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  1. DobieLover

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    I don't think so... You have set up an anaerobic fermentation process. That forms alcohol as the primary byproduct. You need to convert to an aerobic fermentation. You need to leave the ferment open to air and mix it well to incorporate oxygen and release the gaseous byproducts. I've been...
  2. Rick589

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I actually did do a lacto ferment early on. They were, for us anyway, a bit too salty, good though.
  3. Smokerbill

    Preserving Your Harvest

    Is it easy to ferment green beans? Just put them in saltwater? I put a half gallon of whole green beans in the freezer for eating this winter. I didn't blanch them. Last year I tried blanching some, not blanching some. The unblanched beans tasted as good as the blanched ones in my opinion.
  4. The Good Grumble

    Help with cold weather & ferment

    Hi all, I added 5 new chooks this year to my 4. I’ve always fermented. I have it down to a science, been great. But I only had 4 and now there’s 9. Winters have always been a challenge. Less challenging with 4 lol. But now the temps have dipped into negatives and I cannot keep the food from...
  5. V

    Overwhelmed with layer feed!

    Can you explain 'fermented' and what that means?
  6. SnackMeat

    No feed when free ranging?

    Yeah, pretty sure that's fermented. You have to mix it daily. If parts of it is whole you could try sprouting them. And you may try fermenting anyway and see if they change their minds if they get hungry enough.
  7. WhtRos2

    No tails and some bald backs and other spots.

    Do you mean fermenting crumbles and/or pellets? I thot you did this with grains, etc.
  8. Mother of Chaos

    Someone laid an egg!

    I’ve started doing more of an overnight mash, too. Once summer really hit, fermentation would just take off and become too sour, I guess.
  9. thecatumbrella

    Overwhelmed with layer feed!

    ...best with a whole grain feed like Henhouse Reserve or Scratch & Peck “Mash”. I decided to only do it once the weather cools. It seems to ferment much faster in a warm house, and sometimes the chickens aren’t interested in eating because of the heat, so whatever I put out for them gets nasty FAST!
  10. Mother of Chaos

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    It sounds like it's your fermentation method...
  11. tripletfeb

    Preserving Your Harvest

    Very easy to ferment them. I add garlic to them but yes, just the salt water brine goes over them. It's a two week ferment
  12. FrostRanger

    Fermenting Food- Stopped laying!

    Are they only getting wheat? Wheat doesn't provide the nutrition they need by itself, I would switch to a proper chicken feed (you can ferment that if you wish although I wouldn't do longer than 3 days). Are they only getting fermented or do they also have dried feed available?
  13. ClickityChick123

    18 week old chicks laying?

    I used to ferment my chick and adult chicken feed, the chicks loved it and the adults wouldn't touch it! The adult chickens feed eventually just got moldy in the container and smelled like the worst vomit ever and I got to busy and forgot about the chicks fermented feed. If you can't tell, I've...
  14. Altairsky

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

    I am a fermentation nerd. I ferment kefir, kombucha, gingerbug, sauerkraut, wine, and wild cultures that don't even have a name. The point of fermenting whole grain is to lower the effects of anti nutrients, and increase the availability of nutrients by letting bacteria pre-digest the seeds...
  15. Mother of Chaos

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

    ^^^ I think that the confusion arises from fermenting whole grain feeds (some of which are created/blended by the chicken owner; the others from a bag) vs fermenting already-processed chicken feed, like pellets or crumbles. It’s very helpful to ferment whole grains. (Whole grains = you can...
  16. LoveChickens27

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

    Maybe fermenting whole grains is better and more nutritious but fermenting chicken feed brings out the nutrients and nutrition more and plus the chickens like it more. :)
  17. A

    Review by 'Anonymous' in article 'Fermenting Chicken Feed: A Straightforward Method'

    Never heard of fermenting chicken feed. Explained very clearly !
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  18. User690263

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    What I want to know is why you decided to drink fermented chicken food fluid (I'm mostly joking)
  19. gimmie birdies

    Ended BYC Poultry Caption Contest 08-08-25 Pic by Molpet

    When chickens get into fermented feed...
  20. Loverexnchicks

    Food for mixed flock

    Than Thank you for the advice I’ll try fermenting! Hopefully they like it
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