Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts

Feb 14, 2011

Home grown eggs-uck??

I am rejoicing.  My hens have started laying again after almost a month's sabbatical.  We're only getting four eggs a day, but I know that will increase as the daylight increases. And then I started thinking....
I've been reading about GMO corn and GMO soybeans and so on.  Realizing these are in the scratch and the laying mash that I give my chickens, I realized these are getting into my diet as well.  What to do?Time to go on line for some research.  I couldn't find anyone up here that raises organic corn and soy.  If it's organic, can it still be GMO?  I can order organic feed on line, but it's cost prohibitive, not a good idea.  So...I can grow my own organic corn, but that's a bit labor intensive considering all of the other projects we have going right now.  My chickens free range all summer, I supplement their feed with kitchen scraps all winter.  I grow extra vegies for them, but it's not enough to keep them all winter.  So I guess I'll just eat these eggs, knowing they're still better than the store bought.  I'll just be thankful for the eggs.  There's only so much I can do, the Lord will take care of the rest.
Home grown eggs are so much tastier than the ones I get at the store. I shouldn't read so much.
Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts

Feb 14, 2011

Home grown eggs-uck??

I am rejoicing.  My hens have started laying again after almost a month's sabbatical.  We're only getting four eggs a day, but I know that will increase as the daylight increases. And then I started thinking....
I've been reading about GMO corn and GMO soybeans and so on.  Realizing these are in the scratch and the laying mash that I give my chickens, I realized these are getting into my diet as well.  What to do?Time to go on line for some research.  I couldn't find anyone up here that raises organic corn and soy.  If it's organic, can it still be GMO?  I can order organic feed on line, but it's cost prohibitive, not a good idea.  So...I can grow my own organic corn, but that's a bit labor intensive considering all of the other projects we have going right now.  My chickens free range all summer, I supplement their feed with kitchen scraps all winter.  I grow extra vegies for them, but it's not enough to keep them all winter.  So I guess I'll just eat these eggs, knowing they're still better than the store bought.  I'll just be thankful for the eggs.  There's only so much I can do, the Lord will take care of the rest.
Home grown eggs are so much tastier than the ones I get at the store. I shouldn't read so much.