Also I forgot to say, "Yeast" Requires at least 62 degrees unless using a Lager yeast (home brewer). Standard fermentation of Barley, wheat, and Oats is around 68. So anything under 60 well not be enough to activate the yeast. seeing as how their food is made from the above you will need to bring the feed inside. Like I've said early the smell is nothing to worry about.
Yeah it can take a few days. Most of these birds have been imprinted on eating nothing but dry food so this wet stuff can seem pretty strange. But they are curious so that helps get them to try it. It will be interesting to find out the differences in their poop.Thanks Sill & Invision for your help. My feed is fermented now. I can smell the alcohol. Not too strong but it's there. I fed to two of the cages first. I screwed a plastic bowl (cheap) on a 3/4 inch board so it won't flip. Saw some birds jumped and walked on it but not too bad, didn't scratch all over. After a couple days they seem to like them now. I'll remove the regular dry feed soon. Will probably do this on 1/2 the cages and observe the difference in poop sizes
Following instructions on this forum, when it ran low I just put in equal volume of water and feed, water first and stirring well, then the feed. It seems to ferment the next day. Great process.
Now I need to build FF feeder that can store enough feed for one day for 8-10 birds that I have in each cage.
Mine are pretty active at night. In my urban setting there always seems to be a bit of light coming from one place or another so they can see enough to eat.
It really won't hurt to leave enough out for them that they have food through the end of the day. The beneficial culture in FF doesn't allow much chance for bad bacteria to gain a foothold.
