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Fish meal for chickens

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 27, 2016 - By Suki

Fish meal is the clean, dried, ground tissue of undercomposed whole fish or fish cuttings, sometimes both,  with or without the extraction of part of the oil, and containing not more than 3 per cent salt.  Some salt is beneficial to chooks, but after...

Bone meal as grit

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 26, 2016 - By Suki

Bone meal consists mainly of calcium phosphate (Ca3P04). It varies in composition, depending on method of manufacture. Poultry bone meal, sometimes called raw bone meal or steamed bone meal, consists of bones which have been thoroughly cooked, dried, and...

Puffins from Bing

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 25, 2016 - By Suki

Not a domesticated bird by any means, but one of my all time favorites.  They are only in the Northern Hemisphere just like Penguins are only in the Southern.  I think we got the better deal.tlantic puffins have penguin-like coloring but they sport a...

White leghorn cockbird

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 25, 2016 - By Suki

When I was at the Northeastern Congress Poultry show in Springfield Massachusetts back in January I took a lot of pictures.  At the time I posted some but most I did not.  This white leghorn male was one that caught my eye.  I was taken aback by...

Khaki Polish Tolbunt

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 25, 2016 - By Suki

I love the colour.  I was surprised to learn that it is khaki, I thought it was porcelain.  Well, anyways, I'm thinking of bringing that colour over to Ameraucanas, sans the crest of course. There are several problems in doing this: ...

Duck Love from the WSJ

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 25, 2016 - By Suki

From the New York based, Wall Street Journa l...it's Pascha (May 1st) and so its time for ducks.

Chicken themes for your desktop

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 25, 2016 - By Suki

Ok, these set of themes is for Windows only , but otoh, there are some adorable chickens with hats.  Interested?  Go here. Now, if you are not familiar with the Tumblr site, Chickens with hats, it is still around but pretty much defunct. ...

Feeding chickens meat scraps or tankage

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 24, 2016 - By Suki

Meat scraps are widely used in poultry rations to supply protein and minerals. The amount used is generally between 5 and 15 per cent. Milk and fish meal are sometimes used in place of all or a part of the meat scraps in poultry rations but tankage is another...

Using liquid milk instead of water to supplement y...

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 24, 2016 - By Suki

Skim milk may be used in place of water as a drink for poultry, it is always cheaper than whole milk unless one lives on a farm with milch cows; goat milk is always an expensive product unless again you are literally swimming in it. Milk that sours during...

How chickens digest their feed

Greenleaf Farms   -   Apr 24, 2016 - By Suki

How chickens digest their food.... Glucose is burned in the cells for heat and energy production, the end products being heat or energy, carbon dioxide, and water (Fig. 118). The process may be represented by means of a chemical equation, thus: chemically...