Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Beekissed]

I agree. You can find the more simple, regular soaps at bargain stores like Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. I shudder when I see people slathering on the alcohol hand sanitizers...particularly in the medical profession because we should know better. They have those stations in all the hospitals now and we have more germs and worse germs than ever in those hospitals. Not saying that is a direct reason why, but it sure does contribute. Germs stay in the oil layers to be washed off with regular hand washing but you take away that oil layer and you have germs on bare, disinfected skin with no protecting oils, no healthy bacteria, and no good acidity levels that comprise the first barrier to germ transmission.

Then people slather it on their kid's hands instead of good ol' fashioned hand washing...because the commercials tell them to and even medical professionals tell them to. When are we going to stop listening to those who make a living off of sickness? That's like letting the fox tell you how to set up your henhouse!

 

[Demosthine]

When are we going to stop listening to those who make a living off of sickness? That's like letting the fox tell you how to set up your henhouse!

AMEN!

 

[Triple Willow]

My other two were raised on formula and boxed meals long before my wife was with me.  Their teeth are horrible, both are pigeon toed and they just aren't quite as well developed.

Being pigeon toed or splay footed is completely hereditary. I have a niece who is pigeon toed - exactly like her dad. I have a nephew who is splay footed - exactly like his dad. No amount of telling them to "straighten your feet up when you walk!!!" will change it. I have seen my sister for years tell them that and even get mad when they wouldn't. They really can not help it. It is just how God made them.

 

[TexasLisa]

I had a friend with two little ones. She would bleach the house down. I don't think anything escaped her cleaning. It was almost daily. Those kids were sick constantly. They would get sick and she would go back to bleaching everything. You couldn't reason with her.

Lisa

 

[wlhtx]

I had a friend with two little ones.  She would bleach the house down.  I don't think anything escaped her cleaning.  It was almost daily.  Those kids were sick constantly.  They would get sick and she would go back to bleaching everything.  You couldn't reason with her.

Lisa

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."

 

[TexasLisa]

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."

My condolences.....

I know there are good mother-in-laws out there. I have seen them. Just not in my family.

Lisa

 

[Demosthine]

Being pigeon toed or splay footed is completely hereditary. I have a niece who is pigeon toed - exactly like her dad. I have a nephew who is splay footed - exactly like his dad. No amount of telling them to "straighten your feet up when you walk!!!" will change it. I have seen my sister for years tell them that and even get mad when they wouldn't. They really can not help it. It is just how God made them.

When we had brought it up with our pediatrician several years ago, after they came into my life along with my wife, she said that it could very well have been a nutritional problem, although a lot is seen as genetic. We know the mechanical deficiencies involved, but they aren't sure of the root causes. In terms of the diet, it can be caused be the absence of the nutrients required for proper muscle formation. In their case, it is not a problem seen in other parts of their families that we're aware of.

In many cases, I could very well see how it could be considered hereditary in that type of case, though. With a great many families, the parents eat and live very similar or identical lifestyles, so a nutritional deficiency all through the parents' life could.

 

[7acres]

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

 

[skitzkle]

I am a little nutty and get crazy ideas. this morning for whatever reason, I decided to taste the fermented grain. WHOOWHEE. It made my eyes bug out and my toes curl and was absolutely terrible!!!!! My birds are crazy for the stuff but I can't recommend it for people! LOL

I just really laughed out loud!!!! Thanks I needed cheering up!

 

[Beekissed]

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

Okay...that one's getting saved and printed off.

I LOVE the prose and the supposing that "Bee knows", but, when you ask her, you could be a little hasty, she might just tell you to "kill them" because they are tasty!

Thank you!! Oh, Thank you! For that extra belly laugh to my day!!!