tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post197418901487354978..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: to Mince or to MinceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-91421907804861598732012-11-29T02:41:58.036+11:002012-11-29T02:41:58.036+11:00Maybe just toss it in a drum half full of water an...Maybe just toss it in a drum half full of water and let it soak a few days; it might not need boiling. Compost tea.Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487203201260406514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-56702049417697447582012-11-28T20:56:28.386+11:002012-11-28T20:56:28.386+11:00I wrote a lengthy reply and blogger ate it. I thin...I wrote a lengthy reply and blogger ate it. I think it's much lower risk here (only predators are feral cats) and pelleted feed is too expensive for anything but horses and chickens, and these turkeys are domestic ones gone feral - not very bright or athletic. But what do you think of boiling the stuff? I have lots of wood, 44 gallon drums. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-47375257805484870552012-11-28T01:12:08.906+11:002012-11-28T01:12:08.906+11:00I've found mice and frogs in Turkey tummies. O...I've found mice and frogs in Turkey tummies. Obviously wild game is going to eat fodder that's contaminated with droppings from other animals, including carnivores, that then passes through their gut. Which deals with it. Our guts don't deal well with the type of Fecal Coliform bacteria that comes from a meat eaters gut. It is thought that the increase in the amount of animal byproducts put into chicken, turkey and cow pellets is one reason hookworms, round worms, Salmonella, Glardia and E. Coli are actually rising from a low in the early 90's. Therefore any compost made with waste from an animal that has eaten red meat is highly discouraged over here. The composting process simply doesn't generate enough heat to kill the bugs and parasite eggs.<br /><br />OTOH, you're in a completely different eco system over there with less of the type of meat that's a turkey is likely to eat over here. Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-54222519329787756642012-11-27T08:19:30.808+11:002012-11-27T08:19:30.808+11:00Faint but pursuing here - why? (it is remotely pos...Faint but pursuing here - why? (it is remotely possible that they'll eat meat - if they beat the crows and other birds of prey to it, which isn't a very high probability.) If it is as a disease vector - they poo on the grass, which the cows, sheep, wallaby, pheasants, geese and other turkeys eat, all of which I handle the raw meat and entrails of. They don't go onto the roads so roadkill is rare for them and we deadhole the dead stock or other animals to keep down the blowies, and their crops are mostly full of clover. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-23470713937945263862012-11-26T07:35:38.918+11:002012-11-26T07:35:38.918+11:00unfortunately it's very solid large lumps (tur...unfortunately it's very solid large lumps (turkeys-at least these, drop their offerings rather wet, from a height. so it's a hard little mountain, i broke with a spade<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-28365069057822275342012-11-26T04:19:22.931+11:002012-11-26T04:19:22.931+11:00p.s. covet your berries!p.s. covet your berries!AbigailMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711968417378358738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-70909141135169806892012-11-26T04:16:17.005+11:002012-11-26T04:16:17.005+11:00Seems like stuff to sprinkle on several layers of ...Seems like stuff to sprinkle on several layers of the compost pile.AbigailMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711968417378358738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-27434480245565296722012-11-25T20:07:56.058+11:002012-11-25T20:07:56.058+11:00Quite possibly even more so.Quite possibly even more so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-18842685781380044982012-11-25T13:29:57.503+11:002012-11-25T13:29:57.503+11:00Is turkeypoo as dangerously overstrong as the chic...Is turkeypoo as dangerously overstrong as the chicken variety?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com