Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[debs_flock]

I just got my first pip for my current (due tomorrow) hatch!



I was starting to have withdrawal symptoms.

Deb

 

[chickenbelle]

Saw this on facebook and had to share!

Adorable!

 

[DMRippy]

Exactly. Unfortunately, most people never take advantage of their resources. Most people pay $35-$40/100lbs of feed. We're buying a layer mash at $23.75/100lbs, then that can be cut to a quarter with brewery grains and even less if sprouting fodder.
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Feed 3/4 brewers grains is kinda dangerous. The protein in barley is 30-45% and I think anything around 25% and higher will cause kidney failure.

 

[AyeUpChuck]

What will do you with the extra banty roos?  That's my worry with the bantys, they're too small for freezer camp...

There are a bunch of people in the Corvallis area with birds looking for extra birds for raw food for their dogs sew!

 

[Bettacreek]

Somewhere I read 75% was okay. Could be wrong, it is the internet. But over the summer, they had 100% brewer grain for weeks at a time without an issue. Granted, it was cut with a lot of grass from free-ranging and it was switched around after several weeks. Plus they were still growing.

 

[SewChaos]

There are a bunch of people in the Corvallis area with birds looking for extra birds for raw food for their dogs sew!

Really? Hmm, guess I have no reason not to get bantams then.

 

[AyeUpChuck]

Really? Hmm, guess I have no reason not to get bantams then.

Exactly and now you need to order twice as many because half will be Roos. I know people willing to pay .50/lb on any extra chick parts for raw dog food so you'd even recoup some cost.

 

[madamwlf]

Exactly and now you need to order twice as many because half will be Roos. I know people willing to pay .50/lb on any extra chick parts for raw dog food so you'd even recoup some cost.

Great logic

 

[DMRippy]

Somewhere I read 75% was okay. Could be wrong, it is the internet. But over the summer, they had 100% brewer grain for weeks at a time without an issue. Granted, it was cut with a lot of grass from free-ranging and it was switched around after several weeks. Plus they were still growing.

I hope I can find it.... I think 40% is optimal. I read up to 60% BUT I don't know if they was by volume or weight and if wet or dry. A scoop of dry grains is not the same as a scoop of feed.
http://ps.fass.org/content/89/12/2640.full

I can't find the other one sorry. I know that there is a limit and 75% seems really high and I would think they would be missing a few vitamins and minerals they need too.

 

[Bettacreek]

Any links that give the protein? Everything I'm finding is giving a LOW protein, closer to 9% protein. According to one site, it's a more COMPLETE protein than wheat, but not an outrageous amount.