Couple of quick chicken updates. The kids and I went out last evening to toss the chickens in their house (the kids actually really enjoy this) and were shocked to find them all already IN the house (with the door still open). Strange. The kids were sure dad had snuck out before us and put them in, but it wasn't him. They actually went in the house by themselves. AMAZING.
AND I made my first meal worthy of feeding to the chickens a couple of nights ago. Absolutely nasty, way too salty, hard as a rock little biscuits and sausage gravy. Okay, the dog got the gravy.
I need biscuit making lessons . . .
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Our chickens get all the vegatable and fruit peels and leftovers (if there are any) except potato peels. I've read that those can be bad for them. They also get any leftover rice, noodles, or bread scraps. They will eat eggs but I don't give them any because I don't want them to get the idea that eggs are food.
Our chickens are scrapers too, like Bitmaps. Sometimes they get a little scratch grain but they do well with just the scraps. Oh yea, when I mow grass I always catch it and it goes into compost, I give the chickens a little along too, they eat it right up.
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We've sent grass clippings in and leaves from the nasty tree next to the coop and a few other scraps. They're kind of picky still. There's been a few things I thought they'd like and they didn't touch it. We'll keep sending scraps out--they should eventually learn to eat more of it :)
My chickens get almost all the leftovers as well. I do give them the egg shells because it helps keep their calcium levels up to make better shells. What I do with the shells is let them dry out and then crush them into little bits so they are unrecognizable as an egg shell.
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I like the eggshell idea.
Chickens always go into their home at night. They don't want to be outside, where they are fair game for predators (no pun intended). It might take them a little while to learn where 'home' is, but once they do, they go in, around dusk. We used to go down, and just make certain the outside door was shut, so no predators could get in.
Hi Angela (great name btw); I found your blog through Emily's. I live in Ferron and I've seen you many times, but never officially met you. I have an excellent biscuit recipe that someone gave me. They are the best biscuits I've ever had and they are easy and pretty quick. Email me at angelou22@gmail.com and I'll send it to you.
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