The silkies have to stay on crumbles as the smaller ones have issues with the pellets. A brand or two even makes smaller pellets. I tried those and still they had issues so I mixed the two and when it was gone it's just back to crumbles again.
Not a dumb question at all. We all have to start somewhere. Here's how I do it. Pretending you want a quart of it every single day. I do this every other day though for 14 adults and 3 chicks:
You need three 1-quart jars and some cheesecloth or flour sack or something light to cover so...
For the little ones, I use a small ceramic dish, fill it almost full of their starter crumbles and then run the warm sprayer back and forth over it a few times. I don't bother mixing it as it stays more in the crumble form for them. For the older ones, same principle, just their crumbles with...
Once I put some in the jar I fermented. A day later they were all floating and bloated. DISGUSTING. Do not ferment bsf (black soldier flies) as it's gross!
I had switched from Dumor to Kalmbach's Henhouse Reserve (hereafter called HHR) for no particular reason, but since these silkies are my little princesses and princes I thought I'd treat them.
The coop was a mess. Their feeder hangs 3" from the floor, so they used their beaks to drag out so...