Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Beekissed]

That's how my dad always did it too. I was raised in a log cabin also, deep in the woods and bordering on 1000 acres of public hunting land...Dad spent most of his hunting season running off trespassing hunters and the rest of the year running off people with 4-wheelers. He got quite the reputation for being "that mean man that liable to shoot you off your motorbike with his bow". As a result, very few guys dared to ask me out in high school and neighbors who knew his reputation didn't dare come back to the homestead. No phone, no electric, no running water, no tolerance for trespassing.

We still have his old guns and we still have no tolerance for tom-foolery and we're still living in one of the cabins he has built on that land, though on a much smaller portion...and we still have folks who want to trespass, even on our small place. This small piece of land is the black hole of stray dogs, from whence few ever return.

 

[Triple Willow]

Yep, having people think your a little bit crazy and armed helps to deter a lot of trouble that might come your way otherwise. I sure wouldn't want people to think we were some little weak and mild women around here. That's just asking for trouble!

I need to buy a little .22 or something to wear while I'm outside. It's hard to carry a shotgun and get chores done! lol (I am talking about for shooting vermin that might be after my chickens, not talking about shooting people. LOL) I have bigger handguns but my ears ring for so long after I shoot them that I don't like to use them very often. That "Judge" is pretty nice, a pistol that shoots .410 shotgun shells. But I bet it sure does kick! My prim and proper cousin straps on her .357 even when she's mowing her yard... and hers is for any two legged vermin that might think about causing trouble. LOL

Back on topic for a change... This morning I found what looked to be egg white in the nest, no shell or anything, just egg white. Can anybody tell me what the deal is with that? The pullets were doing so good at finally laying in the nest but now they are slipping again. One layed her egg off the roost! It his a spot that was just hard dirt and only broke a little dent in it. Gotta love those hard ff egg shells!

 

[Demosthine]

Yep, having people think your a little bit crazy and armed helps to deter a lot of trouble that might come your way otherwise. I sure wouldn't want people to think we were some little weak and mild women around here. That's just asking for trouble!

I need to buy a little .22 or something to wear while I'm outside. It's hard to carry a shotgun and get chores done! lol (I am talking about for shooting vermin that might be after my chickens, not talking about shooting people. LOL) I have bigger handguns but my ears ring for so long after I shoot them that I don't like to use them very often. That "Judge" is pretty nice, a pistol that shoots .410 shotgun shells. But I bet it sure does kick! My prim and proper cousin straps on her .357 even when she's mowing her yard... and hers is for any two legged vermin that might think about causing trouble. LOL

Living in Arizona, it amazes me that I still get thanked for carrying my handgun at all times. I open-carry because I have never been comfortable having my shirts untucked. Jeans and a tucked in t-shirt have been my style since I was about six. It happened just yesterday, in fact. We are very gun-friendly, open-carry state with thousands carrying every day. But it's important enough that people carry visibly that I get thanked for it.

The Judge is a great little revolver and really doesn't have that much kick to it. My best friend carries it as his ankle-shooter (backup gun) every day and you never tell it's there. The .410 shotgun shells come in a great variety. The Winchester PDX1 Personal-Defense is great for home defense and varmints, while regular target shotshells excel at varmint work. It'll be a great choice for your situation, but it will still leave your ears ringing a bit.

The .22lr comes in such a variety of rounds nowadays, ranging from weak close-range ammo to sub-sonic rounds that sound more like a pellet gun than a rifle. It does require a greater level of accuracy than the Judge will, though.

 

[Sore Thumb Suburbanite]

I cant believe people tresspass like that! Don't they realize if they don't personally own the property, someone else does and it just isn't polite to venture n it without permission!? I swear parents don't teach etiquette or rules anymore they figure the schools or society will and in the meantime kids just get told that everything they do is wonderful so their self esteem isn't crushed... everyone grows up arrogant and self absorbed and never even thinks to consider others or what is polite or at least logical...they're too busy with fantasy football on their smart phones to think! Heck! I live in the city and our new neighbors have 2 kids who somehow multiply to about eight because they have relatives down the block and there is no yard for them to play in....so the kids started playing in my yard! Their parents never told them not to, I asked! They also never are told to go to bed so they are playing basketball (the hoop actually faces my yard so ts virtually impossibpe for the ball not to bounce into my yard...nice of the adults isnt it) until 10:30-11 at night hollering and running on my lawn and even in tye street which isnt lit!, waking me up because it sounds like they hit my house with the ball and they are in my living room. These kids are taught no respect and given no standards by their parents! So I have to be the mean woman next door who stops their fun. I try to be nice to them, its not exactly their fault that they don't know any better. When we move to the country in the next decade, we will put up electric fence, signs and a gate on our road. I will carry a gun (if just for snakes and surprises) and I'll make sure the whole town know I'm crazier than any 10 nuts in the looney bin. Especially in California, you have to keep people off your property for lawsuits alone.

