PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[featherbaby]

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Yes, we DEFINITELY need a cookbook for Kefir usage. I'm trying new recipes that I can substitute it for milk or buttermilk and will post them as I get good ones....like the bran muffins. Those have been a 'hit' with everyone who has tried them.

Tell us more about the 'laban' and how to make cheese with Kefir please. I think mine makes cottage cheese already. It sure looks like it when I strain it and clumps of white 'curds' won't go through the colander.

 

[Ukyou]

I make cream cheese from mine often. I love cream cheese and jelly sandwiches. I just drain it it by using a white paper towel over a colander until enough whey is out that it is the consistency I like. What I am trying now is aging it for 2 or 3 months. However I just tightly packed it into a jar and now I am thinking I was supposed to wrap it in paraffin or drop it in oil.
I also usually drain it a bit before I give it to my husband since he likes normal yogurt consistency and kefir is too thin for him.

 

[featherbaby]

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Is there some reason it's supposed to age without oxygen? What does aging do for it?

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

When useing kefir in baked goods does the heat kill off the probiotic properties?

 

[vmdanielsen]

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I think so...anybody with proof?

 

[Chickielady]

My marbles are so active they look like noodles now, and had so much whey I gave bowls to my flocks, and boy did they love it !
Excellent probiotics AND protein for the beginning of lay season !
Excellent !!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Sorry I am a hit or miss here lately, but is anyone else having any stomache issues? Mine is cramping lately and it never cramps. I don't know if it is the Kefir alone or that I mix it with protein powder.

Anyone else? Thanks

 

[animalover]

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No - no cramps at all, and I started right out drinking a full glass. Maybe you have some kind of bug, and it just coincides with the kefir usage? Somewhere I read that you may need to start taking a small amount and build up to larger quantities. Hope you feel better soon!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Thanks animalover, I will cut back and take out the protein powder to see what happens. Maybe it is a bug...

 

[featherbaby]

I have ulcers and the kefir smoothies I've been having every afternoon for several weeks now has caused an improvement. Not as much pain, and less frequent episodes. I am hopeful that it will be a permanent solution to a chronic problem. We'll see.