Yes, you can add water to make it the consistency you want. If it's too runny Addmore feed. If it's too thick add more water. Give it a little time to also get in before you make too many adjustments.Okay so I decided to start my FF today following the suggestions in the link recently posted. I added 5 cups of starter and 5 cups of water. It looks way too thick to me. Do I just keep adding water?
I have found there is a magic consistency for my enjoyment. It really isn't reached at first because the feed swells over several hours. Then when you stir it that time should be a closer feeling to what your actual thickness may be. Also I think this may vary with foods. After you do it for a while you will know the feeling you like to have. So fiddle a bit adding a few sprinkles of food or increments of water, remembering the food will swell. I kept it covered in water at first and what a messy pain. So always leave room for swelling. It's really fun when you can hear the air escape.Okay so I decided to start my FF today following the suggestions in the link recently posted. I added 5 cups of starter and 5 cups of water. It looks way too thick to me. Do I just keep adding water?
Ah, good to hear... Me to. You would not believe how many labels I have read and compared both ingredients and nutrients. I have worked very hard to handle our finances.Yes of course! Glad I could help! I'm a very numbers driven person myself and I spent a total of about 8 hours over the course of last week figuring out the $ per % of protein per lb of feed of various brands and grains because... why not? I do all the budgeting in our house and get all the bills paid, constructed our path to retirement, all of that. My captain thinks I'm a mad wizard.
Okay so I added more waterand put a heat lamp on it. I came back to check on it and this guy decided to make a grave in the bucket. I can ferment him too, right?!
Sorry for the delay in responding. I haven't made a meal out of the chickens yet but I did use a couple for broth for my soups. By the time that was ready the meat was falling off the bone tender. Having been raised vegetarian it may be a while before I can face the prospect of baked chicken or something like that. Chicken and dumplings I can see as possible... absolutely no individuality there. As for taste of the meat when I tested it there was so much flavor from the onion and such that I couldn't tell you how the chicken itself compares to the store bought.Have you tasted any of those processed birds yet?
Boredom can be a BIG problem for sure. I understand weighing the pros and cons and making the best decision you can. I think that's what we all have to do. Have you checked out other boredom buster suggestions or threads? Just a couple... incorporate a compost/scratching area inside your run, the bugs will come and the birds will enjoy looking for them. Hang treats... broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, what ever.... slightly out of reach so the chickens have to jump to get it, even swinging as they hit it. I have seen my chickens jumping and getting berries off trees.
This is always a learning experience for me as well. I am here to share whatever information I can, but also to absorb as much knowledge as possible. The hard part is keeping it all sorted out!