 

[Beekissed]

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This time of year laying can get a little freaky as hormones fluctuate and nutrients are diverted for feather production. I always see the most weird laying during this season and then, later, when they start to lay well again in the spring. It's almost like the reproductive organs have some spits and sputters when they go through slow downs or move toward high production. Summer going into fall is Weird Egg Yankovich time and when I see the oddest things happening in the coop. I just notice it, laugh at it and go on because I know that time is all that's needed.

 

[Sore Thumb Suburbanite]

I asked a while back, but is it ok to put my pulp leftovers from juicing into my ff bucket? There isn't anything that could go wrong is there?

This week I finally switched my ducks and goose to ff! Now my chickens, turkeys and ducks and goose all eat the same thing. I have to supplement the turkeys with lots of beetle grubs though since they need way more protein. So every day I dig about 10 for each of them. The big ones are thicker than my pinky and about as long and about 1000 times uglier.

 

[Triple Willow]

This time of year laying can get a little freaky as hormones fluctuate and nutrients are diverted for feather production.  I always see the most weird laying during this season and then, later, when they start to lay well again in the spring.  It's almost like the reproductive organs have some spits and sputters when they go through slow downs or move toward high production.  Summer going into fall is Weird Egg Yankovich time and when I see the oddest things happening in the coop.  I just notice it, laugh at it and go on because I know that time is all that's needed. 

"Weird Egg Yankovich"! LOL I'm glad to hear this is normal, well expected anyway. I was about to call an ambulance! haha I tell ya, my young crew has been molting big time for the past couple weeks. Looks like one serious pillow fight has been going on! I went in one day and looked around for a dead chicken. It looks like somebody has been totally plucked! lol I am anxious to see if anybody lays during the winter. I keep reading about winter layers so I hope I have at least some - just enough not to have to buy eggs.

 

[Beekissed]

I asked a while back, but is it ok to put my pulp leftovers from juicing into my ff bucket? There isn't anything that could go wrong is there?

This week I finally switched my ducks and goose to ff! Now my chickens, turkeys and ducks and goose all eat the same thing. I have to supplement the turkeys with lots of beetle grubs though since they need way more protein. So every day I dig about 10 for each of them. The big ones are thicker than my pinky and about as long and about 1000 times uglier.

Not a thing wrong with it...it will add crude fiber to their diet that they need if they are not free ranging all the time. It's all good!

 

[Triple Willow]

Living in Arizona, it amazes me that I still get thanked for carrying my handgun at all times.  I open-carry because I have never been comfortable having my shirts untucked.  Jeans and a tucked in t-shirt have been my style since I was about six.  It happened just yesterday, in fact.  We are very gun-friendly, open-carry state with thousands carrying every day.  But it's important enough that people carry visibly that I get thanked for it.

The Judge is a great little revolver and really doesn't have that much kick to it.  My best friend carries it as his ankle-shooter (backup gun) every day and you never tell it's there.  The .410 shotgun shells come in a great variety.  The Winchester PDX1 Personal-Defense is great for home defense and varmints, while regular target shotshells excel at varmint work.  It'll be a great choice for your situation, but it will still leave your ears ringing a bit.

The .22lr comes in such a variety of rounds nowadays, ranging from weak close-range ammo to sub-sonic rounds that sound more like a pellet gun than a rifle.  It does require a greater level of accuracy than the Judge will, though.

That's pretty cool that a lot of you open carry there. I don't ever see anybody open carry here unless they are going or have been hunting. There are a whole lot of concealed carriers though!

I use to be a pretty good shot with a .22 rifle. Shot guns are better to me though, less chance of missing. The only problem is if you need to pick off something and don't want to injure what is right next to it, like a stray dog with a chicken in its mouth - kind of like a hostage situation! LOL I may have to try out one of those Judges. Sounds like it would be ideal for a farm gun. I suppose you could load it up with some .410's and some .45's so you would have either available. But that would get confusing in a tight situation. I do hate my ears ringing though.

 

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha,

I didn't realize you guys are so hardcore! Whew!

Anyways, I just added rolled barley to my mix and the chickens are fighting over it. The way it's all swelled up and soft and gooey, I think they think it's a bug.

Take care, Puhi