Guest guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I do understand the factory farm issue but having my own ready supply of manure I would never consider buying bags of it from another source...so I guess my question has been answered. Maybe those with manure could share with those without? I know I'd pay someone to scoop our pens. To Robyn...I do mix ours in our compost/mixture dirt long before it goes on any plants and NEVER directly on veggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I would definitely have no problem with using manure from animals living with me. I have a question, since you say you have chickens but don't eat eggs. Is it true that they eat most of their own eggs if you leave them alone? What do you do with the eggs otherwise? I've always wanted to have chickens and wondered about this very issue. Chandelle On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, iimmccff <ingamcfadden wrote: > I do understand the factory farm issue but having my own ready supply of > manure I would never consider buying bags of it from another source...so I > guess my question has been answered. Maybe those with manure could share > with those without? I know I'd pay someone to scoop our pens. To Robyn...I > do mix ours in our compost/mixture dirt long before it goes on any plants > and NEVER directly on veggies. > > > -- " The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. " ~Emma Goldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I raised chickens a few years back and they only ate their eggs twice (that we know of). I think they were cracked and maybe that led to the eating. I guess it may depend on if they are fertilized or not and if they are collected early enough. I would collect them in the morning when I went out to feed and water them and I would usually check again at some point during the day. We did have one chicken that learned how to get out of their yard and it found a hiding spot to lay its eggs in. She went under our wood pile and we found the eggs a few months after we sold our chickens. All of the eggs were intact (thankfully). Until that point we alwasy wondered why she got out of the yard and why one of our chickens wasn't laying any eggs. , chandelle <earthmother213 wrote: > > I would definitely have no problem with using manure from animals living > with me. > > I have a question, since you say you have chickens but don't eat eggs. Is > it true that they eat most of their own eggs if you leave them alone? What > do you do with the eggs otherwise? I've always wanted to have chickens and > wondered about this very issue. > > Chandelle > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, iimmccff <ingamcfadden wrote: > > > I do understand the factory farm issue but having my own ready supply of > > manure I would never consider buying bags of it from another source...so I > > guess my question has been answered. Maybe those with manure could share > > with those without? I know I'd pay someone to scoop our pens. To Robyn...I > > do mix ours in our compost/mixture dirt long before it goes on any plants > > and NEVER directly on veggies. > > > > > > > > > > -- > " The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; > but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. " > ~Emma Goldman > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Around here (we live on the Big island) if we leave eggs out the mongoose will get them all...and bring all their mongoose friends to our house to share in the party, and we don't like to encourage that. We have two hens that will eat their own eggs but the rest just walk away from them. Those eggs we give to neighbors or to our local life-help shelter. We do not have any roosters so none are fertile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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