FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[Kiki]

Oh! How much of the Oregano and garlic do you give them. We'll have 10-12 chicks depending on how many survive shipping.

I cut up one clove of garlic...and i pull maybe 20 little leaves of oregano of my plant and cut it up...put it in their feed.

 

[Kiki]

For 8 chicks...I would do the same for 10 - 12 chicks

 

[LilyandSparrow]

For 8 chicks...I would do the same for 10 - 12 chicks

Thank you so much

 

[Kiki]

Thank you so much

You are most welcome!

I know raising chicks are very stressful....
why doesn't anyone tell us this before we buy them?

 

[LilyandSparrow]

You are most welcome!

I know raising chicks are very stressful....
why doesn't anyone tell us this before we buy them?

So true! Everyone kept saying, "It's easy!!" But I am so nervous I'm going to do something wrong and kill them :\

 

[Intheswamp]

Anything soft and not with a lot of fascia...liver is good, heart is too firm and full of tendon for them to peck out pieces. Anything on the deer where they can peck off small pieces that are easily digested.

That's a really good deal! I "charge" anyone hunting our land a haunch only. Last fall, first day of bow season, they harvested 4 nice bucks, so I had 4 haunches to can up and one son even shared his tenderloin with us that day. I also managed to wrangle a neck roast or two.

That makes sense about the heart...gristly muscle.

Wow, that's a load of meat coming in on first day. Canning it...wish I was skilled in canning!!! You pressure can I presume?

Oh, and one other thing...he brings the meat to me already butcher-paper wrapped and marked!!!!<grin> Like I said, he's a good old friend...bicycling buddy, used to go swimming in the creek together, camping, hunting arrowheads, getting in trouble...oops, well, anyhow... <g>

 

[Beekissed]

That makes sense about the heart...gristly muscle.

Wow, that's a load of meat coming in on first day. Canning it...wish I was skilled in canning!!! You pressure can I presume?

Oh, and one other thing...he brings the meat to me already butcher-paper wrapped and marked!!!!<grin> Like I said, he's a good old friend...bicycling buddy, used to go swimming in the creek together, camping, hunting arrowheads, getting in trouble...oops, well, anyhow... <g>

Now THAT's a true friend!!!!

He processes it for you?????? What a dream!!!! Very blessed in that friendship.

You don't need any skill to can, just an old Ball Blue Canning booklet you can order off Amazon for a few bucks, a nifty pressure canner....I got mine off Amazon for $38 and free s/h, and jars, of course. After that you just follow directions. Easy peasy! Tender, flavorful, juicy and already cooked so you can eat it straight from the jar if you want.

In these parts we can't freeze meat, as the electric goes off around here if someone sneezes in the next county. Can be a clear, sunny day and the electric will go down and during big storms it can be off for over 2 wks.

 

[ShanandGem]

Now THAT's a true friend!!!!

He processes it for you?????? What a dream!!!! Very blessed in that friendship.

You don't need any skill to can, just an old Ball Blue Canning booklet you can order off Amazon for a few bucks, a nifty pressure canner....I got mine off Amazon for $38 and free s/h, and jars, of course. After that you just follow directions. Easy peasy! Tender, flavorful, juicy and already cooked so you can eat it straight from the jar if you want.

In these parts we can't freeze meat, as the electric goes off around here if someone sneezes in the next county. Can be a clear, sunny day and the electric will go down and during big storms it can be off for over 2 wks.

I kept wondering why you canned everything, and now I know...

 

[ldawntaylor]

Today when I got home my house smelled like I was baking with my sourdough. Oh was I hungry while caring for my chickens and goats.

It will be interesting to see what options there are for feeds without animal or fish protein in them. It will also be interesting to see if I can find any unpasturized apple cider vinegar. I will check Wal-mart but if they do have it I will be surprised. I'm sure the local health food store carries it....

 

[Intheswamp]

Now THAT's a true friend!!!!

He processes it for you?????? What a dream!!!! Very blessed in that friendship.

You don't need any skill to can, just an old Ball Blue Canning booklet you can order off Amazon for a few bucks, a nifty pressure canner....I got mine off Amazon for $38 and free s/h, and jars, of course. After that you just follow directions. Easy peasy! Tender, flavorful, juicy and already cooked so you can eat it straight from the jar if you want.

In these parts we can't freeze meat, as the electric goes off around here if someone sneezes in the next county. Can be a clear, sunny day and the electric will go down and during big storms it can be off for over 2 wks.

Yeah, he's a pretty good guy.

Well, you've went and done it...got me going off on a rabbit trail!<g> I looked into canning a few years ago, but never dove into it. I've got a small pressure cooker here that was my grandmothers...not sure if everything is there or not...I might call the county and see if they test them out. She had a large canner but it "disappeared".

I hear you on the electricity outage. Thankfully ours don't last that long...at the longest maybe a day or two...EXCEPT when a hurricane blows this far inland, then it can be weeks (but that is rare, thankfully).