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  1. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    ok everyone, lets pull the lawn chairs up and wait for the rest of the saga!
  2. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    hmm i knew i was sitting in on this thread for a reason.. :p
  3. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    usually he puts them into a soup, but i plan to do something different this time... i think they taste great lol idk :p but i may be partial because im feeding them special and i feel mine are superior anyway lol but do you know what that clear gel is? or what its called?
  4. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    ok quick question, my husband says my chickens that are fed FF taste terrible, i dont know what hes talking about, hes trying to say the clear fat blobs that apear under the skin is where the taste comes from, says his chickens dont have it only mine do... i find that hard to believe, ive seen...
  5. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    im very torn with what i want to do for these chicks, i do not want to breed inferior survivors, i have made myself callus to a lot of the hardship my birds have gone through with me forcing them to live in the barn (its a new, pre-fab barn we had delivered last dec. not drafty at all but not...
  6. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    running it off? you mean the calories? all my chickens are in smaller pens than id like atm... I just about got rid of all my large birds, im going to start over with them later when my situation improves, they are in a 20x20 pen, i have 14 in there, all banties except the 2 young pullets who...
  7. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    oh in the summer they are kept over fully stocked in water, i have about 5 double sided dishes that i keep full, and if it gets too hot they get ice in their water and birdy/bunny dunks lol but those are the ones stuck in the barn till late spring.... they are getting a brandy new coop, but...
  8. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    has anyone else run into the funny thing that when on fermented feed their chickens only want to drink roughly once a week? i offer water about every 2 days, but its usually once a week or less that they want it, i haven't lost any, and they are all bright, i even have a hen who just started to...
  9. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    2 week ferment with minimum added for that time, a little of each ingredient to keep my % strong, its in a cold room that while it may not freeze slows down the ferment a lot and it takes time to get it up to "summer strength" when i add water its always hot tap... theres pumpkin, zucchini...
  10. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    I am, i use alfalfa as my base
  11. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    hmm im not sure, i know they can go through houses but i did have a customer return one because it failed in a dip, it must have been a large one that maybe the dog could go under? i really dont know how they work lol... did you know they make small ones for the house? i was so excited to see...
  12. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    the pet safe fences are just a collar and a box that emits a permiiter, no buried wires, but i think the land has to be flat for it to work properly not 100% ive never used them, just sold several
  13. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    so i ran out of FF for a couple days (had afew days of from work and forgot to buy more supplies before, somehow thought they'd last lol) so for now im wetting a handful of horse grain with their scratch to keep it interesting... as i now have supplies but i started a project in their trash...
  14. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    CM, I ferment alfalfa pellets and mix in corn, scratch, BOSS, and sometimes other seeds if they are on sale... i keep my feed in the "cold room" so once in awhile ill throw in a soft pumpkin, or squash... next year we're going to grow more squash types so i have more to throw in... but i feed...
  15. KrazyChromatics

    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    so... am i the only one who when its frigid out heats their FF? i keep mine in the house in a 20 gallon trash can, but its in an unheated room, so it doesnt freeze but its still very cold and i lost a whole hatch of older chicks when they ate cold FF on a cold morning, they all got chilled and...
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