Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Danke you two having a read

 

[perchie.girl]

did some reading on Betel Nut.... Very interesting The nut comes from a fruit that grows on the Areca palm. That fruit is considered a drupe because the nut is inside the fruit... Much like peaches and plums and Almonds and cashews.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut

Id be surprised if you could source this in the US.... Maybe at Asian groceries???. People chew it for a similar effect as coffee...


For what its worth Tobacco is also a decent wormer.

I am assuming both work on parasites within the gut? I couldnt read the abstract.... on Betel nut....

Oh and by the way I finally figured out why fireplace ashes are a good dusting medium for controlling external parasites on chickens. It was an AHAA moment when I was researching natural sources for Baking Soda.... When you soak ashes with water they produce potash or Lye.
deb

 

[ozexpat]

did some reading on Betel Nut.... Very interesting The nut comes from a fruit that grows on the Areca palm. That fruit is considered a drupe because the nut is inside the fruit... Much like peaches and plums and Almonds and cashews.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut

Id be surprised if you could source this in the US.... Maybe at Asian groceries???. People chew it for a similar effect as coffee...


For what its worth Tobacco is also a decent wormer.

I am assuming both work on parasites within the gut? I couldnt read the abstract.... on Betel nut....

Oh and by the way I finally figured out why fireplace ashes are a good dusting medium for controlling external parasites on chickens. It was an AHAA moment when I was researching natural sources for Baking Soda.... When you soak ashes with water they produce potash or Lye.
deb

here you go

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Whole-Supar...ts-Areca-/190322327516?_trksid=p2054897.l4276


you can grind them up and sell them as natural chicken wormers to BYCers everywhere

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Awesome.... sorry been reading that sellers store offerings.... Yummm..... I think the hard part would be to "sell" the product to people in the US.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

Awesome.... sorry been reading that sellers store offerings.... Yummm..... I think the hard part would be to "sell" the product to people in the US.

deb

Let me see.... lol

There are no "natural" tapeworm killers in usa market that I know

Market it in byc flock sizes

See what you started Don Senor Rollito?

I like your local experience sir

 

[Tomtommom]

Let me see.... lol

There are no "natural" tapeworm killers in usa market that I know

Market it in byc flock sizes

See what you started Don Senor Rollito?

I like your local experience sir

If someone managed to sell tapeworms for weightloss, you can sell 'all natural dewormer'. Just gotta find the right person to buy!

 

[ozexpat]

Hopefully you don't have to resort to what a guy did to one of our birds when leaving today...just stuff them into a feed bag

Maybe I just spoil my birds too much to think a box would do.

Some pretty big quail numbers, can't believe how fast they mature.

I read that bit on your thread about the bag stuffing chicken lover with the super caring kid.

Its hard to let them go like that but hopefully it goes from bag to fridge fast enough that its not too miserable.

Mrs Oz is getting me some game fowl transport boxes to sell to those who dont have sense to bring one. She beat me up for making a plywood box for the last sale.

Quail are the ultimate sustainable farming type bird.

They start laying at 6-8 weeks - low pre production feed bill
They lay 7 eggs a week
They consume 3kg of feed for every 1kg of eggs (a good chicken is 4:1) (thats about 75c per kilo of very good protein - on par with cheap fish and 50% cheaper than chicken)
Males can be vent sexed at start of lay - 75% of males go in the fridge

Only down side is they dont set (so people have to buy them from me

)

I would have given them up along time ago if there were not so many upsides.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Dont laugh Back in the twenties you could buy them.... for weight loss. Technically illegal here in the US. But you can get the eggs in capsule form in Mexico.

Here you go images not for the squeamish

deb

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Dont laugh Back in the twenties you could buy them.... for weight loss. Technically illegal here in the US. But you can get the eggs in capsule form in Mexico.

Here you go images not for the squeamish

deb
I would eat one and pray I dont puke it up ha!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

So, will eating a tapeworm cause weight loss?
The short answer is -yes. While weight loss is a result of being a host to a tapeworm, it is not 100% guaranteed. In addition to it not being a full proof plan, ingesting a tapeworm has many serious risks, even with the most benign beef tapeworm. The risks include serious abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and a general feeling of malaise. There is also the possibility of severe malnutrition. Other risks include anemia, ascites, which is a fluid buildup in your gut, that causes severe swelling.



so perhaps not, I have enough health issues LOL