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I've been using Sweet PDZ under their roosts since 2013. Love it!! Every morning, it takes 2 mins to scoop all the poop out of two coops with a litter scooper. Here's a pic of the smaller (6x8) coop. Nesting boxes are underneath. It's safe for them and my gardens and they never go to bed...

As an update on using the horizontal nipples: I LOVE THEM!!! I've been using them for two years now and I would never consider anything other than horizontal nipples. I am using the same white buckets and the same nipples. I set a plastic plate on top with a flat rock to prevent the wind...

"Sorry, that was long winded ha-ha... I've been putting 2 and 2 together on a lot of this lately, since I found out I'm pregnant at 37 years old, and think it was the prebiotics that helped lol, namely, the garlic wink.png" Yikes. If all it took was some garlic to get pregnant, I'm clearing my...

Quote: They always have grit available. The food isn't cold or wet. It's kept in the house and served every morning and an hour before coop-time. They usually gobble it up before it has a chance to get cold. They prefer to eat it off the flat surface of a big stump rather than from a dish. So...

Same here. Been feeding FF since mid Nov.......they LOVED it. Suddenly overnight, three days ago, they refused to eat it. Unwilling to leave no other food source in a winter storm with low temps, I rehung dry pellets. Even now they're barely picking at the FF I continue to provide. Two...

I feed my 22 hens Feather Fixer most of the time and that's what I've been fermenting. It's in my pantry, door usually open, occas closed, 66-68 degs, lid very loose and totally totally unobjectionable odor!!!

I began my FF a month ago. They LOVE IT!!!!!!! They are perching on the side of the bucket while I'm divvying it out for breakfast and dinner. I bleached and use a 35# cat-litter bucket and my FF does its thing in my pantry. The sweet "brewery" smell is totally unoffensive. And it requires...

You are so right shortgrass. Now that you mention it, it smells like the microbrewery down the street. And both buckets are letting off little fart noises. :cool: Is there a time limit in which the FF can sit and ferment in the buckets? IE, the longer the better. Or feed within a week...

Thanks! I guess I'm not understanding the comments regarding how horrendous this stuff smells. It doesn't smell bad at all. And the questions and photos trying to distinguish between yeast and mold. Have none of that. It is however giving my hens runny poops.

I've been feeding my hens FF for a week now. They love it. But why do my buckets smell like I'm fermenting adult beverages? The original batch was started 11/12 per TikkTok and beekissed recommendations. And I've continued to add to the original batch as instructed. There are no strange...

THANK YOU!!!

Quote: Could use a size chart....ie what size would be a ladies small?

Less inclination for dogs to eat the poo since the sugars and grains have already been pre-digested. THAT is a major plus in my mind!! :sick Well, SUCCESS!! I started my FF on Thursday, the odor wasn't too obnoxious and today I gave some to my 22 hens. THEY LOVED IT!!!!! So I added a...

And when you say "refresh the feed", do you mean just add more feed and water (keeping the same consistency) to whatever you're brewing? Per TikkTok's article: Water + feed + 3 to 4 days for initial ferment. Whatever you’re feeding now- ferment that. Add some water, stir, wait 3 to 4 days...

I was stirring it according to TikkTok's "several times a day". But I'll stop that and stir it once/day. When I put up my Christmas tree on the enclosed back porch, the water freezes, so I'm probably going to keep the ff either in the pantry or downstairs (almost finished lower level). So...

That's kind of what I thought. Well water with a softener due to excessive iron. Five liter corning-ware casserole dish sitting on a granite counter top. Maybe too chilly. I moved it into the pantry off the stone counter and I just need to stop staring at it, waiting for something groovy to...

I started my first batch Thursday afternoon (per TikkTok recipe) so it has now been 3 days. It's not bubbling, there is no strange "growth" and it's only just started to smell a tad different. House is 64-68degs. Am I too anxious or is it just going to take longer than I anticipated?

So for those of us who have college degrees in math and science.......we could've saved the 1000's of dollars and just subscribed to BYC!!! :barnie

Check out this article: https://tikktok.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/fermented-feed-faq/

Jeepers, this thread has 6193 posts. I started my first batch yesterday based on Tikk Tok's article. It's like watching water boil, waiting for that first bubble to appear. I'm sure I'll be back for help. I placed 4 cups of feed + 4 cups of water, but needed another ~ 2 cups of water within...