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Rural/Farm Life

Kaleva

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3. Providing proper and adequate nutrients is something I'll have to research

Reply to New Haven (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 13, 2022, 07:02 PM

Aug 2022

I've read where some grind up the egg shells very fine and feed that back to the chickens but I would think that the Law of Diminishing Returns would kick in as the amount of calcium available would decrease overtime.

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Raising chickens w/o feeding them grain. [View all] Kaleva Aug 2022 OP

county agricultural orgs might help New Haven Aug 2022 #1

Providing proper and adequate nutrients is something I'll have to research Kaleva Aug 2022 #3

i know someone who feeds his 2 doz chix from dumpsters. mopinko Aug 2022 #2

Feeding the chickens over winter may be an issue for me. Kaleva Aug 2022 #4

look into the soldier flies. mopinko Aug 2022 #5

Soldier flies probably won't work for me in winter Kaleva Aug 2022 #6

yeah, those are good but mopinko Aug 2022 #7