Weekly Garden Thread - January 21-27, 2023 [Seed Shortages: Opinions & Articles As To Why]

Various Publications | January 21, 2023 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

[Qiviut]

Liver may be filtering, but it does not store toxins.

Liver is a “super food” - I always feel better when I’m eating it fairly regularly.

Eating LIVER (7 Myths BUSTED) 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ufMDJ0OxI

[Ellendra]

Haven’t had a Japanese beetle in the yard since the year after I got my chickens!

Mine ignore the adult beetles, but go nuts over the grubs. I used to know someone whose chickens loved eating the adults. He even rigged one of those bag traps so it would funnel beetles into their run. His chickens would sit there staring, waiting for a beetle to fall out so they could grab it!

[Ellendra]

Mine eat “Hearty Hen” from Farm & Fleet. No problems so far.

If there are problems in the feed, my first instinct would be to see which ingredients came from China.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I had a customer at Jung’s and her chickens LOVED them, so she would bring her bucket of water and pluck them off of nursery stock for us in high summer.

Whatever floats your boat, I guess, LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

This is one area where you will NOT convert me. :)

Well, there ARE others, but that’s for another day, LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Ordered from ‘Seeds-n-Such’ today. Free shipping with a $25 order and two free seed packets - but I’m not sure what those are! Anyhow, I ordered:

Queeny Lime Orange Zinnia
Pro Cut Sunflower Mix
Empress of India Nasturtium
Xanthos Cosmos (yellow)
Chablis Peppers
Yaqui Tomatoes (paste)
Bush Blue Ribbon Tomato (red compact slicer for Fall greenhouse growing)
Celebrity Plus Tomato (red slicer)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Chicken feed conspiracy. people observing that their chickens are not laying eggs because of chicken feed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chickens/comments/mrs89o/chicken_feed_causing_chickens_not_to_lay/

(From Woke Societies on Telegram) The poster (a video)said they did not get any eggs all winter. People on her chicken raising forums said the same thing. One of their escapee chickens kept getting out and became free range and started laying again.

https://t.me/WokeSocieties/13415

This woman says that something in the feed is causing the chickens not to lay eggs. She changed the feeds and her chickens started laying eggs again.

https://twitter.com/apocalypsebar_b/status/1618688844567830530?s=46&t=aniUDWcPSrERL9igcQaZIA

https://nworeport.me/2023/01/24/watch-chicken-farmers-blame-tainted-feed-after-hens-stop-producing-eggs/

"The farmers almost unanimously conclude their commercial chicken feed is to blame for their hens’ decreased output, as the issue appears to have been remedied after switching to a different feed.

Check out videos from farmers below all documenting the same phenomenon, with some naming the brands they suspect to be responsible:"

Let’s hope this isn’t true. But anything is possible these days. pic.twitter.com/T1pxiW5rw8 — KeriA (@KeriA1776again) January 22, 2023

I have called multiple farms that sell chickens and they are telling me that their chickens have stopped laying eggs and therefore they do not have any for sale. I looked into it a little further and apparently they are putting something in the feed to stop them from being able to lay eggs!”

I do not have poultry. Anyone having problems?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

You got this story out there first! (I Should have backread the thread and replied to your post!) See post above for additional complaints about Chicken feed!

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[Ellendra]

I haven’t had problems with chicken feed, and no one in any of the forums I’m on has mentioned having this problem. A lot of people are saying it’s a hoax, but as far as I know there are still tests being run.

If there is a problem, my first instinct would be to blame ingredients from China. I say that even knowing, logically, that mycotoxins from mold are far more likely. Gut reactions don’t follow logic.

[Pollard]

I’m thinking about starting to mix some hybrids in. Did nothing but open pollinated last year, all from Baker Creek. They’re 100 miles from me and don’t charge me for shipping, no matter the amount, even a single $3.00 packet.

They probably figure I have gone or will go to their festivals and it is something I want to do someday. I’m sure most people that go end up spending more than they planned.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thanks Ellendra!

I did provide a number of different reports from different sources. The one indicated the feed had been sent for testing so yes, wait and see the results.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Ellendra; I think that pigweed is a trap crop for cucumber beetles. They apparently prefer Blue hubbard squash too. Supposed to plant it on the outside of your squash plantings. (IIRC!)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Add egg shells to the soil. You could also side dress with a bit of Calcium Nitrate that should help. Good luck!

[TheConservativeParty]

Thank you!
🍅

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Good to have a mix. I have no real room to rotate in my small garden, so my hybrids are grown to fight the diseases and fungus they will encounter there and my heirlooms will probably put four or five few braces of tomatoes and wilt away.