FarmerJamie
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Mine don't like sunchokes, either. Even cooked and whipped up like mashed potatoes.
Sorry if I try a little humor now and again. Different places different rules as to what is thrown at weddings. The city churches that have a lot of weddings will not allow bird seed either for the same three reasons posted above. That thing about rice is just a urban myth and I feel justified to point that out. There is a difference between opinions and facts. everyone can have their own opinions but not their own facts. I suspect I was DIYing before you were born. Bless your heart!Marianne said:This is an interesting thread.
Mickey - Your hens don't/can't free range then? I would have thought the purchased feed consumption would have been less than that. My seven hens free range and I think I bought just one bag of scratch grains in a three month period. More bagged food now since we added a lot more winged critters. but I'm working on that, too.
Lily - Let me know how the sunchoke business goes. My goats ate the leaves this year (so I left them) and I was going to dig some later for the guineas and hens. Maybe they'll like 'em - the last batch of hens wouldn't touch them.
~gd - No foil or paper bits thrown at weddings around here. Birdseed is typically used. There's no reason to belittle someone here because they have a different opinion, choose to do things differently or ask a question. This should be a gathering place for people who support the DIY attitude even if it's something that you aren't interested in attempting.
I tried to get the brewers grain but all the good breweries up here have a waiting list for people to take the grains. Instead I am going to get some whole grains and then I will sprout them and feed them that as a supplemental feed. Right now though they are getting so much good food from the bakery that they are actually not really even eating their pellets. They are starting to get their feathers back from moulting and are looking so much healthier than on the grain that I was feeding them. They all seem super happy to have a varied diet to eat.Bettacreek said:I guess I forgot to mention the brewery grain. I wasn't picking it up on a regular basis, but with the cold kicking in and especially since I'm starting to give artifical light to get them back up to full laying steam, I started to bulk up on my brewery grain. I picked some up the other day, along with some buckets from the bakery at the grocery store here. Tomorrow I'll be doing the same, getting more buckets, plus taking the buckets I already have, up to fill up with grain. Everyone here goes through about a 4 gallon bucket of feed per day, so I'm going to try to have enough buckets to have a week's worth of feed, since it doesn't store well (it's all moist grain). Then I only have to make the trip once per week.
check online for any local home brewers clubs, that may be another source, if you don't know anyone yourself.LilyD said:I tried to get the brewers grain but all the good breweries up here have a waiting list for people to take the grains. Instead I am going to get some whole grains and then I will sprout them and feed them that as a supplemental feed. Right now though they are getting so much good food from the bakery that they are actually not really even eating their pellets. They are starting to get their feathers back from moulting and are looking so much healthier than on the grain that I was feeding them. They all seem super happy to have a varied diet to eat.Bettacreek said:I guess I forgot to mention the brewery grain. I wasn't picking it up on a regular basis, but with the cold kicking in and especially since I'm starting to give artifical light to get them back up to full laying steam, I started to bulk up on my brewery grain. I picked some up the other day, along with some buckets from the bakery at the grocery store here. Tomorrow I'll be doing the same, getting more buckets, plus taking the buckets I already have, up to fill up with grain. Everyone here goes through about a 4 gallon bucket of feed per day, so I'm going to try to have enough buckets to have a week's worth of feed, since it doesn't store well (it's all moist grain). Then I only have to make the trip once per week.