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Salatin has some great info, and he's good at what he does, but here and there, I have to question what he says, due to my own experience. My dual-purp flock free-ranges every day, but they eat feed too, all by themselves. It's in the feeders in the coop, they wander in and out all day, eat greens, weed seeds, and bugs outside, wander inside and eat feed, go back out and forage. I have yet to see any poultry of any kind turn up their beaks at feed, just because forage is available.
Maybe I misunderstood that though, did you (or Salatin) mean they'll only eat the best of the greens, if given the option, plus the feed?
I was referring to the greens. Particular greens.
Salatin has some great info, and he's good at what he does, but here and there, I have to question what he says, due to my own experience. My dual-purp flock free-ranges every day, but they eat feed too, all by themselves. It's in the feeders in the coop, they wander in and out all day, eat greens, weed seeds, and bugs outside, wander inside and eat feed, go back out and forage. I have yet to see any poultry of any kind turn up their beaks at feed, just because forage is available.
Maybe I misunderstood that though, did you (or Salatin) mean they'll only eat the best of the greens, if given the option, plus the feed?
I was referring to the greens. Particular greens.
