Topic of the Week - "Off-grid" Feeding - Homemade feeds, etc.

[PirateGirl]

Interesting, but I had to laugh at this line:
"This chicken was a throwback, a variety nearly vanished since the 1950s"
I don't think I'd call Barred Rocks nearly extinct.

I just read the article too... right after that part there was a photo with a caption labeling the chickens as the elusive "barred rocks"... There was not a barred bird in the picture at all.

 

[BantyChooks]

I just read the article too... right after that part there was a photo with a caption labeling the chickens as the elusive "barred rocks"... There was not a barred bird in the picture at all.

Looked like poor quality SLW and some Australorps, lol. Most articles on chickens done by major news sites are good for a laugh but not much else.

 

[PirateGirl]

I did find it to be an interesting read into the beginnings of factory farmed chicken however.

 

[Molpet]

Interesting, but I had to laugh at this line:
"This chicken was a throwback, a variety nearly vanished since the 1950s"
I don't think I'd call Barred Rocks nearly extinct.

I guess they vanished from the supermarkets

I just read the article too... right after that part there was a photo with a caption labeling the chickens as the elusive "barred rocks"... There was not a barred bird in the picture at all.

LOL and all the pics seem to be layers (I didn't look at the pics )

 

[rjohns39]

After eating my chicken for more than a year, DW and I were at a restaurant and ordered an appetizer platter that came with chicken strips. They were void of texture, greasy and tasteless. Funny thing is that just two years earlier I liked their chicken strips. I no longer buy chicken when we're out.

 

[PirateGirl]

After eating my chicken for more than a year, DW and I were at a restaurant and ordered an appetizer platter that came with chicken strips. They were void of texture, greasy and tasteless. Funny thing is that just two years earlier I liked their chicken strips. I no longer buy chicken when we're out.

I can no longer eat the eggs at the deli by my office. I used to enjoy their breakfast scramble on occasion, a plate of eggs with potatoes and veggies, and now I'm not even interested. They use either powdered eggs or the premixed eggs that come in a big carton/jug.

 

[pennyJo1960]

most have eggs that way common practice in restaurants

 

[PirateGirl]

most have eggs that way common practice in restaurants

I know! It never bothered me before, but now I am spoiled by my own flock's eggs.

 

[Deb T]

I read that wheat grass was good for them. I just purchased seed and will try to made fodder with it. Any suggestions on this process would be appreciated

 

[rjohns39]

Here's a pretty good video on the subject. Make sure you're using untreated feed grade seeds.