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[farmer2009]

This is for Farmer2009: Mozart, probiotic feed, and neon blue lighting for the chicken house. Mozart-loving chickens may answer quest for healthier nugget | NewsDaily

Dave that was an interesting read. For what it's worth we've been antibiotic free for almost 2 years. Birds have been on vegetarian feed over 3 years. This means no blood or bone meal mixed with feeds. We have the ability to use antibiotics if the birds get sick and it's required to save the animals. But you will be surprised at what we can do with copper sulfate and citric acid. As well as a simple vitamin pack and vinegar.

When our birds are caught all lights are turned off. The birds just sit down. Each crew member wears a headlamp with a red or blue bulb in it. Chickens can't see well in those lights so they move very little. But the crew can see what they are doing.

Tyson isn't the first company to make the switch. Being the number 1 producer of poultry in this country they will be the biggest. .

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 68˚ raining - feeling like Hawaii with this rain every day. We are in a flash flood Warning yet agin. The only day to mow was yesterday and I was out and about getting boots.

Ron, the rattlesnake youtube was testing the snake boot -one- about a minute into it the guy takes the ballon out of the boot and puts his foot in. He goes into the rattlesnake pit and irritates the snakes untill he get multiple strikes on the boot. The problem is that he does not have a snake boot on his OTHER foot.

 

[B7510HSD]

B7510, congratulations on retirement,

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[sodamo]

65°F and .64 inches rain last 24 hours.

Workshop looking great Drew.

Nice paint job RNG

Be safe
have a great day

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[dave1949]

Dave that was an interesting read. For what it's worth we've been antibiotic free for almost 2 years. Birds have been on vegetarian feed over 3 years. This means no blood or bone meal mixed with feeds. We have the ability to use antibiotics if the birds get sick and it's required to save the animals. But you will be surprised at what we can do with copper sulfate and citric acid. As well as a simple vitamin pack and vinegar.

When our birds are caught all lights are turned off. The birds just sit down. Each crew member wears a headlamp with a red or blue bulb in it. Chickens can't see well in those lights so they move very little. But the crew can see what they are doing.

Tyson isn't the first company to make the switch. Being the number 1 producer of poultry in this country they will be the biggest. .

I'd say that is worth a lot. Sounds great to me.

Glad you enjoyed the article.

 

[300UGUY]

I didn't know that any livestock producers were going antibiotic free. I guess that's good news, we really need those things to be effective, and overuse lets the bugs get a leg up on us. Now if only we reduced the meds we are taking...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 66F this morning breezy and cloudy. Was supposed to have rained today, but the thunderstorms just died as they were approaching. Church and working on weeding through stepson's stuff.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-05-18, 0250

53 right now...high of 76 today.

 

[Eric Salop]

Forecast was right, it is wet today. That's ok with me, I have plenty inside to catch up on.

I've been inspired by various dolly projects (no, not the blow up kind) and bought a few castors to have a play with.



RNG : Everyone can grow rocks so, sorry, plain stones can't count in the "look what I found in this hole" game - unless they are funny shapes.

Txdon : So that's what snake boots look like. How about a full suit of armour. Camera phone would be lower down my list of things-to-take-with-me-outside than a pump action shotgun.

Farmer : Please do keep telling us about the chickens, it's interesting.

Larro : Barefoot snake jumping That image is always going to be with me each time I see a melon.

B7510HSD : Congrats on making it to retirement. Have you got many things lined up to do that you never had time for before ?

RS : They say sheep can recognise different humans. Give them some food and they soon stop running away. Give them food often and you become their best friend ever - except on the days when you have no food, then they gang up and frisk you to make sure.

Drew : That is shaping up to be quite some workshop. Will you be painting the walls ? Easy to spray while it's empty, though not sure if that green would work in there.

 

[vtsnowedin]

At 5:30 it's 54 and trying to rain. First day of my latest job so out of here by 6:00.