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  1. FrostRanger

    Fermenting Food- Stopped laying!

    ...getting (wheat, rice, porridge and greens) aren't providing the nutrition they need and if hens don't get what they need nutritionally they won't lay very well at all. You can ferment the layer feed if you wish (still provide some free choice) but the wheat and other stuff is doing them no good
  2. nuthatched

    Fermenting Food- Stopped laying!

    The majority of their diet should ne the layer feed, greens and grass is very low nutrition and rice has no nutrients at all.
  3. rosemarythyme

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

    I feed both fermented mash and dry pellets, so during vacations I put the ferment in the fridge and the chickens get all pellets (which they're fine with). If your chicken sitter is willing to dole out ferment, you can make a big batch and keep it in the fridge. Or it honestly won't kill them...
  4. A

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

    interesting and helpful. I am also interested in exploring fermenting Sicklepod leaves, as it is supposed to make a high protein feed. And we have a lot of Sicklepod weeds growing on our place.
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  5. Altairsky

    Mash for chickens - I need recipes

    If you want to ferment whole grain, look for proteic race pigeon mix. It's good and healthy for chickens and it ferments really well.
  6. ChickenShepherd_6116

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

    I would be fermenting store bought pellets or crumbles, I rarely get the same thing every time because I can rarely fend the same things in stock at my TSC!
  7. Appalachickens

    Someone laid an egg!

    I've been using the Kalmbach Chickhouse Reserve for fermented feed, in addition to their dry feed. Well, I don't know that it's actually fermented - it's more an overnight wet mash. But they love it. There is never a drop of it left at the end of the day.
  8. Perris

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

    When I do it, I pour about 1" of the current batch ferment liquid into the bottom of the jar for the next, and top up to halfway with water (so around 20:80%), then add the new grains/ seeds, till the jar is about 2/3rds full. As the grains absorb the liquor and expand over the next 12+ hours...
  9. Debbie292d

    Homemade feed for my hens?? Better than commercial feed? More affordable? I need the truth!

    I ferment Kalmbach's Henhouse Reserve and add in some red winter wheat and oats. It ferments fine in three days. I was using quart jars for the first few years, and recently switched to a 5-gallon bucket and keep that running. For the quart jars, I'd fill them half, and the rest with water...
  10. M

    Fermented Feed

    Just a quick question - my fermented feed develops a gray"scum" on top - is this safe? I read somewhere that it's just a yeast by-product, but it seems weird. Just need to know if I should dump it and start over.
  11. C Siena

    Question of the Day - Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

    I understand but, the natural ingredients are heated away by the high temp. I am going to try to remove the butterfat from the top, then use the raw milk and keep it at 110 for 20 hours. I will add a little gelatin and see what happens.
  12. K

    Fermenting feed

    I plan to start fermenting my feed soon but have a question. I have a feeder that I fill up about once a week. Can I put fermented feed in there and leave it or do I have to feed them twice a day and not leave it out at all?
  13. Appalachickens

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

    I read that as "human vaccinations" and wondered if there was something horrifying I'd missed about fermenting feed!
  14. Altairsky

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    ...B complex content and certain amino acids like methionine. But that refers to kefir milk specifically, nobody studied how many vitamins fermentation consume from chicken feed, and how many vitamins it adds. It was just to say that you ferment a balanced feed, and it might turn into an...
  15. talkinboutchickens

    Ended Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 05-30-25 Pic by I Miss u Loaf

    HAALLLPPP FASHION LADY IS BREATHING HER FERMENTED FOOD BREATH ALL OVER MEEEEE!!!
  16. U_Stormcrow

    Have I finally found good feed??

    Fermenting makes some things more bioavailable, other things less. Which things depend on what you are fermenting, and how you are fermenting it. Wine, Beer, Bread, Natto, Soy sauce, Kefir, Yogurt, Kimchi all fermented products. NOT interchangeable. Whether its a net benefit or not depends...
  17. 5Australorpasaures

    Ended Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 05-23-25 Pic by AidKD

    We keep telling you, don't eat the fermented apples at the Boone's Farm.
  18. Mother of Chaos

    Kalmbach ORGANIC Henhouse Reserve - what's in those green pellets??!!!

    ...is an older post, but I think what Cogito was describing are the very clearly processed brown pellets with the supplemental vitamins, minerals, pre- and pro-biotic etc. They don’t look like the dried split peas. My pullets adore the peas and turn up their beaks at the pellets. (I also ferment.)
  19. C

    Wet chick starter treat - ferment?

    Ok, I didn’t think I was supposed to ferment the medicated kind, not sure where I saw that. I have been reading and watching so many videos trying to learn everything I can!
  20. BlindLemonChicken

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I kind of want to know her age 😆
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