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

[Amberjem]

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: In California they are distributed by Mallard Creek. They also do pelleted bedding. In the Sacremento area there are several Rice farms... Look up Rice producers in your area.

For what its worth they got hard to get here for a while because of the drought....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

For what its worht Arkensas is the largest rice producer in the US. Alabama has rice farms as well as Louisiana.... and some on the east coast around North Carolina. Texas too.

Keep looking you will find them.

deb

 

[NotAFarm]

Here is a link to a recent consumer report done on rice and arsenic
http://consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm.
It is a follow-up to a 2012 report (it is linked in the article) on arsenic in rice. I wondered if using rice hulls as bedding would be a problem for those wanting to sell organic eggs. If rice cleaned for consumption has it, wouldn't the hulls/husks have more? Other countries and California have lower amounts than other states in the US so those of you in the Philippines may not have the same issue with it.

 

[Concrete101]

Due to better testing methods trace amounts of arcenic can now be detected. Check with your city water company and you will probably find trace amounts in your water (along with pharmaceutical drugs). The article did not state the level of arsinic in ppb (parts per billion). Until I know how much arcenic has been found I will eat my rice and not worry.

 

[ozexpat]

Here is a link to a recent consumer report done on rice and arsenic
http://consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm.
It is a follow-up to a 2012 report (it is linked in the article) on arsenic in rice. I wondered if using rice hulls as bedding would be a problem for those wanting to sell organic eggs. If rice cleaned for consumption has it, wouldn't the hulls/husks have more? Other countries and California have lower amounts than other states in the US so those of you in the Philippines may not have the same issue with it.

Arsenic contamination is mostly from water. USA, India, Bangladesh and Argentina all have naturally high concentrations of arsenic in deep ground water.

 

[ozexpat]

Feta has had her first doeling. We are now doelings in in a row and 7 female from 8 total goats born on the place.

I was hoping for twins here but I am happy with a healthy girl.

I am very pleased with the size of Feta's udder. Maybe ger daughter will be milkable.

 

[NotAFarm]

Quote: ....and unnatural contamination is a problem, especially where cotton was grown before the rice
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892142/

Didn't mean to get off topic........

just was asking about the rice hulls in relation to chicken bedding.

baby goats....cute!

 

[ozexpat]

....and unnatural contamination is a problem, especially where cotton was grown before the rice
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892142/

Didn't mean to get off topic........

just was asking about the rice hulls in relation to chicken bedding.

baby goats....cute!

As rice husks are not ingested, I would think it would be of little concern. Even the linked article says so for consumed rice. Still, I eat Thai Jasmine rice in the US.

The original question was its effects on organic eggs.

I would bet that most organic produce is grown on lands that were previously used for conventional farming. Some "unnatural" residues take decades to be leached from the soil. Do we really know what we are eating?

Off topic is fine every now and then. Thanks for the links.

 

[ozexpat]

more baby goats

twins this time!!



both pullets lol