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| SusieK |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 07:06:02 AM
Wanting to go more organic but cannot pay high prices for feed got any ideas? |
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 4:20:11 PM
A couple of things I do is go in with many other folks who which to do organic and drop ship feed - saves on the shipping and then everyone picks up their feed - also if you can get enough folks a local feed store might just do the work for you if they see there is an interest and enought people purchasing.
Next scout out local farmers markets and ask around - many farmers have food that they can not sell which will work for the chickens and hog. You might also find a organic meat producer who will sell you the scrapes from his processing for the dogs. I had a girlfriend who went with me on the left overs from a buffalo ranch - I also purchased a half a buffalo for my own food and then he thru in extras.
You can also collect wild feed for the chickens and hogs - my chickens fight me over the dandelions - I make syrup and jelly but they can snatch them up faster then I can. But you can mushroom hunt, gleem different types of greens for all the animals, plant what you need or also work again with a farmer. Some CSA's will let you purchase or have what they do not get sold so again you can be organic many ways.
I wish you good luck and just think outside the box.
Grace Gerber
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 10:13:53 AM
I would love to go organic with my dairy feed but no one around here sells it. And to order would be outrageous. So I am planting alot of organic sunflower seeds to feed them all next fall. And try to get organic natural hay too. I would love to get away from the soy in everything also.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| sherrye |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 08:05:35 AM
i buy alfalfa pellets for my pigs. i mix with sunflower seeds. i try to at least find food that still looks like food i can recognize.i do use oats and barley molasses kelp epsom salts. i also post on craigs for garden scraps. i get the scraps from the produce stands.they eat hay also. just a thought sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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| SusieK |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 07:54:14 AM
oh sorry I have chickens, a baby potbelly pig, dogs, a slaughter pig. |
| grace gerber |
Posted - Apr 22 2010 : 07:51:23 AM
We might be able to help you if you tell us what you are trying to feed?
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
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