or calorically dense scraps. Just produce trimmings, the bird carcass after Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the occasional meat leftovers. We do generate a lot in produce waste though, in the form of skins, rinds, seeds, etc. so the chickens do get that. And whatever comes back from the kids' lunch boxes that's not too calorically dense

 

[3KillerBs]

And whatever comes back from the kids' lunch boxes

Things come back from kids' lunches?

What is this peculiar phenomenon?

 

[K0k0shka]

Things come back from kids' lunches?

What is this peculiar phenomenon?

Haha. Mine are young and still going through the picky stage. I’m sure when they enter the rapid growth teen phase, nothing will be coming back

 

[RoyalChick]

Actually the Native Americans used fish heads. Since I’ve never bought a fish w the head, I decided to try shrimp shells. I’m sure fish bones and other thin seafood parts would work as well. Although I throw my clam shells in the deep woods compost pile, I think they would be too thick for garden breakdown for that season.

You can buy fish meal to feed roses. Roses apparently also like blood (I guess it is the iron).

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Good morning!

I plan to cook some curry today, so pumpkin, carrot, apple, potato, and broccoli are main supplement for adding into their feed.

Broccoli - the outer skin of the stem will be processed with a blender, the inner part is very flavorful and tender

Pumpkin skin

Potato is a bit more tricky, as we can't directly give raw potatos to them. In the past, the potato peels directly went to the compost, but now, as I have to stay in the kitchen for some time, I would always simply fry them. To be honest, that's really tasty. (Yes, I tried every time )

Their brunch today is ready to serve.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Today is a snowing Friday, so, my kitchen kept serving all family members, inside or outside. All ingredients are used completely without any waste.

During the processing the meat we need for the curry, I also prepared food for 3 dogs, 2 cats, and garden birds. I mixed chicken thighs, pork and beef in the curry. Our dogs and cats are raw fed, so they need both meat, meaty bones and organs. Chicken thigh is such a wonderful option - multifunctional and very cost effective.

They came to sit next to me immediately after they heard I was cutting something. Of course, their breakfast was ready.

Broth made with vegetables and bones

Chicken skin, soooo rich in fat. I didn't spend time to make these intentionally; however, as I have to stay in the kitchen to make our meals, I love to carry multi-tasks simultaneously.

Crunch skin are today's snacks for cats/dogs; after contributing to the broth, the bones went to the chicken run.

I mixed some grains, sunflower seeds and dried black soldier fly larvae - then used mini cup cake tray to make energy blocks for the garden birds.

We just got one bag free oatmeal from the discounter but we don't eat this, so these belong to garden birds.

Some chicken feed, extra sunflower seeds and dried BSFLs

The energy blocks are done very soon due to the low temperature in the garden.

Girls enjoyed their brunch and did their jobs.

 

[RoyalChick]

Today is a snowing Friday, so, my kitchen kept serving all family members, inside or outside. All ingredients are used completely without any waste.

During the processing the meat we need for the curry, I also prepared food for 3 dogs, 2 cats, and garden birds. I mixed chicken thighs, pork and beef in the curry. Our dogs and cats are raw fed, so they need both meat, meaty bones and organs. Chicken thigh is such a wonderful option - multifunctional and very cost effective.
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They came to sit next to me immediately after they heard I was cutting something. Of course, their breakfast was ready.
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Broth made with vegetables and bones
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Chicken skin, soooo rich in fat. I didn't spend time to make these intentionally; however, as I have to stay in the kitchen to make our meals, I love to carry multi-tasks simultaneously.
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Crunch skin are today's snacks for cats/dogs; after contributing to the broth, the bones went to the chicken run.
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I mixed some grains, sunflower seeds and dried black soldier fly larvae - then used mini cup cake tray to make energy blocks for the garden birds.

We just got one bag free oatmeal from the discounter but we don't eat this, so these belong to garden birds.
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Some chicken feed, extra sunflower seeds and dried BSFLs
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The energy blocks are done very soon due to the low temperature in the garden.
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Girls enjoyed their brunch and did their jobs.
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It all looks so delicious!
I did not know potato peelings were safe for the chickens if they were cooked. That is good to know - mine go in the compost at the moment.

 

[Perris]

It all looks fabulous.

 

[Iluveggers]

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.