alwaystj9
Small goats & big chickens + 1 old horse
I always have cheap whole corn in a barrel in the feed room. Nouveau chicken people and scientific chicken people hate this. For lots of reasons, all of which they have abundantly shared with me. I almost suspect that some people are paid off by TSC to bash anyone that doesn't purchase fancy-bagged "Happy Hen Special Treat" or "Magic Baby Chicky Surprise" for their flock.
I like corn because everything eats it. I like corn because I can carry handsfuls in my pockets and it doesn't crumble. I like that it's not sticky. Clothing with corn left in the pockets will go through the washer & dryer and it is still corn-shaped afterwards. My ancient toothless horse still thinks it's a treat even if it goes straight through her (this is why chickens love horse poop). I can toss a couple of handfulls in the pen and lock up the chickens mid day if I need to. I can take a handfull and catch a goat. I can use it to lure my animals to or away from something in an emergency. I can mix it with a handful of pellets so that the feed is visible in low light or awkward spaces...It's the only treat that I have ever found that everything rushes toward (this includes the dogs) (just not the cat). It is in addition to regular pellets but can be fed in an emergency if I run out of pellets.
I am tired of the corn lectures. I recently edited a post I was making to remove the references to corn because I didn't want to read the bad corn crap. Since then I realized that I shouldn't have to apologize for using corn so I quit apologizing or deleting references to corn. Maybe some homesteader who shops at a chain feed store will remember this when the overprocessed chicken product from the chain store is not available.
I like corn because everything eats it. I like corn because I can carry handsfuls in my pockets and it doesn't crumble. I like that it's not sticky. Clothing with corn left in the pockets will go through the washer & dryer and it is still corn-shaped afterwards. My ancient toothless horse still thinks it's a treat even if it goes straight through her (this is why chickens love horse poop). I can toss a couple of handfulls in the pen and lock up the chickens mid day if I need to. I can take a handfull and catch a goat. I can use it to lure my animals to or away from something in an emergency. I can mix it with a handful of pellets so that the feed is visible in low light or awkward spaces...It's the only treat that I have ever found that everything rushes toward (this includes the dogs) (just not the cat). It is in addition to regular pellets but can be fed in an emergency if I run out of pellets.
I am tired of the corn lectures. I recently edited a post I was making to remove the references to corn because I didn't want to read the bad corn crap. Since then I realized that I shouldn't have to apologize for using corn so I quit apologizing or deleting references to corn. Maybe some homesteader who shops at a chain feed store will remember this when the overprocessed chicken product from the chain store is not available.