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The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!
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Sleet & snow here. Just turned the furnace back on. I dumped a half a bale of shavings in the coop. Suppose to get in the teens tonight. But the it's dry in the coop so the billboard must be working. I put tar around the roof vents as well and no leaks like with the old tarp. Woohoo!!
Last night found 2 eggs under the roost. One was a fart egg. It's been a long time since I had one of those.
As for worming I just use cayenne pepper and pumpkin seeds. I have not given the hens either in awhile. guess I should remember to do that today. I've never seen worms in the hens droppings. My yard is always damp/wet since it has so much clay in it. The girls like it since it means lots of earth worms to eat
Last night found 2 eggs under the roost. One was a fart egg. It's been a long time since I had one of those.
As for worming I just use cayenne pepper and pumpkin seeds. I have not given the hens either in awhile. guess I should remember to do that today. I've never seen worms in the hens droppings. My yard is always damp/wet since it has so much clay in it. The girls like it since it means lots of earth worms to eat
I found it in there!
I've always liked Mollie. I've used some of her photos (with permission) when I was putting together a booklet for a cheesemaking class I did
I've never used her products though!I think those vermex products are for routine, force-feeding - which I just wouldn't do. Period. So you're probably right that they are not designed for worming but for on-going feeding.
Sleet & snow here. Just turned the furnace back on. I dumped a half a bale of shavings in the coop. Suppose to get in the teens tonight. But the it's dry in the coop so the billboard must be working. I put tar around the roof vents as well and no leaks like with the old tarp. Woohoo!!
Last night found 2 eggs under the roost. One was a fart egg. It's been a long time since I had one of those.
As for worming I just use cayenne pepper and pumpkin seeds. I have not given the hens either in awhile. guess I should remember to do that today. I've never seen worms in the hens droppings. My yard is always damp/wet since it has so much clay in it. The girls like it since it means lots of earth worms to eat
I've tried chopped up cayenne peppers, but I'm not sure all the hens are eating them. And pumpkin seeds get left too usually.
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I found it in there!
I've always liked Mollie. I've used some of her photos (with permission) when I was putting together a booklet for a cheesemaking class I did
I think those vermex products are for routine, force-feeding - which I just wouldn't do. Period. So you're probably right that they are not designed for worming but for on-going feeding.
Her mix is great! I even had poo tests done after using it and results came back clean! Another nice thing is there's no waiting period on the eggs or the birds; both can be consumed over the course of treatment with not even a hint of altered flavour, even
Speaking of flavour: my heavily-dosed-on-turmeric chicken made me an egg the other day. I just ate it, expecting it to taste turmeric-ey, but not a hint!
From my experience, eggs are nothing like goat milk (or any milk, I assuming). I fed some fried ramps to a few hens a few years ago. The goats had already gotten into a ramp patch, their breath was hellaciousHer mix is great! I even had poo tests done after using it and results came back clean! Another nice thing is there's no waiting period on the eggs or the birds; both can be consumed over the course of treatment with not even a hint of altered flavour, even
Speaking of flavour: my heavily-dosed-on-turmeric chicken made me an egg the other day. I just ate it, expecting it to taste turmeric-ey, but not a hint!
The milk couldn't be drunk but it made a delicious cheese! There was absolutely no taste of ramps in the egg and for those of you who are familiar with ramps, that will prove something to you!!!!
I personally love ramps and already have had a bunch of them this spring/late winter but others can't be within a mile of them without the gag-reflex kicking in!
I wish we had ramps in Indiana.
You know about ramps? Maybe I can get Jason to dig you a few pounds. you could eat most of them but then set the rest in a good potting soil, let them go dormant in a dark cool corner of a basement or cellar. The following spring, set them out in a shady area you can get to and keep protected from lawn mowers and jack-asses.
Her mix is great! I even had poo tests done after using it and results came back clean! Another nice thing is there's no waiting period on the eggs or the birds; both can be consumed over the course of treatment with not even a hint of altered flavour, even
Speaking of flavour: my heavily-dosed-on-turmeric chicken made me an egg the other day. I just ate it, expecting it to taste turmeric-ey, but not a hint!
From my experience, eggs are nothing like goat milk (or any milk, I assuming). I fed some fried ramps to a few hens a few years ago. The goats had already gotten into a ramp patch, their breath was hellacious... that's what gave me the idea.
The milk couldn't be drunk but it made a delicious cheese! There was absolutely no taste of ramps in the egg and for those of you who are familiar with ramps, that will prove something to you!!!!
I personally love ramps and already have had a bunch of them this spring/late winter but others can't be within a mile of them without the gag-reflex kicking in!
Our ramps are just now coming up for the season. They are great in the soft sheep's milk chevre I make. ;-)
The livestock all avoid them... better things to munch on. And they are mostly where the may apples are so other than bugs there's not much yummy to eat there
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