Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Shellz]

X2! About the chicks.

 

[Triple Willow]

When in doubt call the County Extension Agent. 

Lisa :

That's an idea. I hope whoever the extension agent is these days is better than the old one. When I was in college we had an assignment to go to the extension office and gather some kind of information (can't remember what it was). It was just to get us familiar with the extension office. The guy in charge said something to the effect of, "I don't know why they send y'all here to waste my time!" That was 20-something years ago and I haven't been back since then. lol

 

[AletaG]

Just a note on that leaf... Not sure what the tree is, but the round thing is most likely a gall. Most famously found on oaks... "oak gall"... anyway, a bug gets in there, irritates the plant and makes a nice little home. Could we get a pic of the bark, and maybe there's a flower on there? Or catkin, or something else? I'm trained to use a dichotomous key, and leaves aren't always enough to go on... Oh, climate, height tree can get to, spread, shape (roundy, like an apple, or triangular like a pine, or columnar like arbor vitae, etc)

If you want to go thru all that trouble... also try a web search for "tree identification university <state name>" often helps. If the local university keys don't work, if they have a Botany department, herbarium or Horticulture department, they love to help.
-AG

 

[beverly evans]

Triple willow and Beekissed, Thanks for your response. I've already got some farro that I set out for sprouting and it was too old and just opened up so I added a little sugar and am hoping it ferments. I also for a source for Kombucha mother. I'm gonna get healthier! I have spent way to much time reading about this stuff lately! Seems most of the primitive peoples of the world all had fermented foods that kept them healthier than we are today. The Scots drank whey and ate yogurt every day and were incredibly healthy and those that don't eat that way anymore are not. Check out a Weston Price on the internet. His findings are fascinating. : )

 

[Darkangael]

You are absolutely right Beverly. There is so much that people have forgotten and need to remember in order to be healthier. I also read Dr. Weston Prices website there is a lot of nutritional information there that is simply poorly or not at all available anywhere else.

 

[RoseMarie1]

It is a really neat tree. When those big lumps came up at the beginning of a lot of the leave I kept my distance. lol The look like some little alien is going to bust out of them... or at least a bug that would bite! LOL I don't know what they are but I hope to find out. And ya know, something did eat a lot of the leaves off the tree in the middle of the summer...hmmm? It looked like a worm did it. The sound the tree makes in the wind is sorta like paper plates blowing in the wind and banging together would make. Those big ol' leaves twist and flip in the wind. It is right behind my coop or I might not have even noticed it. The chickens love to scratch around underneath it.

I did find a useful link: http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/tree-key/simple-leaf-trees.htm

cool yeah we had several oaks in our yard get worms on them and they ate every leaf off the trees and the trees wound up dying. Sure hope yours doesn't but it WAS in the heat of the summer that happened.

 

[Kassaundra]

Just a note on that leaf... Not sure what the tree is, but the round thing is most likely a gall. Most famously found on oaks... "oak gall"... anyway, a bug gets in there, irritates the plant and makes a nice little home. Could we get a pic of the bark, and maybe there's a flower on there? Or catkin, or something else? I'm trained to use a dichotomous key, and leaves aren't always enough to go on... Oh, climate, height tree can get to, spread, shape (roundy, like an apple, or triangular like a pine, or columnar like arbor vitae, etc)

If you want to go thru all that trouble... also try a web search for "tree identification university <state name>" often helps. If the local university keys don't work, if they have a Botany department, herbarium or Horticulture department, they love to help.
-AG

I was thinking the same thing about the round thing, insect or fungal damage.

 

[Triple Willow]

Just a note on that leaf... Not sure what the tree is, but the round thing is most likely a gall. Most famously found on oaks... "oak gall"... anyway, a bug gets in there, irritates the plant and makes a nice little home. Could we get a pic of the bark, and maybe there's a flower on there? Or catkin, or something else? I'm trained to use a dichotomous key, and leaves aren't always enough to go on... Oh, climate, height tree can get to, spread, shape (roundy, like an apple, or triangular like a pine, or columnar like arbor vitae, etc) I'm pretty convinced that those lumps were some kind of insect that was growing in there. It was really strange, all the lumps were at the exact same spot - just where the leaf begins. Whatever was eating on it took neat bites out of the leaves until they were down to nothing. I would guess it was some kind of worm but I never did see one on it. Wish I had of paid closer attention to it! When I go back out I will try to figure out the shape. I don't know how accurate I can get on that because it is all crowded in other trees and honeysuckles. That will mess up the shape of trees. It has some honeysuckles growing on it that I am going to cut back. I'll try to remember to get a pic of the bark too. It is at least 12 feet tall and if it had room it looks like it would get huge. There is another one just like it right beside it. Thank you! If you want to go thru all that trouble... also try a web search for "tree identification university " often helps. If the local university keys don't work, if they have a Botany department, herbarium or Horticulture department, they love to help. -AG

 

[Triple Willow]

That leaf is from a tulip poplar

Hi Regin. Are you talking about the leaf that I posted is a tulip poplar???

 

[Triple Willow]

That looks like a Tulip Poplar.  I had one in my front yard in Indiana.  A HUGE tree!

Are you getting any fruit on this tree?  It looks like a Mulberry.

Lisa

Hey Lisa. I missed your comment on Tulip Poplar. Aha! I will go look at ics of Tulip Poplar trees and compare. Thanks you!!!