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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Thank goodness I'm not alone thinking that if it is /was edible, it can be fed to available livestock. |
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GTB
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
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Location: Heart of Wiltshire
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| Spana wrote: | | Earlier in the year when I was milking one of the highlanders any spare milk was feed to the hens, they loved it. |
I've never heard of anybody feeding milk to chicken before.  I would imagine that if you fed this to table birds they would quickly gain weight similar to pigs when they are fed it.
The only thing I have been told never to feed chicken is avocado because it will kill them within 12 hours. Anybody else heard this? |
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CP
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 16086
Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, avocado is poisonous to chickens as well as other livestock. 
You can feed yogurt to chickens so why not milk, though the only milk mine get is when they raid the cat's feeding area!  I do give mine a yogurt mix though.  |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="GTBI've never heard of anybody feeding milk to chicken before. I would imagine that if you fed this to table birds they would quickly gain weight similar to pigs when they are fed it.
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John Seymour fattens cockerels on bread and milk. Ive tried it but didn't think it was any better or quicker than growers and wheat. |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Hard boiled egg is reccomended to feed chicks in an aviary so why not chickens I also feed it to my parrot when he is moulting after all you get egg eaters sometimes ,strict no no's for parrots are Advocado, chocolate, alchohol, onions, mushrooms,raw runner beans to name a few ! |
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mojo
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 10900
Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| chicken eggs for avairy birds is not the same species so ok....sorry have a thing about hen eggs to chickens |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, its funny how we have feelings about some things that other people dont worry about. I cant face eating honey  |
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kated
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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Location: norfolk
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My previous next door neighbour refused to eat the eggs her own chickens laid - said it made her retch just thinking about where they came from  However, somehow it was ok to eat ones which came from a shop How about if the honey is in something, like a cake or a smoothie? Is it ok then Spana? |
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