Why are People So Paranoid?

[BYCforlife]

Have you seen the way they wash store eggs?

Each farm egg has been individually washed and inspected!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...thread-byc-site.1189765/page-13#post-18907482

 

[Chelsa'sChicks]

I find this ridiculous. I literally have baby chicks in my house right now.. it's too cold outside and they are too young and will not survive due to having no feathers yet. As long as you wash your hands it's fine. Salmonella is spread by you touching live chickens, droppings, raw eggs, etc. and then touching your mouth or eating with unwashed hands... people are uneducated and I advice reading ... its like watching tv except for smart people ha.

 

[pennyJo1960]

for years I have eaten raw cookie dough.. even bisquick never been ill from any of it not to mention wiping dirt off carrots or radishes to eat them

 

[BYCforlife]

for years I have eaten raw cookie dough.. even bisquick never been ill from any of it not to mention wiping dirt off carrots or radishes to eat them

My brother and I used to wash off carrots in our water tank- the water was off the roof, which must collect lots of junk. We are still healthy!

 

[itsasmallfarm]

i really enjoy eating wild game. Really anything. Moose elk rabbit deer ducks and geese. But i have been told many times. "You don't know what there eating it could be full of pesticides" lol its still better then your factory farmed animals your eating.

 

[room onthebroom]

Well folks, I guess its time for me to eat a little crow... We have a system... Extra feed goes in the part of the barn with dirt floor and feed for the brooder goes on the side with concrete floor. Both in air tight/water tight containers. I also tend to rely on the younger members of this crew to haul the sacks...

This morning, we left early, as the co-op closes at noon, to pickup feed. Got everything on my list, got home and started storing it. Noticed the can in the brooder was empty, went to get another bag from the other side. Imagine my surprise, when I found that barrel empty...

I order my feed as a custom blend by the ton. It stores well in air tight containers. That said, Co-op was closed and birds were hungry... So off the TSC I go... Best I was able to do is an organic grower @18%, so I got that, plus alfalfa pellets (organic of course) and went home to figure out how to get a good feed mix. I ended up mixing in roasted unsalted peanuts, flax seed ground into meal, fish meal, and ground alfalfa.

In the end I ended up with a 22.2% protein feed with all the right nutrients. I'm still going to give the ducks some smashed boiled eggs to amp up the protein a bit more--but there is no way I could have figured this out a year ago. What a great forum this is.

Peanuts? Really? I've never heard of that before.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Peanuts? Really? I've never heard of that before.

I'm guessing it's a good source a protein (and vit E I think?) @rjohns39

 

[Chickassan]

Chickens love peanuts! The only reason I know is I get a bag of songbird food and mix with the crumbles to make feed stretch a little more seems more nutritious than scratch too.Those chickens go for the peanuts first thing, got to be for the protein I mean technically they are legumes.

 

[rjohns39]

I'm guessing it's a good source a protein (and vit E I think?) @rjohns39

Peanuts are pretty close to Whole Roasted soy across the board. Didn't have soy but had peanuts. Going to pickup 12 pounds or so of Soy this week. Whole lasts longer than meal or cracked.