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RE: Lesson Learned - Homestead LIVESTOCK Mistake CORRECTED!
I've seen the same things with chickens from factory farms which couldn't survive without the chemicle dosed feed.🐓So when certain traditional breeds of rural chickens were brought in (even though they had slightly less yield) they all thrived and were healthy.🐔
Thanks for sharing!
@egodust - We have an Amish "neighbor" who raises "free range" organic chickens for egg production. Every 13 months he has to cycle out his birds and get a new flock. The birds are about 18 months old when he switches them out, so he sells them for $2/bird. They still have a good six months or so of laying and then you could butcher, although they aren't very "meaty" you could still make a good broth with them with a little meat. We bought 75 birds from him with the intention of letting them lay for another 5-6 months and sell the eggs. Then retire them into the freezer. We put them out to free range and they had no idea what to do. We had to feed them a ridiculous amount of feed to keep them laying. We went ahead and sold them as we just felt it wasn't worth the expense of the feed. And these chickens were raised "organically" with outside access so were considered "free range" on the carton. Sigh. :/
So awesome that your posts are powered by solar!
Good Stuff.🥇