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Raising BackYard Chickens
Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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<blockquote data-quote="raingarden" data-source="post: 25955128" data-attributes="member: 611025"><p>This has been an interesting discussion from the beginning. But, criminy, nine new pages in as many hours! What's going on over there? There must be a solar flare or something.</p><p></p><p>I will only add the obvious.... Any piece of ground or any backyard can provide a nutritionally complete diet. The only difference is the quantity. My yard may be able to support one chicken on five thousand square feet. Your yard may require only one thousand or as much as ten thousand square feet to support that same chicken. </p><p></p><p>The big trick is to understand what the lmiting factor is. Is it crude protein, an obscure micronutrient, or what? If you know what the limiting factors are, then you can supplement or enhance the diet to overcome those limitations. In doing so, you make better use of the overall resources at hand and do it with minimal cost.</p><p></p><p>Of course, teasing out and understanding what the limiting factors are is a lifetime of work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raingarden, post: 25955128, member: 611025"] This has been an interesting discussion from the beginning. But, criminy, nine new pages in as many hours! What's going on over there? There must be a solar flare or something. I will only add the obvious.... Any piece of ground or any backyard can provide a nutritionally complete diet. The only difference is the quantity. My yard may be able to support one chicken on five thousand square feet. Your yard may require only one thousand or as much as ten thousand square feet to support that same chicken. The big trick is to understand what the lmiting factor is. Is it crude protein, an obscure micronutrient, or what? If you know what the limiting factors are, then you can supplement or enhance the diet to overcome those limitations. In doing so, you make better use of the overall resources at hand and do it with minimal cost. Of course, teasing out and understanding what the limiting factors are is a lifetime of work. [/QUOTE]
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