How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Organic plants (OT, truthfully!)

My turn on the soapbox.

I've thought a lot about this. When I had my restaurant, back, oh, I'd say Mesozoic age, in the '70s, I did a lot of research on food. The restaurant ultimately was vegetarian because, if I wanted to put decent food in front of people for a decent price, organic meat was really hard to come by. It's better now, but not by much.

Understand that animal rescue has been the background noise of my life. You can best judge the health of anything by what comes out of it. We're not talking pooh or fiber right now, though those are good examples. If you raise an animal for meat or eggs or milk, it's really in your best interest to make them healthy and happy. You'll get the best, whether fiber, eggs, meat, or fertilizer. Same with your plants. You'll get a much better product if your plants are happy and healthy.

I'm on food stamps right now, and finding someone who grows the stuff right who takes food stamps is the proverbial needle in a haystack. But no one will change my mind, even though circumstances have made me settle: It has to be happy, healthy, and well-kept if you're going to get the best product.

Off my soapbox.

Debbie

Personally, Whether the eggs came from a cross of two breeds of chickens or one, is not the only sustainable means of survival. Look at ancient corn and corn today, and the strains considered heirloom. They were bred from ancient corn that does not resemble corn today to give more grain per ear, thus more food. If you look at several breeds of poultry that are considered heirloom, they were bred from other breeds of chickens. I've been off a few days and maybe I am just tired, but I feel that I keep picking up the same note of "we are better than _X!X#X_ because we raise our eggs and some of us our own meat. I do not agree with all the practices and feel strongly our livestock should be fed healthy food and kept in environments that are clean and healthy. I do know that the majority of people in the egg and meat business are in a labor of love and work hard for small profits.The farms with the salmonella eggs is also the dept of ag's fault, they need to make sure that the farms are tested and inspected. I'll get off my soap box now. Cathryn

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