PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[featherbaby]

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I'm using a coffee filter with a rubber band.

 

[elizabethbinary]

I'm guessing since it ferments it releases gasses... since I use a plastic bottle it expands a little. I think I check it too often for it to explode. Either that or I don't fill it enough. Or the plastic is expandable enough.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don't know thats why I'm asking you lol.

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Maybe I'm just lucky!! Never had an issue and I fill it like 2" from the top! Ooooops.

And it didn't even OCCUR to me that, duh, fermentation releases gasses.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well thank goodness you haven't had to wash down your walls from an explosion...

I'm wondering if I can use store bought kifer to make more or is it lacking in something?

 

[vmdanielsen]

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WCW...keep up the good work!!

 

[vmdanielsen]

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Andrea,
are you saying I"m old?

I also get little chunky curds. I have been trying to culture them more recently, but haven't gotten anything like another grain yet. If you choose to try something, let me know how the experiment goes!
Ginny

 

[vmdanielsen]

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Miss Lydia,

Any additives are put in after the culture is finished. In the morning I put a banana in the blender (or other fruit, raspberries, blueberries, MY favorite, mango!) and blend. Ernie is much more adventurous. But anyway, you do not want to contaminate your culture and grow unwanted organisms.


Ginny

 

[vmdanielsen]

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Faetherbaby,
Indeed, you may be growing something unwanted in your culture.Have you made kefir before, or do you know what you are looking for? I would be very cautious about ingesting anything cultured from an contaminated source(read: I wouldn't eat it). Having voiced my opinion, you should defiantly contact the seller and get them replaced.
I do not warm the milk when making mine. Sometimes I just skim off the top and eat it. Then I jut some more milk on top and stir. YUM!
ginny

 

[emarble]

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Andrea Yeyyyyyyyyyyyyy You have kefir Babies growing! Yes the little curds are the small kefir grains growing and will continue to grow with great Gusto

Ernie