The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[SallyinIndiana]

my sprouting jar has sprouts but still lots of un-sprouted seeds too. I went ahead and started a second jar but I'm still waiting on the first for another day before feeding the sprouts to the chickens.

 

[Scott H]

No more dried meal worms for me......

I hope you never had any in the first place..   

They're pretty tasty sprinkled on yogurt...good texture but I can't do Chinese bugs.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Here is what our large bin was designed after

Thank you! That's quite helpful. Now looking for some photos of yours

 

[Scott H]

Oh God, I just bought some elk skin gloves...USA elk skin the tag says with an American flag...much smaller lettering on another tag...made in China...sigh.

 

[aoxa]

Oh God, I just bought some elk skin gloves...USA elk skin the tag says with an American flag...much smaller lettering on another tag...made in China...sigh.

They trick you.. My deer skin gloves were made in China too.. Didn't even think to look until you said something. I'm an ethical omnivore, so I hate that it came from China.. My parents are actually going to China in the fall and I keep telling them to watch the meat they eat....

 

[lalaland]

yeah, it is so strange that it is cheaper to take the materials in the us, send them to china, ship them back and sell them to us.

you know, they raise chicken in the us, ship the carcasses to china, process the carcasses, and ship the meat back here. How can that even be economical?

 

[Amiga]

yeah, it is so strange that it is cheaper to take the materials in the us, send them to china, ship them back and sell them to us.

you know, they raise chicken in the us, ship the carcasses to china, process the carcasses, and ship the meat back here. How can that even be economical?

Reminds me of the Story of Stuff.

 

[Shan30]

I butchered out 5 young cockerels today in a snow storm. They were breeding everything in sight and I need to keep the young girls in condition and tore up by randy males. I hatched out 6 Orpingtons in late fall and they were all boy. 17 weeks old and 5lbs average. These are my first English Orpingtons I will be eating.

I would love to hear how you cook them and how they turn out!

 

[Kassaundra]

Spent the last few days gardening w/ the flock, and observing. I made an observation I was wondering if anyone else had noticed. I have 2 young roo's just now getting their big boy hormones started. These 2 I know maternal parentage, and neither were raised by their bio moms. First is Shakespear


Shakespear is the head roo, calm cool collected, every bit the "man in charge"




His mother was Mensa, calm, thinking, high in the pecking order




Then there is Eurkle (formerly cool j, but he couldn't keep that name w/ his personality), he as afraid of his shadow, very flighty, if he sees a leaf blow he literally jumps up, yells and puts his head down and goes at a dead run, I swear if he had arms they would be flailing as he ran. His broody mom is very high in the pecking order, calm, cool and collected.




Bio mom, of Eurkle, a bit of an outsider, flighty, never trusts anyone ever no matter how many treats you come with or how juicy the treat is. She was the only true survivor of my big massacre, she was in the same yard as all the carnage and got and stayed high and survived, all the others who survived were in a separate area.

Anyway it struck me as interesting how close the boys personality is to their bio moms, not like their bio dads, or broody moms.



So is this a fluke or a thing?

 

[armorfirelady]

Maybe your mom could be convinced to make them for you

I bet she could since she has a sewing machine as well. Plus she just loves her grandchickens esp Stella

But I need the sewing machine tutorial so I can do a few other things. I can never get the thread to fill the darn bobbin lol

my sprouting jar has sprouts but still lots of un-sprouted seeds too. I went ahead and started a second jar but I'm still waiting on the first for another day before feeding the sprouts to the chickens.

I waited a few extra days to get more sprouting as well. I think tomorrow when I start the bird seed I will bring up a few extra jars & stagger them as well.
(I knew there was a reason I didn't toss those plastic dividers in the recycle bin

) I try not keep extra stuff around but I am so glad I kept these

yeah, it is so strange that it is cheaper to take the materials in the us, send them to china, ship them back and sell them to us.

you know, they raise chicken in the us, ship the carcasses to china, process the carcasses, and ship the meat back here. How can that even be economical?

Makes no sense to me. And how the heck does that chicken stay fresh? Or not spoil...........and all those hands, trucks, etc it touches on its journey. YUCK

Spent the last few days gardening w/ the flock, and observing. I made an observation I was wondering if anyone else had noticed. I have 2 young roo's just now getting their big boy hormones started. These 2 I know maternal parentage, and neither were raised by their bio moms. First is Shakespear

Anyway it struck me as interesting how close the boys personality is to their bio moms, not like their bio dads, or broody moms.
So is this a fluke or a thing?

Ok first....there you go again bragging about your nice weather.....gardening in January??? Heck I cant even see my garden soil.

You might just end up with some unexpected guests if you keep saying how nice the weather is there.................& I will bring my extra snow for you

I am guessing that its like humans. Chickens will have some of their parents genetics/behaviors.