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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:27 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
> I also used kelp and beet pulp...I don't know if chickens can eat that, but
> it is a
> thought for you.  With the beet pulp, you may have to soak it, but you
> would not have to cook it, I don't think.  It was cheap, too..Adds
> protein...
>

What about regular peas? Don't know if you have to cook them or not but they
have decent protein?

I think we're going to get poultry early spring, just enough to have eggs
although I'm trying to become a tougher bird myself and would like to eat
our own meat. We used to have RIR and the black ones with white flecks, the
name escapes me now. We had a couple Araucana's as well.

I have a friend who has poultry for the first time and wants to eat their
own meat but doesn't want to butcher their hens themselves. She proposes
taking their birds to a farm up the road who will do it if they 'assist', so
we may begin that way.

lkvp