The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Lacy Blues]

If you have mice in your garage at all, they will find your fermented feed.

 

[vpatt]

Well fed mice!!

 

[rowerjen]

Extra protein in the FF

 

[Lacy Blues]

I've never seen one get stuck in the ff but if there's a way for them to get inside your ff bucket, they will. They'll eat their fill and leave their evidence behind somewhere in the bucket, whether its split BOSS shells or other, nastier evidence!

Double

!!!!

 

[chicalot]

Do you guys/gals recommend to vaccinate or not to when ordering chics from a hatchery. I don't know if my current flock is vaccinated or not as they have all come from several places but mostly they were hatchery or hatched here or from an Amish sale where I got a pair of silkies. That pair has now populated to 12 in just 1 season, lol. I'm planning to order for next spring. They offer mareks and coccidiosiss vacs.

 

[lalaland]

personally, I would do both. In my mind, "natural " doesn't mean avoiding any "medical" treatment, it just means relying as much as possible on natural ingredients, methods, - at least in my mind.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I don't vaccinate.

But...I didn't vaccinate my kids either. And still wouldn't today if I was doing it all over again.

As always, just my way of doing things based, I hope, on the most sound reasoning and information I've been able to find to date.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Regarding vaccinating my kids (or even myself)..... Guess I should qualify that by saying that I would vaccinate if I thought the risk of contracting a debilitating disease or risk of death was greater than the potential contraindications (side effects) of having the vaccine.

 

[RedRidge]

I don't vaccinate. But...I didn't vaccinate my kids either. And still wouldn't today if I was doing it all over again.

As always, just my way of doing things based, I hope, on the most sound reasoning and information I've been able to find to date.

Thank you for those words of wisdom. ;-) No vacs here... Ever... for anyone... Did I mention not ever!?!

 

[Lacy Blues]

No vacs here either.