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Try fermenting it less. Depending on which local source I get my feed from it may have fish meal in it. I only ferment 24 hours because of this, and it does not develop a bad smell, just a regular fermenty one.Hi, I'm a first time poster although I've lurked in the forum for years now.
I've been feeding FF to my chickens for about a month now and just starting to try with my coturnix. Their feed has a meat based protein source - is anyone fermenting a feed with meat meal, and have you noticed any difference between that and fermenting a 100% plant based feed? So far, 4 days in, the feed seems to be fermenting well, bubbling, etc., but it smells (and looks) quite a bit like dog poop.
Gave some to the birds for the first time this morning and they seemed interested but not entirely sure it was food.
So how's it going? Getting it figured out? The hard part is learning just how much to make daily. You want them to always have just enough so there is a little left at the end of the day, but not so much there is wastage, and not zero or they may be hungry and egg production may wane. Depending on time of year I make about 6-8 cups dry feed to 6-8 cups water for 35-40 coturnix. Plus some veggies.I am trying fermenting my quail feed. I have 6 quail and I've sped through two 10 lb bags of feed in the last....month and a half? And I'm dumping a good portion of that out of their tray underneath the cage. This is going to get expensive!!!
I hope I can figure out the fermented feed thing. I tried feeding them some fermented feed this morning and they have eaten it all up. So I think I need to give them more. Not sure how to measure for only 6 birds!