Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

Becstasy94 said:

I was able to wait the three and a half days and it looks and smells good so far (relatively speaking of course)! I fed them about half, am I able to just add more feed and water and keep the cycle going indefinitely? Should I be draining the old water off when I replenish the jar or is it better to leave the water full of those good cultures in there? I worry about it getting too strong for my chicks and ending up deterring them before they learn to love it

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Molpet said:

I just add more to existing leftovers (back slop). Ready overnight usually. So you don't have to prepare as much if you're worried about it becoming too strong.
I use 5 gallon buckets daily.

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Becstasy94 said:

I’ve got four baby bantams so I’m only doing a tablespoon of feed at a time in a mason jar lol. I hope one day to have a big enough flock to use a 5 gallon bucket! One of my chicks isn’t doing well, is it okay if I continue to feed her the FF? I’ve started treating with Corid just to be safe, but I did start the FF right before she started acting different

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Molpet said:

should be ok but for peace of mind you might want to stop.Just to remove a variable
how old are they? Just curious, Mine are on FF from their first meal.
do they have grit?

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