Re: Feeding chickens. Was: New and baffled. Teach me, please?

[Guest guest]

....if you want the " gold standard " of good eggs, what you want is good old

fashioned

backyard/pastured eggs, from hens that roam around pecking the dirt and eating

bugs.

Thinking along the lines of grass-fed cows v. grain-fed, do chickens that get as

much vegetable matter, bugs and worms as they want still need grain?

Cheers,

Tas'.

[Guest guest]

At 04:21 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:

>Thinking along the lines of grass-fed cows v. grain-fed, do chickens that get

as much vegetable matter, bugs and worms as they want still need grain?

>

>Cheers,

>Tas'.

Yes. Or kitchen leftovers. Laying eggs takes a lot

of energy, and it's not natural to lay at the rate

chickens do. Maybe if there are a LOT of worms

and bugs around they wouldn't need the starch,

but mine hunt all day and eat grass heads and still

need extra food if I want them to lay.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

>>>Yes. Or kitchen leftovers. Laying eggs takes a lot

of energy, and it's not natural to lay at the rate

chickens do. Maybe if there are a LOT of worms

and bugs around they wouldn't need the starch,

but mine hunt all day and eat grass heads and still

need extra food if I want them to lay.<<<

Thanks for that, Heidi.

Cheers,

Tas'.