"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[bugglesmommy]

"Obie" had to have surgery to remove the excess skin after losing the weight.

 

[foreverlearning]

I agree. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you're feeding your animal too much long before that point. That much feeding isn't love so much as cruel. No animal can be comfortable in that condition. I actually have to feed in the opposite direction. My shepherd does not hold weight well. She needs a high protein active dog diet. It's not too hard to watch your animals condition and feed accordingly.

Mine have free access to food because they were rescues with food issues. The first month I had them I went threw about 4 50# sacs because they were taking it and hiding it all over the place. Once they figured out that it stays full they stopped it. Now they take a few bites when they are hungry or I refill the bowl (must taste better when refilled???), but they don't over eat.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Angel it sounds like you are doing good with your meaties

I am getting just a FEW! Plus the eggs in the bator. But we are down to 2 birds in the freezer

That is not cool now that I know how tasty the homegrown ones are. I would love to do organic feed for my meat birds but I don't know if there is a reasonably priced organic feed in Alexandria. And I don't know if hubby would spring for the price. All my chickens have always done so well on the feed from Petrus. My layers lay more eggs and look healthier (prettier feathers) with that food than on any other kinds we have tried.

BTW that last chicken we cooked we did in the crock pot. Seriously people. Seriously. That was the most tender, juicy and succulent chicken meat I have ever eaten......even the white meat (I usually prefer the dark meat). We ate some then made the rest into chicken noodle soup using broth we made from the smoked turkey carcass from Thanksgiving. Oh my heavens!!! It was crazy good. I am glad that it made a bunch and I have 3 1/2 pints of it in the freezer for a cold day.

Other random food facts from this year. We are so happy that we bought that box of sweet potatoes back in the fall. I had used the pressure cooker to "put them up" as the old timers say. They are so, so wonderful and I will be making sure we do that again next fall. Except I probably will buy them when the grocer has them on sale because that roadside stand was too pricey. We also are totally sold on our homemade and canned sauerkraut, chili, plain pinto beans (so you can use them as we like), plain applesauce and cranberry sauce. There are some things we WON'T BE MAKING AGAIN. Bleck on some of those things we tried

They aren't worth the mention.

We finished up making a new batch of the sauerkraut this evening. The recipe calls for 25lbs of shredded cabbage. Super 1 had it on sale for 25cents a lb. Now that is going to be some cheap sauerkraut since the only other ingredient is a cup of the canning salt. Yippee!!! Stinky Pantry starting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...................

 

[LemonMeringue]

I agree. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you're feeding your animal too much long before that point. That much feeding isn't love so much as cruel. No animal can be comfortable in that condition. I actually have to feed in the opposite direction. My shepherd does not hold weight well. She needs a high protein active dog diet. It's not too hard to watch your animals condition and feed accordingly.

I completely agree!!!!

 

[bugglesmommy]

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Boy I have heard of and seen some pretty tasty things on this thread and that....................... is definitely not one of them.

NO thank you on that.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Boy I have heard of and seen some pretty tasty things on this thread and that....................... is definitely not one of them.

NO thank you on that.

That is so funny! It does seem to be a love it or hate it food. We have friends that LOVE to have a jar of that as a present. Homemade is so much tastier than store bought.

 

[Angelicisi]

Angel it sounds like you are doing good with your meaties
I am getting just a FEW!  Plus the eggs in the bator.  But we are down to 2 birds in the freezer   That is not cool now that I know how tasty the homegrown ones are.  I would love to do organic feed for my meat birds but I don't know if there is a reasonably priced organic feed in Alexandria.  And I don't know if hubby would spring for the price.  All my chickens have always done so well on the feed from Petrus.  My layers lay more eggs and look healthier (prettier feathers) with that food than on any other kinds we have tried.

BTW that last chicken we cooked we did in the crock pot.  Seriously people.  Seriously.  That was the most tender, juicy and succulent chicken meat I have ever eaten......even the white meat (I usually prefer the dark meat).  We ate some then made the rest into chicken noodle soup using broth we made from the smoked turkey carcass from Thanksgiving.  Oh my heavens!!!  It was crazy good.  I am glad that it made a bunch and I have 3 1/2 pints of it in the freezer for a cold day.

