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- From: TheStarNav@aol.com
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- Subject: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:37:37 EDT
| Hi Mitch... chickenfeed.  Well, chickens are just somewhat modified 
velociraptors.  However, they are somewhat constrained 
velociraptors! they are voracious omnivores. Means, we have to read 
labels.  Purina is a rather suspect maker of foods etc., even though they 
have a huge presence. And, if other stuff doesn't eat what you or chickens eat, probably not such 
a good thing.  Basically, for a daily feed, (we have egg chickens, not 
meat) some brand with the highest level of protein needs to be used.  
Modified Velociraptors  need lots of protein; lots of calcium and 
vitamins.  If  you need it, they do too.  I talked a lot with our 
local poultry rep from Michigan State extention.  I learned about selecting 
the highest protein food.  I learned too that that is not enough, and to 
supplement with soybean meal...approximately 1/2 c per bird per day.  now 
who knows how much each bird gets....so what we've done is put out several piles 
of soybean meal with calcium - oyster shell.  Each pile is probably a 
pint.  It's always gone the next day, so somebody is eating it!   
 High protein dry catfood was recommended as well, but that gets very 
expensive very fast, and isn't as good overall as the soybean meal. Also, table scraps.  Any and all.  They are composting machines. 
They haven't moral scruples.  I buy a small baked chicken  at the 
store for my use, (husband hates chickenmeat) for soup, and this goes on down to 
the dogs and cats.  Then, the boiled chicken skeleton with a tiny bit of meat left on 
it is broken up for the chickens.  Every Little Bit is gone.  
They do good work on other kinds of meats and bones as well.   Michele From: emitch@att.net Reply-to: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: 10/13/2010 10:18:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: [Livingontheland] Chicken Feed > I noticed that birds and bugs have not eaten spilled Purina chicken feed. Reckon that means something? Like, should I be feeding them something that wild varmints would eat (;-( E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore www.hillcountrynatives.net | 
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            [Livingontheland] Chicken Feed,
            Emery Mitchamore, 10/12/2010
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        [Livingontheland] Chicken feed,
        TheStarNav, 10/13/2010
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            Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed,
            Harvey Ussery, 10/13/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed, Emery Mitchamore, 10/14/2010
 
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            Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed,
            Debbie McDonald, 10/13/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed, John D'hondt, 10/14/2010
 
 
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            Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed,
            Harvey Ussery, 10/13/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] Chicken feed, TheStarNav, 10/13/2010
- [Livingontheland] Chicken Feed, Zachary Domike, 10/17/2010
 
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