The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

I've heard this before but never had opportunity to ask about it.

Why do you say they cannot digest it?

Chickens do not have the enzymes necessary to digest milk protein. Chickens can digest fermented(yogurt and keifer and etc.) but not very well. Too much will give them diarrhea and watery poops.

That is why you give them just a little bit--to help with their digestion. Too much messes them up though. They should get 70% grains and the rest mostly greens and protein sources.

Most poultry feed is is best for them. Fermented feed seems to help them absorb the nutrients.

 

[mamadawn]

I've heard this before but never had opportunity to ask about it. 

Why do you say they cannot digest it?

On this topic- here is a quote from Dr. Rob McCoy, PhD, vice president of Manna Pro Poultry Nutrition his opinion about feeding chickens dairy and he indicated that birds do not possess the enzymes necessary to properly digest milk sugars. Considering the fact that mother birds do not nurse their young, it makes perfect sense. Feeding chickens a little yogurt occasionally is fine, but too much dairy can cause digestive upset and diarrhea. A better choice would be to give chickens probiotics specially formulated for them.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Well, I see a lot of benefit in stress-handling ability by using yogurt. I don't use a lot but their tolerance to it increases as they have it more often. They love the stuff too.

 

[Wisher1000]

I would not see those two as interchangeable, "It was one heck of an evening, unlike every other evening."

It was mostly "I put up the chickens of an evening"
Stuff like that. I haven't seen it in a couple of months.

I am about as southern as you can get, and I have never heard that expression! Are you sure it was not attack of the autocorrect?

 

[Teila]

I am guilty of using 'of an evening' but have no idea why.

I have an English background, live in Australia and married to an American so could have picked it up pretty much anywhere

 

[ronott1]

I am about as southern as you can get, and I have never heard that expression! Are you sure it was not attack of the autocorrect?

I might have heard or read it in a Jane Austin book or movie.

I am guilty of using 'of an evening' but have no idea why.

I have an English background, live in Australia and married to an American so could have picked it up pretty much anywhere

Yes, it is an old form:

According to Burchfield, an expression such as "She has tea with her auntie of a Sunday afternoon," is beginning to sound stuffy and archaic. It's primarily a Britishism, and some people would call it an affectation. Maybe, though, it's making a comeback?

 

[Cynthia12]

My chickens love the plain yogurt. They don't get it often, but when they do..oh boy!

I have been giving them calf manna once in a while too.

I have a bin of grains, a bin of reg. ol mash, and a yard full of grass. They get grapes once in a while, wheat bread every morning. When those pumpkins come on, they will get those, and, I have some very large sunflower's that are shuck full of seeds by about mid Sept. I just put the whole flower out..it's huge. They are picking on it for a week. Oh, of course, they get eggs once in a while too. Everything, once in a while. But the mash in the winter, and the grains, then it's more of that. I try to give them spinach in the winter, some like it, some don't. Also the fodder, some like it, some don't.

Guess we all have different taste buds.

 

[vehve]

@Bunnylady No, cooking would take out all the beneficial refined bacteria based substances from it. Instead it is to be served at freezer temperature.

@dsqard Beautiful scenery.

Morning discussion with Karin over breakfast: "Oh, someone on BYC had made honey." "No." "It looked pretty nice." "No." "Didn't even seem that difficult." "No. You are not getting bees."

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@Bunnylady No, cooking would take out all the beneficial refined bacteria based substances from it. Instead it is to be served at freezer temperature.

@dsqard Beautiful scenery.

Morning discussion with Karin over breakfast: "Oh, someone on BYC had made honey." "No." "It looked pretty nice." "No." "Didn't even seem that difficult." "No. You are not getting bees."

Bees are pretty gentle. I would have never guessed it till I started raising them. They don't sting when afield unless they have no choice, like if they get stepped on. They save their stinger to protect the hive. If they have no brood and honey stores to protect, in the case of a swarm, they don't sting either.

Well there was a lot of confrontation overnight. I just got up a little before 4 and it looked like a pretty violent night - for my area anyway. Looting, burning, etc.. It started with a peaceful candlelight vigil. Peace seems to be restored but police still have some of the main thoroughfares barricaded.
There's still a huge police presence all over the area including state troopers. There was just a live interview with a county police officer.
He said officers with 25 years on the force said it was the most chaotic and violent violent event they've ever experienced.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Our neighbor is allergic to bees, so not something to consider at this point.

Hopefully things will calm down there. When mob mentality takes over, it can be a scary thing.