Other random food facts from this year.  We are so happy that we bought that box of sweet potatoes back in the fall.  I had used the pressure cooker to "put them up" as the old timers say.  They are so, so wonderful and I will be making sure we do that again next fall.  Except I probably will buy them when the grocer has them on sale because that roadside stand was too pricey.  We also are totally sold on our homemade and canned sauerkraut, chili, plain pinto beans (so you can use them as we like), plain applesauce and cranberry sauce.  There are some things we WON'T BE MAKING AGAIN.  Bleck on some of those things we tried   They aren't worth the mention.

We finished up making a new batch of the sauerkraut this evening.  The recipe calls for 25lbs of shredded cabbage.  Super 1 had it on sale for 25cents a lb.  Now that is going to be some cheap sauerkraut since the only other ingredient is a cup of the canning salt.  Yippee!!!  Stinky Pantry starting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...................

Mmmmm sauerkraut I'm a German raised in Cali lol I love it, like, with everything especially piled on a huge sausage! Mmmmmm sausage.

I'm loving the meaties, have 50 more coming Friday! We grow a lot of dark greens in green houses (calcium filled and self seeding pays for next year's crop) and chop and feed with multi organic grains (oats, wheat when we can find someone and alfalfa) I want to get away from big store feed and save cost. Growing a lot of their vitamins has worked wonders as has fermented feed! But I need a non soy non bagged feed protein source. I don't want it effect the great flavor tho. The alfalfa works great but is pretty pricey.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Kewl beans, I'd like it to pay for itself and the next order of chicks and still be affordable for families to have fresh, free ranged meat. We went all over and priced chicken everywhere, from generic to top brand...top shelf prices were stupid ridiculously high and generic chicken looked half frozen globs of meat. Even the top shelf bird except one brand had up to 15% added "juice" Ick. We weighed them before opening packages and after and we were paying for water (or juice) I'd never use in a stock.

Next batches feed will be organic and a batch for spring we will go organic and free range will be soooo plentiful due to the season. It's good now bit the cold keeps the group on just these two acres. I want them throughout foraging all the nummys in the woods and in the gardens we made. Spring batch will be once a day feeders. So far we have to feed twice a day. When foraging gets better due to weather, our feed cost will be worth the organic prices of whole/cracked grains.
This time around the prices will barely cover feed and cost of chicks. Mostly due to my newb mistakes in the beginning. Killed 8 in the cold 2 we aren't counting due to one with splayed leg - we will eat her and one crook neck that's a farm pullet now, she used her get outta butcher free card by surviving her siblings who are 4 times her size lol

Where are you getting your organic feed for your next batch. I can oniy find one sorce of organic food in covinton its 35 a sack. I was at whlole foods today every blue moon on sale their organic chicken is 2.99 a pound for whole chicken. Not on sale its 3.99 a lb. thats organic, no hormones, antibitocs etc. no juices nothing but organic food and free ranged on pesticide free land. If you cell just breast 8.99 lb.more of less depending on cuts.I'm trying to find cheeper food. I've been looking to go in with someone where I 'll raise them and find somone to butcher and package. For now I'll be happy to get cheaper food for my egg layers. If I don't get meaties I'll buy organic meaties from you when you have them. Pam

 

[LemonMeringue]

Mmmmm sauerkraut I'm a German raised in Cali lol I love it, like, with everything especially piled on a huge sausage! Mmmmmm sausage.

I'm loving the meaties, have 50 more coming Friday! We grow a lot of dark greens in green houses (calcium filled and self seeding pays for next year's crop) and chop and feed with multi organic grains (oats, wheat when we can find someone and alfalfa) I want to get away from big store feed and save cost. Growing a lot of their vitamins has worked wonders as has fermented feed! But I need a non soy non bagged feed protein source. I don't want it effect the great flavor tho. The alfalfa works great but is pretty pricey.

That is putting the land to work for you! That is how I would love to work it if we get to move onto some land

Even just letting our chickens out to forage in our yard, we go through WAY less of the bagged feed. Since we are all home on vacation from school and work right now we have been splitting the nice days into 2 shifts. The big hens come out in the morning (they have a very big fenced yard of their own, but they scratch it all up into dust bathing holes) then when they are ready to go back they go stand by one of their doors and we go put them back in and let the 3 little bantam hens out and the young bantams go out with them. It sure is fun watching them from the windows of the house and even nicer that they are eating greens and saving on the feed bill.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Did y'all know they make diet dog food? I had no clue!!! When did dogs start needing to diet?  

Part of this problem is the crap in most dog foods. The other part is when people started being couch potatoes. Their pack animals so they do what the pack leaders do. Pam