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To: Paul R.

Good info on what NOT to feed to the chickens.

Beau’s ‘Girls’ get stale bread/heels, veggie peelings and spinach or lettuce just about every day. I’m in charge of their treat bucket, which magically turns up on the kitchen counter at the end of the day, full of eggs! ;)

They love it. And their eggs are fantastic. :)


237 posted on 03/10/2026 6:12:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks, yeah, we put onions in all sorts of foods / recipes, so I really need to be more careful with that / scraps for the birdies. Doubly so with stuff my wife brings home from her friends.

Avacado, of course, we use much less.

A couple days ago I slow cooked about 24 oz. of leftover canned pinto beans* with almost a cup of sliced yellow onion, a bit under 1/4 cup of brown sugar, maybe 1/4 cup of diced leftover ham and roughly 1/5 cup of “Hunt’s Cherrywood Chipotle” BBQ sauce.

(Menards blew out 41 oz. cans a while back.)

Ooh, la la!

None of THAT went to the birdies!!

Amounts are estimated - I didn’t measure carefully / just threw it together.


243 posted on 03/10/2026 8:33:47 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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