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  1. Molpet

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    I have been feeding FF since 2015. I had a 8 year old hen hatch 9 last week . She has been eating FF her entire life. Doesn't seem to have done her any harm.
  2. The Bougie Coop

    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    Just wanted to come back and add some more info. I have changed the way I do my fermenting a bit. I have switched to Eden Feeds (a more local feed supplier that I love, and it is much more economical to feed) and I no longer use tap water as I realized that mine contains chloramine, which is...
  3. Perris

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    wow! you're brave! :lau just out of curiosity, why don't you trust your chickens' judgement on chicken food? Or, to put it another way, why do you think you know better?
  4. A

    How much fermented feed per bird?

    So did you start off with about 3/4 of a cup to a full cup prior to fermenting?
  5. K

    Chicken help??

    Ok, that you so much
  6. Altairsky

    Am i feeding enough

    When they finish their food, just give them more ordinary chick feed. Fermented food is an option, not a requirement.
  7. Altairsky

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

    No, only fermenting for more than 24 hours in hot weather raises doubts on bacterial nutrient consumption. If you make a mash with water it's great, if you make a mash with yogurt is also great because you add probiotic. Fermented processed feed is not all bad, it still has plenty of...
  8. Perris

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    would you care to share your source(s) for that?
  9. Appalachickens

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    I like my chickens more than that - I’m giving them a nice IPA.
  10. Granny Hatchet

    Granny's gone and done it again

    I believe it is the century eggs that are fermented but not 100% sure on that
  11. Perris

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

    yes you could. Fermenting that will first remove the misleadingly named 'anti-nutritional factors', which are better thought of as *anti-digestive* factors, which are compounds the plant puts into the seed to try to stop it being digested, so it can germinate when the consumer poops it out...
  12. CalvinBrownie

    How do I get my chicks to like me?

    ferment chick feed for 12-48 hours and put it in a bowl they will realize its good and later feed them from your hand, you can also make a sound when you give them this fermented feed so they know its you. Also don't tower your hand above them because they'll think you're a hawk. Try to reach in...
  13. U_Stormcrow

    Whitetail Creek Farm: Starting from scratch

    Don't get me started on fermented feed myths. Too many variables. Birds tend to waste a LOT of feed as crumble. Up to 10%. Rendering it into a wet mash reduces waste much like serving pellet reduces waste. They are more likely to see and eat the bits they spill out of the bowl when its oatmeal...
  14. Eggcessive

    Weird looking poop

    The speckled poop does look unusual and contains some undigested corn, and the second picture is of some cecal poop mixed in with the speckled poop. Cecal poops come from the cecum where food is fermented between the small and large intestines.
  15. Mother of Chaos

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

    ^^^ great summary here! I’ve moved to one large serving of fermented whole grain feed in the morning, with the same feed in dried form available through the day in a hanging feeder. I was going crazy trying to guess how much to ferment for 100% fermented meals each day, as the amounts they ate...
  16. DobieLover

    Chick crumbles not ok for adult chickens?

    I use what's available in my area. Right now I use non-medicated Nutrena starter/grower at 18% in my hanging troughs and 22% fermented broiler mash in my heated dog bowl at 50/50 ratio to hit an average of 20% protein.
  17. K

    Chicken help??

    Her regular diet consists of greens like lettuce and grass, as well as some fermented food and pellets that we put vitamins in with. We also give them a little bit of dmaticious Earth in there food.
  18. WilderSkye

    Q on Electrolytes and Chick Boost

    Thank you everyone. I have them on Scratch and Peck dry, and fermented wet to help the smaller ones. I did just moistened yesterday and they like that. I also have Scratch and Peck chick grit and they are using it. They seem to be selecting all the above. I ferment all kinds of things. On...
  19. Princess Lay- A

    Am i feeding enough

    I have 6 (7 week) chicks, I ferment 1+ 3/4 cups of food in quart mason jar. I feed them 2 mason jars a day which they finish by the afternoon . They free range during the day. Should I be feeding them more of the fermented food being that they finish it all by the afternoon or are they getting...
  20. Mother of Chaos

    Chickens hate new feed, what to do?

    ...but if me, I’m going with Chickhouse Reserve with shell on the side for the indefinite future, even though mine are laying now. Mine eat it fermented, and also dry for when they need a bit more. All the fermented is eaten, and when it’s dry, I just dump the “bits” they skip over into the run...
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