In the local chicken page that I recently joined, the people there said that the chain feed stores feed was crap and had no nutrition. That surprised me, I figured it wouldn't be as fresh as getting it local plus who knows WHERE in the world the ingredients come from. I can ask and get a list of where the ingredients come from at my lo…
In the local chicken page that I recently joined, the people there said that the chain feed stores feed was crap and had no nutrition. That surprised me, I figured it wouldn't be as fresh as getting it local plus who knows WHERE in the world the ingredients come from. I can ask and get a list of where the ingredients come from at my local mill. The mill is over 100 years old and still using original equipment. Family owned for 3 generations. If I want whole grains, there is a place just a couple of miles from me too.
I am looking forward to the chickens. We had free range heritage turkeys, but are down to 3. We don't eat much turkey and the eggs are not easy enough to find to make it worth while to eat. We have predators so making a solid coop/tractor. The predator that killed two turkey hens sitting on eggs were skunks.
Oh skunks! I had a mama cat and her kittens in a shed many years ago, and a skunk got in and killed all the kittens. The next day I set a live trap, caught the skunk and then shot him with my dad’s 22 automatic rifle. My husband was working out of town and I had to handle the situation myself, so I did.
Check out the great "scare crow thingies" sold on Amazon that chicken farmers are using with success... It's one of those tall blowy things car lots use to attract business... plug it in and watch! It successfully keeps hawks away. Additionally, I've been told by the same farmer, geese will protect chickens....
In the local chicken page that I recently joined, the people there said that the chain feed stores feed was crap and had no nutrition. That surprised me, I figured it wouldn't be as fresh as getting it local plus who knows WHERE in the world the ingredients come from. I can ask and get a list of where the ingredients come from at my local mill. The mill is over 100 years old and still using original equipment. Family owned for 3 generations. If I want whole grains, there is a place just a couple of miles from me too.
I am looking forward to the chickens. We had free range heritage turkeys, but are down to 3. We don't eat much turkey and the eggs are not easy enough to find to make it worth while to eat. We have predators so making a solid coop/tractor. The predator that killed two turkey hens sitting on eggs were skunks.
Oh skunks! I had a mama cat and her kittens in a shed many years ago, and a skunk got in and killed all the kittens. The next day I set a live trap, caught the skunk and then shot him with my dad’s 22 automatic rifle. My husband was working out of town and I had to handle the situation myself, so I did.
You RAWK!
Check out the great "scare crow thingies" sold on Amazon that chicken farmers are using with success... It's one of those tall blowy things car lots use to attract business... plug it in and watch! It successfully keeps hawks away. Additionally, I've been told by the same farmer, geese will protect chickens....
Guinea hens for sure do
YES, indeed they do!
My family had chickens and geese when I was little. I never understood why we had the geese. Now it makes sense.
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