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  1. LoveChickens27

    How do you ferment chicken feed? Is it worth it?

    ...I post something on chicken forums. 😉 Here is a test done on how many eggs were layed when chickens were fead, on dry chicken feed vs. fermented chicken feed. https://projects.sare.org/media/pdf/F/o/o/Foothills-Farm-study_Full-report.pdf And here is a website explaining the benefits of...
  2. Debbie292d

    Chicken bum messy after she started laying

    When I start seeing this, I get out the probiotics. It usually means I've not been fermenting so I get a quart going and give them Hydro-Hen in their water. That usually clears it up. Ones that are repetitive or get really bad, I just trim their feathers.
  3. Coffetym

    For those who ferment: how do you handle (human) vacations?

    I have been wondering & considering fermenting. Does anyone know how long the feed will be good covered in water without refrigeration?
  4. ameraucana 25

    Help me decide- Grandpa’s Feeder or other brand?

    Can you give me the link to it. also is it water proof and is it still good with or with out fermented feed?
  5. S

    stinky eggs

    Red Bridge mash layer, Scratch & Peck fermented barley. They get scraps off & on but are out in open on acre daily.
  6. NatJ

    Is this diet balanced?

    The usual solution to that problem is to feed it wet. Either a wet mash (get it wet and give it to the chickens), or actually fermenting it. When it's all wet, the powder stays stuck to the feed, and the chickens eat it too. I would not pay extra for a feed of that type (as compared with...
  7. B

    Hello

    Hello! Welcome to BYC! Plenty of info here and help if you need it! 😊
  8. Wee Farmer Sarah

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Likely Bread and Butter pickles. I use an old recipe myself and they are sweet. Not brined and fermented like kosher dill pickles.
  9. LaurenRitz

    I'm so old I Remember when:

    ...you don't like the idea of eating mold, mildew, etc., never again eat cheese, cultured butter, saurkraut, apple cider vinegar, etc. Anything fermented, probiotic, or cultured. Sourdough is a bit of a different situation (being baked after fermentation) but still. Kambucha, naturally...
  10. Smokerbill

    Preserving Your Harvest

    ...blanching them isn't too much of a problem. And my latest batch of sauerkraut made from some garden cabbage has been the most trouble free ferment so far. Nice and clean with no weird stuff growing, no floating pieces of cabbage coming up to the surface. I'll chop the cabbage into thicker...
  11. SnackMeat

    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    I use fermented feed too. I am planning on running a half tube as a trough raised up and secured to wall, maybe on hooks for easy removal to hose off. But currently putting our feeder bowls on top of bricks, sometimes more like a two step pyramid, they can't kick stuff into the bowl. The only...
  12. Justagalwithchicks

    What did you do in the garden today?

    ...tomatoes and checked on the garden. We had all that rain which was wonderful to help with our drought but this last week of high temps has dried everything to a crisp. Came inside with a handful of jalapenos to start some fire cider. By the time it's done fermenting, it will be cold and flu...
  13. LyleVertigo

    Attempting Fermenting

    Thanks everyone, I'll try the wet method until they are large enough to eat full grain to start fermenting. I'll give them some of this in a little treat bowl just to get them familiar with it in the meantime.
  14. CalvinBrownie

    How do I get my chicks to like me?

    ...then the next morning move that jar up and put feed in the jar before that so it’s kind of like a way to track how long the jars have been fermented you can even do just two jars the chicks still love just a day old fermented feed but yeah either way do not give the chicks fermented feed any...
  15. Smokerbill

    Preserving Your Harvest

    I let this batch ferment 5 weeks instead of 3 and it turned out great. I think cutting the cabbage into very thin shreds and keeping it completely submerged the whole time helped make it better too. I opened the fermenter just one time during the process to remove a floater from the top of the...
  16. Adolph Otto

    Very Sick Chicken: Please Help

    Thanks! How much do you ferment at a time?
  17. figit

    Fermented organic broiler grower ok as chick layer supplement?

    ...I wanted to check with y'all to confirm they'd thrive and I'm not introducing anything they can't handle too early. To confirm, I'd ferment this and offer it in addition to dry chick crumble and grit that we already have planned for them. Here are the ingredients on the broiler mix: 240...
  18. BigBlueHen53

    Granny's gone and done it again

    No apparently it is boiled or steamed. It is popular in Philipines, Cambodia and Vietnam.
  19. Justagalwithchicks

    Grubbly Farms vs. Scratch and Peck

    We use Scratch & Peck for a ferment and our chickens love it. Too pricey for everyday food in my budget
  20. MrsNorthie

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    @Perris has a great article about fermented feed: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wholesome-homemade-feed-2.79307/
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