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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 424"><p>> Here's a new twist for you! Many</p><p>> of you say you don't want to feed</p><p>> chicken litter to your cattle.</p><p>> Think about a bunch of cows</p><p>> grazing in a pasture. Manure piles</p><p>> everywhere. We say it's good</p><p>> fertilize to grow the grass. The</p><p>> cows eat the grass grown from</p><p>> nutrients from cow manure. Seems</p><p>> like eating manure is eating</p><p>> manure whether it be cows or</p><p>> chickens. Just something to get</p><p>> you stirred up. Don't say it's not</p><p>> the same because the cow has to</p><p>> take either one and convert it to</p><p>> what her body needs. My wife's</p><p>> grandfather feeds litter every</p><p>> year and I have eaten some fine</p><p>> steaks off of some of his calves.</p><p>> THe idea is mainly in your head as</p><p>> far as what the cow eats. I would</p><p>> not feed litter to my own cows but</p><p>> only because of the pin feathers</p><p>> and hardware in it. That stuff can</p><p>> be pretty rough on a cow's</p><p>> digestive tract.</p><p></p><p>David I see your point,However I don't use cow manure and spread it on pastures. Mostly I don't have pastures.So we use it for other things ie; Gardens lawn etc. One reason if I had pastures is if it isn't watered down then spread it will help restablish a good crop of worms. The cattle will reinfect itself with worms. Host specfic.. As for our chicken litter it two is spread out in areas that no animals are on including humans, Its to hot for most gardens etc.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:beefalocindyo1@yahoo.com">beefalocindyo1@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 424"] > Here's a new twist for you! Many > of you say you don't want to feed > chicken litter to your cattle. > Think about a bunch of cows > grazing in a pasture. Manure piles > everywhere. We say it's good > fertilize to grow the grass. The > cows eat the grass grown from > nutrients from cow manure. Seems > like eating manure is eating > manure whether it be cows or > chickens. Just something to get > you stirred up. Don't say it's not > the same because the cow has to > take either one and convert it to > what her body needs. My wife's > grandfather feeds litter every > year and I have eaten some fine > steaks off of some of his calves. > THe idea is mainly in your head as > far as what the cow eats. I would > not feed litter to my own cows but > only because of the pin feathers > and hardware in it. That stuff can > be pretty rough on a cow's > digestive tract. David I see your point,However I don't use cow manure and spread it on pastures. Mostly I don't have pastures.So we use it for other things ie; Gardens lawn etc. One reason if I had pastures is if it isn't watered down then spread it will help restablish a good crop of worms. The cattle will reinfect itself with worms. Host specfic.. As for our chicken litter it two is spread out in areas that no animals are on including humans, Its to hot for most gardens etc. [email=beefalocindyo1@yahoo.com]beefalocindyo1@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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