Goodbye, dream of Silkies... not kosher, sorry. :-(

[Flock Leader]

darn, i was visiting an agricultural school near my kibbutz (we used to trade animals when i had the petting zoo); i hadnt seen the place in a while now that the youngest is pre army and out of school, so this guy at the farm has lots of the breeds that ive been reading about here, it used to be that everyone only had polish, red jungle, rhode island and silkies... now he has lots of interesting breeds; anyhow, he also has silkies and whatever, all the birds there are pets, not for eating the eggs, but i had wanted to ask about the whole 'question'... at any rate, all the petting zoos here, whether they are super religious or not, keep silkies and various other types of fowls... but of course the eggs are for fun, not eaten (educational only, so health reasons blablabla)...
as for squigglies, ha.. i will ask the mashgich in our dining hall today, he is the final word when it comes to food and kashrut... so i will be back with answers hopefully today.

stay tuned...

I'll be waiting!

 

[Kosher chef]

Btw wild duck eggs & wild goose eggs are not kosher because they are predatory, only domesticated duck n goose eggs are kosher.

 

[Flock Leader]

Btw wild duck eggs & wild goose eggs are not kosher because they are predatory, only domesticated duck n goose eggs are kosher.

.That's very interesting, I would never have thought of it!

 

[Gargoyle]

Btw wild duck eggs & wild goose eggs are not kosher because they are predatory, only domesticated duck n goose eggs are kosher.

Thanks, quite interesting and it makes sense.

And, welcome to BYC!

 

[OldGuy43]

Btw wild duck eggs & wild goose eggs are not kosher because they are predatory, only domesticated duck n goose eggs are kosher.

Thank you. What about free range poultry?

 

[Gargoyle]

Thank you. What about free range poultry?

Hundreds or thousands of years ago, wouldn't they pretty much all have been free range?

 

[Gargoyle]

By the way, a bit off topic, but someone just posted this on the Official Caption Contest thread. Doesn't he look like a cantor belting out Kol Nidre?

 

[nok13]

hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!.............ROFLMAO..... yes!!!... harav ovadia.... with his turban...

actually, in the shtetle the chickens free ranged? so im not sure , but also here in israel everyone has baladai chickens that free range and they are people who keep kosher... everywhere. i would think that the problem with wild vx domestic is that there is no way to check who the eggs came from and how many toes the wild goose or duck has? or its just a 'minhag' (practice) but not a law. like not eating giraffe although techinically speaking a giraffe is kosher (that is always the example used for all thise type of questions...)...

do you have a 'piska' from some where with the 'eisor' (forbidden)///?

but since u are here, tell me, how does one make a chicken kosher for pesach. here, the milk from cows kosher for pesach are fed from prior to pesach with feed that is kosher for pesach. the cows hate it (its drier for some reason). also, i have to buy feed ahead of time cause all the feed stores close, and people who own birds indoors feed millet only for the week, but what is done with layer feed mash? (the pellets are kosher for pesach but the layer feed mash has corn, and wheat and whatever else in it.).
i want to give a chicken for slaughter to a friend , and they will take it to be slaughtered, i want to give it to them as a pesach present since they aer in bad financial shape (as am i) and they could use a chicken on the table for the holiday. but they want to know if it will be kosher as usually they buy kosher for pesach.../// any ideas?

 

[Flock Leader]

By the way, a bit off topic, but someone just posted this on the Official Caption Contest thread. Doesn't he look like a cantor belting out Kol Nidre?

Hahahaha yes!!! He sure does.

 

[nok13]

i can understand the problem with dog food not being kosher l'pesach cause they eat in the house and there is the danger of chemetz,and there is also some stipulation for enjoyment in feeding a pet so although u can feed non kosher regular food (most veterinary cat foods have pork in them and that is fine, as long as u use a plastic spoon and special dish) but why would milk or an egg be chemetz, frm what the cow eats or the chicken? again, in processing in a plant, there is the chance of chemetz but i couldnt understand why, for instance, when we had the petting zoo, all the animals had to get kosher l' pesach (l'ochlei kidniot= so at least they could get soy and other legumes)... do u know how much troubel it is to change diet on an animal in a large zoo, or to stop feeding grains for a week and then start again (colic, problems with the rumen, etc. not to mention that, like with humans, matza causes constipation and other complications among many animals...

well, in my house, same same. we have matza and the animals get regular food. but for my friends i thought i would try. but probably it wouldnt work because they couldnt be certain that i was feeding kosher t'pesach..

and this is the time when double yoke eggs become very expensive, for all the cholesterol filled foods...... im stocking up on eggs, and then the chickens will get all the left over matza in water for after wards when people toss theirs out, if they dont continue to use them.

what happens to your laying rate when u switch for the week?
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