Yep..In the winter Mama cooked a big skillet full of scraps, etc. and we'd take it to the hen house and set it down... steaming in the cold air...She'd mix in any sort of leftovers...which wasn't much with 9 kids getting there first...It always looked disgusting to me so I didn't really notice much of what was in it....I HAVE read in old timey books that hog food was cooked as a regular thing , and folks used to chop up turnips/mangels to feed critters..maybe just in the winter...Mom put some chicken feed, oatmeal, cornmeal..something else in there...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 21 May 2011 07:31:56 -0500 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > Your mother cooked her vegetable scraps for chickens?? > > ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dd898836587325733m06duc