Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Joanna Bailey" <joanna@isomedia.com>]

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So I was suggesting to Joanna, in lieu of composting the birds to put
them thru the stockpot first then (if she didn't want to bother with the
meat) simply throw the rest to the birds. But even if the meat is used,
the skin, bones, and meat fragments left after straining the stock are
great treats for the flock. It's what we always do with ours.

~Harvey in northern VA

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We just had a flock of chickens butchered that turned out to be soup chickens, so our freezer is full. We also haven't learned to butcher our own yet (but we will by this summer) and didn't want to try it in the muddy cold wet winter for two tough old roosters. So we figured under those particular circumstances, it would be decent karma to put them to use as soil builders. People kill animals for so many reasons, some more honorable than others. Hopefully these two awful roosters lived a good life, had a quick death, and will be reborn in the million molecules of soil and vegetables that will feed us and other critters here.

 

I appreciate the discussion on this topic though, and have had lots of food for thought.

--Joanna

 

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