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LMP I am just cheap, cost to much to feed all store bought when I have fields full of what I need.
And yes I use grower instead of layer feed for the extra protein
 
wingstone said:
LMP I am just cheap, cost to much to feed all store bought when I have fields full of what I need.
And yes I use grower instead of layer feed for the extra protein
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ahhhh, okay, see I leanerded somethin' new right there! hahaha, you can smack me now
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....seriously, it would be great to grow the feed..that would be awesomeeee.....but, i don not have that much room...i can grow some stuff, but not the quantity need to sustain throughout the winter...and the feed mill closest to me is...45 mins. away...in good traffic.
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....will just stick to the bag stuff and what i can do from here for now.
 
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hahaha..new things sometimes throw them "off", but i think chickens are "off" to begin with so...
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..hahaa...yeah, keep the lids off your jars, don't want exploding messes..I didn't stir mine that often, just when I thought of it or was around to do it....not saying YOU shouldn't , just what I did.
Your chickens may or may not go GAGA over it at first,..sometimes they will hog it like they have never been fed...other times, like some have noted, they look at it like "I am supposed to eat that?!"...just give it to them, when they get hungry enough, they WILL eat it..believe me and it won't take that long either..hahaha
The temps. do make a difference in how quickly your mixture starts to ferment...maybe keep it soe where a "bit" warmer to start..then when you start to smell it..then move it..that way you know it has begone to do it's "thing"...JMO anyway......good luck with your brew!!!
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your all fancy-smanschy!!
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....do you use the grower mash for the protein?...i am a little slow here
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Okay thank you!! :) I was a little worried about this since we were always told not to feed chickens wet/damp feed! Right now the dogs are going nuts for her..chicken feed is like crack for the pooches. I think my sussex will be the first to eat it, she's a pig. She's the first one to eat anything! except of course the ear of corn..
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kada6305 said:
Okay thank you!! :) I was a little worried about this since we were always told not to feed chickens wet/damp feed! Right now the dogs are going nuts for her..chicken feed is like crack for the pooches. I think my sussex will be the first to eat it, she's a pig. She's the first one to eat anything! except of course the ear of corn..
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wet/damp= mold.....but fermented is a good thing..as good ol' Martha Steward would say
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....oh, everyone says about their dogs eating the ferment too...and i must agree on that one...mine would jump right into it if i let them...crazy animals...anything stinkier then they are is fun-fun!
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I often am feeding numbers in the hundred, I cut cost everywhere possible, it hhonestlyh it would be so much easier to breed 100% from the mill....I put in man extra hours storing and mixing feed.
Hands are not working today, hard to type
 
wingstone said:
I often am feeding numbers in the hundred, I cut cost everywhere possible, it hhonestlyh it would be so much easier to breed 100% from the mill....I put in man extra hours storing and mixing feed.
Hands are not working today, hard to type
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didn't thibnk it was too cold out there...until i washed everything & filled waters...yeah, hands are rebelling. It is what it is. Your time = $$, either way, we pay..right?!
I would love a farmette, hate even calling it that, but you get the idea..only ting is..don't have the physical ability to do everything needed anyway...this is all contingent on winning the lottery so..i have lots of time to plan it all out
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.....hhaha, maybe i could afford to hire-out help then...
I will eventually have smaller areas that will be planted with chicken-food...different root/leaf veggies, and other items to add to their food bins...i am still learning how to keep/store root veggies and such over winter for us right now...this will all help in the long run with our & their food bill.
Trying to get the temps in the cellar figured out is the hardest part...this time of year it fluctuates all over place....cold enough one day..then BAM...mildew on the onions
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...I will get this right, at some point.
Those birds are acting like I didn't even feed them yet...
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. I KNOW they are full, their crops are swishing back & forth when they run..I think this cooler weather has them crazier than normal.
 
The birds are all gone. The couple that have the chicken hens and breeding trio of Bourbon Reds were very happy with how all the birds look. The couple brought two toms to their place to butcher, but came back with money. A friend of theirs lost his tom a day or so ago, and he couldn't get over how gorgeous my boys are.
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No one went to freezer camp.
Good bye, everyone. I will KIT.
 
MotorcycleChick said:
The birds are all gone. The couple that have the chicken hens and breeding trio of Bourbon Reds were very happy with how all the birds look. The couple brought two toms to their place to butcher, but came back with money. A friend of theirs lost his tom a day or so ago, and he couldn't get over how gorgeous my boys are.
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No one went to freezer camp.
Good bye, everyone. I will KIT.
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That is awesome that everyone was rehomed for you!

Looking forward to stories from the road! and BTW... will you be coming back through Pennsylvania on any regular basis? Not that we need anyone to enable us some more but you could always provide a bit of egg transportation if folks wanted breeding stock from far away locations and it just happened to work out that you were in the neighborhood! LOL
I would be willing to meet on I80 or Turnpike....
 

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