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After eating all we want, canning, freezing and drying what we might need, I let the rest dry on the stalk and pick and husk it and put it in the corn crib. I then shred the stalks for bedding. Chickens then turn the bedding into nutrients for the compost pile, which I then turn back into growing more corn... Nothing wasted...<<<<<
That is the way it should be done.
The only corn that would even attempt to grow here was one of the old ones called Black Aztec.
Those hens know what is good for them.
When you kill a snake, if it is a poison type, cut the head off and bury it deep, but throw the body in the chicken house and they will eat it.
The buzzards will not eat it for 24 hours, but I think that if you split the belly, the chickens will eat it fresh.
>>>Those hens know what is good for them.<<<
In addition to grass, they love squash, pumpkins, beets, turnips and positively love watermelon - I plant extras for them.
I have always heard of mangles for feeding to livestock, and saw that chickens love them too... So I have some seed ordered (on backorder) to try. 20 pound beet might take them at least a half hour to eat... LOL
>>>The only corn that would even attempt to grow here was one of the old ones called Black Aztec.<<<
That’s the one I got... It turns a deep blue/purple almost black... I wanted it in case it turns out hot and dry this summer - they say it is one of the few that can weather adversity and still produce a good yield. Figured that was what I should have. When it is ground, it takes on that blue color more than black.
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