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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 585431" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>Ahhh, the chickens.</p><p></p><p>Chickens are omnivores in ways it's not appetizing to think too closely about. During the times of year when they get to range the farm (they will tear up plants during growing and harvest season) if I have to work on the septic line, they will crowd me like a flock of vultures, waiting to "help clean up."</p><p></p><p>When you hear stories about chickens packed too closely together in industrial operations, with dead birds and maggots, you *know* something is wrong with those meat breeds, because a healthy normal chicken will peck at their own injured, and they love any kind of insect larvae that I've seen. As a rule I toss the worst moldy bits, but chickens can taste foods similarly to humans and won't eat what they don't like.</p><p></p><p>(The goats are more likely to get upset tummies, and the moldy bits as a rule get eaten by the sparrows and other little birds.)</p><p></p><p>It's a good question though. Lots of people don't know chickens aren't naturally vegetarian, thanks to the packaging on "all vegetarian feed" chickens. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And now, time to start breakfasts!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 585431, member: 15907"] Ahhh, the chickens. Chickens are omnivores in ways it's not appetizing to think too closely about. During the times of year when they get to range the farm (they will tear up plants during growing and harvest season) if I have to work on the septic line, they will crowd me like a flock of vultures, waiting to "help clean up." When you hear stories about chickens packed too closely together in industrial operations, with dead birds and maggots, you *know* something is wrong with those meat breeds, because a healthy normal chicken will peck at their own injured, and they love any kind of insect larvae that I've seen. As a rule I toss the worst moldy bits, but chickens can taste foods similarly to humans and won't eat what they don't like. (The goats are more likely to get upset tummies, and the moldy bits as a rule get eaten by the sparrows and other little birds.) It's a good question though. Lots of people don't know chickens aren't naturally vegetarian, thanks to the packaging on "all vegetarian feed" chickens. :) And now, time to start breakfasts! [/QUOTE]
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