Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[foreverlearning]

Okay...I don't know about y'all, but Gollum has just GOT to go out of my sight as I look at the page. I'm posting a random pic to get his ugly mug off the right hand side of my screen when I view this thread....

Only 5 more to go...

 

[Beekissed]

Only 5 more to go...

Post one, silly!!!

 

[Triple Willow]

My mother-in-law is this way. I've always said that I would eat off that woman's floors, and I mean it. She is a medicated OCD clean freak. The only woman I've ever seen stay up until 2:00am shampooing carpets that were being ripped out the next morning so new carpets could be installed. True story.

She is one of those that INSISTS we take our kids to the pediatrician's office for antibiotics at the first sign of a sniffle. We've gotten into some horrible tiffs over this over the years because I'm not one to take them for meds until I see that their own natural immune system can't shake it off. Because of this she won't let the kids come over if they show any signs of a cold. (Which is kinda hard since they are our closest neighbor and my kids can walk to her house...)

And yet, she's one of the sickest people I've ever known. When she gets a cold, it literally will knock her off her feet for 6 weeks. Now, the woman does have a little flare for the dramatic, but it's like her immune system is non-existent. I've tried to tell her that there is such a thing as being "too clean."

I have a family member like that, and yep sick year around. They are so OCD I have seen them take one of their own hairs that has fallen on the shirt they're wearing, get up and go thow it in the trash *while grossing out*, THEN wash their hands with soap like they have touched roadkill or something! Drives me nuts!

 

[Triple Willow]

Okay...I don't know about y'all, but Gollum has just GOT to go out of my sight as I look at the page. I'm posting a random pic to get his ugly mug off the right hand side of my screen when I view this thread....

I can't see him on this contraption I am on (thank goodness!) ...sooo that's what you get for being mean to me! HA! HA! Bee, I do agree with these folks AND I still think you should write that book! What if you fall and your chickens eat you then I have a question I need to ask you??? LOL

 

[TexasLisa]

When the feathers start to fly
And through the dust it’s hard to see
Folks get on the fermented thread
And then they write to Bee

Help me with my chickens
I don’t know what to do
Just calm down child and listen
To what Bee is telling you

Her advice is sound and practical
Like reading scripture verse
Cause she knows what she is saying
She is the chicken nurse

I brought a little chicken home
And I just cannot win
I now have a rooster
And I wanted a hen

Bee’s advice would be
I think like as not
Butcher that little rascal
And put him in the pot!

My chicken’s vent is nasty
And I don’t want to wipe her
Is it o.k. for me
To put her in a diaper

Bee said don’t be silly
She can’t live like that
Just wash her little backside
And give it a loving pat

I have a big old chicken
What it is I do not know
It lays a double yoker
And then it starts to crow

Bee said that is something
For that chicken people will beg
It‘s not very often your alarm clock
Lays your breakfast egg

What do I feed my chicken
Tell me what to do
Who has the answer
Bee, we know it is you

What a tribute to Bee! How long did that take to write?

I have had two awesome mother's in law. The first one died w/ cancer, the second I still have. The most amazing thing about my first mil, Anne, is in the 20+ years I knew her I never once, seriously not one time, heard her speak a bad word about anyone, not even when some were on purpose actively trying to harm or annoy her or her family. She had a quiet strength, and even though I married her baby, she still liked me.

I am sorry you lost your first mother-in-law. She is somebody who would have been worth following! I hope (if my kids ever get married and quit giving me grandkats) I can have the same qualities.

When my son was young they said he had asthma and loads of allergies, they told me not to let him outside for a few months and that he will be a very sick child. Well I took him off of formula at 1 month and started making his food (still supplementing with breast feeding with what I could), and within a week all of his problems disappeared. It turns out it was the formula that was making him sick! When he got better I started letting him play outside and he hasn't been sick once since then. He is almost 5 now.

I read a while back that Teddy Roosevelt had asthma really bad. When he was growing up, they kept him indoors all the time. With the advice of his doctor(s) and father he started exercising and going outdoors. He soon overcame his weaknesses.

I am a BIG believer in fresh air and exercise.

Lisa

 

[foreverlearning]

 

[Beekissed]

I can't see him on this contraption I am on (thank goodness!) ...sooo that's what you get for being mean to me! HA! HA! Bee, I do agree with these folks AND I still think you should write that book!

What if you fall and your chickens eat you then I have a question I need to ask you??? LOL

Don't forget Jake...he's hungry too!

 

[Beekissed]

That's the spirit! Keep 'em comin'!!!

 

[wlhtx]

"The red tray is empty, giant food bringing woman. Go get more."

 

[KYTinpusher]

I'll help...