Mary Fisher wrote:


I've done so all a long.

Mary

You claimed that was only a rumour. :-)

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"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:


I've done so all a long.

Mary

You claimed that was only a rumour. :-)

And that's my point.

Mary

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I saw daffodils that are about to flower in Leiden.

I've got daffodils in bloom in Bunwell.

Nyaa-nyaaaa-nyeee-nyaaaa-nyaaaaaaaaaaa!

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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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mode=straight-face

Can you still get balancer meal? Any idea what was in it?

/mode

No idea. I only feed grain, they have to find their own additives in the
ground.

During the war and for a while afterwards my grandmother kept hens, and
from a very young age I 'helped' her with collecting eggs, preparing the
food, and feeding them.

I used to turn the mincer while she fed in oven-dried waste bread and
crumbs which the neighbours saved for her (in return for the chance to
buy fresh off-ration eggs).

The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

Loose grain was given to them too, as well as the usual water and broken
shell grit.

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one side.

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The message
from martin contains these words:

I saw daffodils that are about to flower in Leiden.

I've got daffodils in bloom in Bunwell.

Nyaa-nyaaaa-nyeee-nyaaaa-nyaaaaaaaaaaa!

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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mode=straight-face

Can you still get balancer meal? Any idea what was in it?

/mode

No idea. I only feed grain, they have to find their own additives in the
ground.

During the war and for a while afterwards my grandmother kept hens, and
from a very young age I 'helped' her with collecting eggs, preparing the
food, and feeding them.

I used to turn the mincer while she fed in oven-dried waste bread and
crumbs which the neighbours saved for her (in return for the chance to
buy fresh off-ration eggs).

The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

Loose grain was given to them too, as well as the usual water and broken
shell grit.

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one side.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

During the war and for a while afterwards my grandmother kept hens, and
from a very young age I 'helped' her with collecting eggs, preparing the
food, and feeding them.

I used to turn the mincer while she fed in oven-dried waste bread and
crumbs which the neighbours saved for her (in return for the chance to
buy fresh off-ration eggs).

The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

I now have a better idea of what you are referring to.

There are two foods which are made to help balance the diet of laying
hens. One is layers mash (which is the one I think you are referring to)
and the other is layers pellets.

Mash is the one that can be mixed with potato peeling, etc. This has now
become almost unobtainable in my part of the country (West Wales) as
everyone seems to prefer pellets as they are easier to use.

At certain times of the year we do feed some mash (we have a friend who
mixes his own organic, non-GM mash) as we find it keeps the chickens in
better condition. We add the peelings, as well, as a treat.

--
Howard Neil

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

During the war and for a while afterwards my grandmother kept hens, and
from a very young age I 'helped' her with collecting eggs, preparing the
food, and feeding them.

I used to turn the mincer while she fed in oven-dried waste bread and
crumbs which the neighbours saved for her (in return for the chance to
buy fresh off-ration eggs).

The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

I now have a better idea of what you are referring to.

There are two foods which are made to help balance the diet of laying
hens. One is layers mash (which is the one I think you are referring to)
and the other is layers pellets.

Mash is the one that can be mixed with potato peeling, etc. This has now
become almost unobtainable in my part of the country (West Wales) as
everyone seems to prefer pellets as they are easier to use.

At certain times of the year we do feed some mash (we have a friend who
mixes his own organic, non-GM mash) as we find it keeps the chickens in
better condition. We add the peelings, as well, as a treat.

--
Howard Neil

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one side.

You are much younger than I imagined. :-)

--
Howard Neil

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one side.

You are much younger than I imagined. :-)

--
Howard Neil

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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from martin contains these words:

I saw daffodils that are about to flower in Leiden.

I've got daffodils in bloom in Bunwell.

I have too, in Leeds.

Mary

Nyaa-nyaaaa-nyeee-nyaaaa-nyaaaaaaaaaaa!

--
Rusty
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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The message
from martin contains these words:

I saw daffodils that are about to flower in Leiden.

I've got daffodils in bloom in Bunwell.

I have too, in Leeds.

Mary

Nyaa-nyaaaa-nyeee-nyaaaa-nyaaaaaaaaaaa!

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

Blood - all animal products - are illegal now.

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one
side.

all I could see was a nice looking young man. What happened?

As for the picture, it coud have been cropped. No problem.

As for free range in the garden we've solved that by keeping vulnerable
vegetables in runs. Spouse made steel-framed hurldes with chicken wire
infils, all in modules or half modules. They surround things like brassicas
and can be lifted out singly for access. It works with minimum disruption,
the hens are happy - although we have had some with the wit to fly up and
over ...

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...


The mash was made from cooked potato/vegetable peelings, dry breadcrumbs
and balancer meal, and IIRC, dried blood, though that might have been
for the garden. Can't remember.

Blood - all animal products - are illegal now.

Being in the garden of a semi-detached bungalow and since the garden was
all used for ordinary gardeney things, they couldn't be free-range. You
can inspect the pen(itentiary)s at:
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/marlbrgh.jpg

If I'd known you were likely to be looking I would have stepped to one
side.

all I could see was a nice looking young man. What happened?

As for the picture, it coud have been cropped. No problem.

As for free range in the garden we've solved that by keeping vulnerable
vegetables in runs. Spouse made steel-framed hurldes with chicken wire
infils, all in modules or half modules. They surround things like brassicas
and can be lifted out singly for access. It works with minimum disruption,
the hens are happy - although we have had some with the wit to fly up and
over ...

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:



everyone seems to prefer pellets as they are easier to use.

But our hens won't eat them. Picky or what!

Mary