Just got sickened!

[lizzy06019]

This is the exact reason my husband and I decided to raise our own chickens. It sickened me to find out what kind of deplorable conditions these poor egg layers are kept in. I find it disgusting that this is considered industry standard

 

[JetBlack]

If you call it a "chemical" it is evil and deadly and toxic and bad.

Especially if the person reading or writing the word does not know what the chemical is. Is the "chemical" salt water?

OMG!!!!! You've seen what salt will do to a slug, even in the tiniest quantities!!!! Good lord, imagine what it would do to you?

Panic away [yawn]. Alert the media. Everything is bad for you. Film at 11.

 

[dorthal]

Lot of interesting reading here. Sixty something years ago, I was raised on a small farm in North Alabama. I realize now, that we ate totally organic long before it became fashionable. Now at 67, I have gone back to some of the things I learned on the farm. I, now raise my own chickens for eggs. Any roosters will meet the table. I have turkeys for the table. I do not worm my poultry. Periodically, I mix garlic and pepper in their food. When I use the garlic, the chicken house smells like an Italian restaurant. They seem to do pretty good. I worm my goats with an herbal mix.

We have our own vegetable garden. I have a couple of milk goats, we use the milk for our own use. I also make goat's milk soap.

I am striving to be as organic as possible. With the garden, it is easier. I have eliminated all commercial fertilizers, I do not use poison on any of my vegetables. I am trying to use heirloom seed. I think I read after 3 years of not using commercial fertilizers, etc. you would be considered organic. I have now finished year one. I planted sunflowers for the seed as well as attracting beneficial insects. I need to check on the other plantings that do likewise. Luckily, this year, the destructive insects were minimal. However, with the lack of rain, the garden did not do as well as we would have hoped.

However, the feed that I feed to my animals is not organic and I do not look to go organic in that area. So called organic feed is far too expensive for me. I will strive to do the best that I can do. I know that I am eating healthier each year. Surely that is better than the alternatives that we have. I still go to the grocery, can't see a time that I won't have to, but I am raising what I can, doing what I can to cut down on the chemicals in my food.

One of my daughters eats the eggs and drinks the milk, however, my other daughter refuses. Guess I waited too long to go back to basics.