Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

These apparently can be eaten - though nobody has said they are delicious. I haven’t tried.
They are Meripilus giganteus. And giganteus is correct.
If I dared eat them, just one frond would be a meal for two.
They live off dead trees apparently.
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My go-to reference says of them "edible but can be a little bitter". Given that of others he says things like "edible but not worth it", I guess that means your giant polypore might be tasty and nutritious if you can find a fresh soft specimen

 

[Canadian Wind]

Going back to oyster mushrooms, would grocery store bought ones be good? I gather you feed them to the chickens.

 

[fuzzi]

With the new UK chicken registry, any increase in dumping?
I just seen this about dumping in Oz
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/104377662#amp_tf=From %1$s&aoh=17284720419471&csi=0&referrer=https://www.google.com

People!

I will probably be rehoming Silas, he's getting on everyone's nerves. So far Zacchaeus has been tolerant, walks away, then scratches the ground vigorously as if he were a bull pawing. Zack looks irritated with Silas, but I haven't seen them fight, yet.

Silas is a pretty boy.

 

[RoyalChick]

My go-to reference says of them "edible but can be a little bitter". Given that of others he says things like "edible but not worth it", I guess that means your giant polypore might be tasty and nutritious if you can find a fresh soft specimen

Hmmm. Maybe I will try. There are many to choose from!

 

[Perris]

I gather you feed them to the chickens.

No, I don't add mushrooms of any sort to the food I supply. But I have seen the chickens eating some that grow in the garden. I'm not sure how they assess them, but commonly I find the caps knocked off; I don't know if that's deliberate, or if it's just collateral damage of their general foraging behaviour.

Going back to oyster mushrooms, would grocery store bought ones be good?

I believe the coccidiostat action all happens in the mycelium, not the fruiting bodies. The bit we get to see above ground is just a tiny fraction of a fungus, most of which lives in the top few inches of the soil and may be more extensive than we'd ever guess. The fruiting body is usually nutritious though - lots of vitamins and minerals in a bioavailable form - so if you want to offer them to your chickens, and the chickens can choose whether or not to eat them, I can't see any issue with it.

 

[Canadian Wind]

No, I don't add mushrooms of any sort to the food I supply. But I have seen the chickens eating some that grow in the garden. I'm not sure how they assess them, but commonly I find the caps knocked off; I don't know if that's deliberate, or if it's just collateral damage of their general foraging behaviour.

I believe the coccidiostat action all happens in the mycelium, not the fruiting bodies. The bit we get to see above ground is just a tiny fraction of a fungus, most of which lives in the top few inches of the soil and may be more extensive than we'd ever guess. The fruiting body is usually nutritious though - lots of vitamins and minerals in a bioavailable form - so if you want to offer them to your chickens, and the chickens can choose whether or not to eat them, I can't see any issue with it.

Okay, so oak shaving all over the property and inoculate with oyster mushroom spore, got it! I'll get right on that!

Mycelium is absolutely amazing. I've even heard that they can 'communicate' over hundreds of miles through it!

Tax paid, my young flock of Dark Brahma, just 5 months old:

 

[no fly zone]

Here's the link to the X article about people registering chickens:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841138334862557470

But it is big & clever. Some ppl just love living with that boot on their face.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good afternoon one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s with tornado and hurricane warnings.

Have a great day!

Anyone in line with hurricane take care and be safe.

 

[fuzzi]

Okay, so oak shaving all over the property and inoculate with oyster mushroom spore, got it! I'll get right on that!

Mycelium is absolutely amazing. I've even heard that they can 'communicate' over hundreds of miles through it!

Tax paid, my young flock of Dark Brahma, just 5 months old:

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Striking!

 

[fuzzi]

But it is big & clever. Some ppl just love living with that boot on their face.

Actually I thought it was pretty funny.

Protests like that are one way citizens can communicate their displeasure with government edicts.