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    Does the drained fermented liquid contain vitamins and minerals?

    That's great news! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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    Does the drained fermented liquid contain vitamins and minerals?

    I ferment the store bought organic mixture of cracked grains and pellets( limestone, meat meal vitamins and minerals) and a few days later, the drained liquid,especially after reusing it, becomes gooey and mushy. I wonder if this liquid has concentration of nutrients like vitamins, proteins and...
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    No laying eggs,

    I live in Australia, but the climate is not the factor, because ISA Brown have been like that even winter, spring and summer. They all lay eggs but only one or 2 times a week. ISA is well know as most productive egg layers. That's why I puzzle.
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    No laying eggs,

    They are about 1 year old and here is in summer now but even in spring very few eggs.
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    No laying eggs,

    They are all similar age about 1 year old.
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    No laying eggs,

    I'm very puzzled why they are laying very few eggs. I have 6 ISA Browns enclosed(about 140sq ft) with roof with deep litter method, they move around actively, give them 18% protein feeds, fresh water, no parasite, not molting. I have another 4 black hens next to ISA brown and they are free...
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    Quinoa for chickens

    Hi, I'm Japanese who eat rice as a main meal. Brown rice is better than white plain rice as for nutritional value, similar to white bread to wholemeal bread. English sites say it has to be cooked as rice swells in their digestive system, but Japanese sites forbid giving cooked rice(cooked starch...
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    What Kind of Litter for Deep Litter Method?

    Hi, sorry for late reply. I have not tried this yet, but I resume Bokashi bran can be mixed with litter or their feedings. I am going to study and find out more about EM use. I'll let you know.
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    Fermented Feed and Poop

    I started 3 days ago and they are having very runny, watery poops. I don't know the smell. I gave a bit of water together with FF. I found taking away water from FF very hard as feed is very muddy and mashy. I fermented scratch and pellets together. Does having watery poops all the time affect...
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    What Kind of Litter for Deep Litter Method?

    You are right! But I got harwood chips on the run which might take for a long time to decompose. I might sometimes use EM Bokasi bran to feed chickens to reduce poop smell and occasional EM spray on the run. What do you think?
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    What Kind of Litter for Deep Litter Method?

    Thanks for your informative reply. I will start with all sorts of organic matters and I'm thinking of using EM(Effective Micro-organism) to assist composing quicker by fermentation process which I usually do with gardening.
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    Dolomite, Hydrate lime and Zeolite

    Could anyone advise me on which ones, dolomite, hydrated lime and zeolite to use for deep litter method? I want to use for reducing odor and healthy way to make compost. I looked up online and found hydrated lime is more concentrated form of dolomite and zeolite is also good. Any ideas? Thank you.
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    What Kind of Litter for Deep Litter Method?

    I have 6 laying hens with about 12 m² run area that I want to do deep litter method. I searched online which is the best to use. At the moment I put hardwood chips and found not very suitable but maybe healthy way as pine shaving has abietic acid which seems not good for chickens, then peat...
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