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A once-in-a-generation discovery is transforming a Michigan dairy farm

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33 points PaulHoule | 1 comments | 02 Nov 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mythrwy ◴[02 Nov 25 17:47 UTC] No.45792043[source]▶
Interesting. I have been feeding my chickens ground flax seed and pecans (there are a lot of pecan orchards in the area so it's easy to get old nuts which I just smash and let the chickens pick through them). I don't have any quantitative data but I'm hopeful it produces healthier eggs. At minimum it produces very tasty eggs.
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1. m3047 ◴[02 Nov 25 19:11 UTC] No.45792626[source]▶
I have noticed (with my intergenerational, perpetual flock) that different behaviors come and go. There seems to be a current one where if I feed them mixed scratch grains then when it's rainy they eat the corn and leave the wheat / barley to sprout before eating. I wish they wouldn't, it attracts rats!