Anywhere that sells pickling and canning supplies. In my case, Agway.Where did you get yours? I want to try this next summer/fall when I have lots of eggs.
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Anywhere that sells pickling and canning supplies. In my case, Agway.Where did you get yours? I want to try this next summer/fall when I have lots of eggs.
I'm not allowed to bury livestock at the allotment and I don't have any land of my own.Did you change your approach to burying dead chickens when you moved to the UK Shad?
I remember you buried at least some of them in Catalonia. Maybe it was because you were much closer to those chickens.
I'm pretty sure there're very few animal products in my cat's food. From it's appearance, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of flavoured protein chunk.I have often wondered why we can't have mouse or rat based cat food.
Feels like it would be a win-win (well not for the mouse or rat of course).
I don't think that can be true - cats are obligate carnivores, they must eat meat to survive. I suspect what you are seeing are the euphemistically named 'meat by-products'. What does the label say?I'm pretty sure there're very few animal products in my cat's food. From it's appearance, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of flavoured protein chunk.
I'm glad you asked, because I looked it up and it DOES have animal products in it!I don't think that can be true - cats are obligate carnivores, they must eat meat to survive. I suspect what you are seeing are the euphemistically named 'meat by-products'. What does the label say?
Same here. The ‘true soul of a chicken’ is a beautiful way to describe it. Shad’s observations and insights have helped me to better understand my flock’s behavior and needs.Love the ‘true soul of the chicken’ and I too fully appreciate Shad’s quest.
I definitely see your point, and I hate to see things go to waste. My husband worked in the laboratory of a meat processing plant (they did beef) where he was responsible for testing samples for E. coli and Listeria. Very little of the animal goes to waste in that setting as well. Tallow makes soap and other things, hooves and ears become dog chews or become gelatin, skin becomes leather, face muscles become hot dogs or dog food, the list goes on. It’s a horrible life for any animal that’s part of the industrial food chain, but the system IS efficient so they can make a good profit.At least they're still using the hens. Even if it's for pet food. Even at that young, those birds arent going to be as tender as most people prefer, and they're tiny compared to what most people buy in the store. It could be worse, they could just be thrown away.
The tribes as each generation arrived stopped wandering around like Alice In Wonderland and learn't to move from cover spot to cover spot.Ok; yes, I guess that’s what I meant. But their behavior didn’t change overnight, did if? It still seems like they needed to regain something. Maybe “instincts” wasn’t if. Confidence? Or maybe “practice” is the best word, as you already said.
What do you think of my chickens hiding in their run, and sometimes even the coop itself, when they have access to the whole yard? It seems to be because of fear of the hawk. I think I need to get on adding that gate installed on the back if the run under the walnut tree.
Pasture raised is the only acceptable standard here in the UKMarie, if you look for “pasture raised humanely handled” eggs, it’s better. I still don’t buy any eggs at all, but got my parents on the pasture raised humanely handled.