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just play it by ear. that is all you can do. mine right now are at that i going to eat everything stage. i am guessing 2 more weeks. i will let you know.

celie, i am going through the same thing . i use about a 18.5 % . i think it is this new strain. i raised the cornish x this summer. they were much bigger and weighed more at 16%. ration. i can tell you the 20-22% feed is a waste and creates wet loose droppings. i tried it with this batch for a...

Actually you can plant clover in the winter. If I find the article I'll post it for you. But, you can thrown the seed down before a frost, and when the ground freezes and cracks the seeds fall in. Then when it melts your clover grows. I've been researching clover for a while now, and plan to...

speaking of poop. i found the main egg eating culprit. it is one of the big old leftover freedom rangers. i found this out by looking and the eaten eggs and finding a big snowed capped mound of poo ( like a cat poo ).right in the nesting box and the 1/2 eaten eggshells were right there. well...

the ferment i feel is great for chicks. i start at day one. never had a pasty butt. the chicks feather out faster and grow nicely. even the cornish x meat birds on fermented feed are not the dreaded birds people make them out to be.fermented feed is the way to go. just over all superb to non...

for keeping through the winter.

yep i get some big eggs too. ps. i love b.c. been to vancouver many times. love granville island.

yes i have . i have also tried the mash. not a lot just enough on a spoon to see if was sour. i also when i am sick add a little acv in my tea. gives me the effect of drinking fresh coconut milk.

my birds have drank mothers before. i was filling the bowls up i put the acv in first and dang if them birds did not drink it up.. bee have you ever heard of to much acv. i would love for anyone to respond.

fermenting the feed. if you are using a large container. mix an amount in a smaller container mix it up. pour into bigger container add water and acv repeat until your big container is full . top off with water. you can't use to much acv. just pour some in . it will ferment on it own. what you...

all caught up now. bj my sorrows to you. bee feel better soon. fermented feed i won't switch been there done that.. bee bring it inside it;s just better for the birds. you know that. my gosh it is 2 buckets. the bat won't mind. i think i said this before here is my birthday december 21, 1962...

my birds go on it from day 1. you notice the feathering grows out much faster. the poop is solid firm with less smell.

i am 49 years old. i will be 50 december. i enjoy my chickens. i have been doing fermented feed for a couple months or so. from what i have noticed with the birds. is the birds seem livelier and have a good rhythm to their step, less bickering amongst the group. very shiny feathering,. less feed...

bee i am not eating it. it looks to healthy.

thanks bee., no it is this one https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/672135/meatie-experiment-ff-vs-crumbles

here is a great thread on an experiment someone did on Meatie Experiment: FF 'vs' Crumbles

Cornish Rock Cross Slow Growing Chicks Hybrid breed for meat production. Ready to butcher at 11-13 weeks with a possible dressed weight of 4-5 pounds. These slow growing broilers have less leg problems than the fast growing strain.

erin, i just went through the same thing you are doing now. my birds are not growing fast as well. i don't think it is a feed issue. i think it is a strain issue some hatcheries have slowed down the growth to minimize health issues. the batch of meat birds i did in the summer grew huge on...

in my observation by trial and error and i would others input to see if this true or not. before fermenting feed my 16 layers would produce 6-8 eggs a day. when i started fermenting the egg production dropped considerably .after the birds adjusted to the fermented feed it took a about a week to...

i am in the process of figuring out this as well. this is what i do and seems to work. i am feeding 30 meat birds and 16 layers and a rooster. i have 2 5 ft vinyl gutters..the gutters are placed outside the coop area. i feed at 2-3 pm. i do this intentionally to encourage free ranging. i fill...