Free Feed!!!

[Country Parson]

Sometimes a little elbow greese is required, but free food is often available for the asking. My children and I gleaned a neighbor's field and filled five 55 gallon drums with corn, still on the cob. We're going out tonight for some more before we get any more snow. Another neighbor suggested (and offered) that I grind it up, cob and all, and fed it to my chickens. He said his dad used to do that, and the chickens ate the corn and tossed out the cob pieces, eventually making a nice corncob bedding.

 

[OldGuy43]

Sounds like a great idea to me.

 

[justinsmom]

I've seen corn cob beding and its nice

 

[Momma on a Mission]

We do that too. My hubby went to his grandfathers house and got his old fashioned corn crank that takes the corn off the cob. Works wonders! And so worth it too.

 

[Wile E.]

Yep, I did that too. I got two 55 gallon barrels full of ear corn and then some. I only have 4 hens and a rooster so I have enough to get through winter.

A coworker used to get old bread to feed their sheep. A lot of it was good enough they ate it themselves.

 

[Wile E.]

By the way, shelling is a pain. I heard my cousin still has the old hand crank corn sheller from my dads farm.

I think the easiest way is to throw an ear on a concrete floor and step on it. A lot of kernels will fall off and the rest will loosen up enough that it comes off easy. Sweep it up when you are done.

 

[wyododge]

Drop those corn cobs through a chipper/shredder and they will eat all of it. That's how we crack whole corn, with the whole thing it grinds up very nicely.

 

[TN_BIRD]

Quote:
After seeing the movie Fargo about 10+ times, my wife won't allow me to buy/rent a chipper/shredder.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Quote:
After seeing the movie Fargo about 10+ times, my wife won't allow me to buy/rent a chipper/shredder.

 

[platedheart]

no shredder ?