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am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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Posted by jeanwedding 6 ky (My Page) on Fri, Nov 20, 09 at 17:23
This may be off topic but to those who have chickies.I have been saving for weeks most all of my still picking green pepper seeds for chickens. This is for a neighbor who lives by our Lakefront other home. I live in the city here.
So am I wasting all my tedious time saving them??? Hubby suggest I freeze all the insides etc whole w?o taking time to save each indivual seeds to a paper towel to dry. No Hubby takes them down once or twice a month. He has not asked the neighbor if the chickens are eating the green pepper seeds.
I have saved some for my self, in case I plant seeds, instead of rebuying the plants. But M had the plants cheap last year in 4 pack or 6 pack cells. Most turned out great and are not producing still but some of them are still turning orange or red or yellow for the other varities I planted |
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RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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| Oh, if you are saving them for chickens, put the last amount of work possible into it! Chickens will eat all kind of stuff, and no need to pamper them. I keep a bowl of all kind of veggie scraps for my chickens, they prefer some parts over others, but once they eat the more desirable stuff, they move onto the rest. |
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| One tip that may work well, is to just put these pepper innards into a zip lock bag that you keep in the freezer. You can just keep adding to it until you have a trip out there. I think it is so sweet of you to save things for the chickens! |
RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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Yes That is what Hubby said. but I hate taking up room in my chest freezer it is so much stuff now. which I am grateful. Scared they would get pushed to bottom etc when freezer diving. Hubby did help me organize it somewhat. Plus I have a big white board dry erase type. If I could just keep it updated.
Yeah ,if I liked eggs, and did not have such a small yard and can barely take care of my Senior self. I even forgot about a little fish I had years ago. Forgot to take him with me . Plus so many dang wild domestic cats around here So only pets I have are dust bunnies and too much clutter. Thank goodness for Craigs list. Slowly selling off stuff cheaply. But not fast enough for my better half. He threatens a dumpster. Plus Junk pickup curb stuff, thrift store extra cheap clothes calls to me. Salvage store groceries still in bags. LOL
Jean
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RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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If you do not have room in your freezer, how about in refrigerator section?. Just put them in a brown bag. It will dry, reduce in volume and won't rot.
Also, this time of the year humidity is low inside. Spreading them on a paper towel will do. You don't need to separate the seeds from the pulp, chickens can do that themselves. |
RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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| I would say in a very nice way yes you are wasting your time saving seeds for chickens |
RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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Jonas302 why am I wasting my time????? Please explain in a very nice way. LOL Thank you
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RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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| It's a lot of work for the amount and quality of the output...that's all. |
RE: am I wasting time saving pepper seeds for chickens?
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| Toss the seeds; eat the chickens. |
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