I won't be buying them alfalfa very often.
I grew up on a farm, got a job with an airline when I was 18 and never looked back.
Now that I'm old and "settled" I'd like to get back to a homesteading way of life. Even though I'm not even remotely what most around here consider "country." Which is hilarious since I have chickens, garden, can, and making mead/wine.
Anyway, I heard that the chickens will eat some of the alfalfa and it acts supplemental as well as being bedding.
As far as I can tell, they just **** all over it.
First and last bale of alfalfa I ever buy them....
Of course the last wheat straw bale I bought was absolutely awful. I doubt there was a stick of straw longer than 3 inches in that whole bale.
It just fell apart as soon as I took the baling wire off it. Wouldn't even flake off into sections I could easily pick up and toss into the coop.
I just got my chickens last May.
You bet your sweet bippy I'll be eating the old hens.
I'm eyeing a troublemaker now. If she doesn't settle down, she'll be in the crockpot on Sunday.
Whatever hatches out of this broody hen will likely be heading to freezer camp around June or so.
I'll keep anything that sparks my fancy but anything after that is going into the freezer.
Manthing is very excited. He's been eyeing several pieces of wood. He wants to make a "choppin stump."
