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We processed 7 of our birds the other day. They were a few days over 8 weeks. I picked out the larger birds of our 170ish remaining birds (stupid, or rather smart foxes). I wasn't too impressed with their weights, they were all in the 7-8lbs range. However, I have been restricting their food a...

I'm about to start adding scratch in and they are 3 weeks old. I've been throwing scratch on the ground and they eat a good lot of it so I think they are ready.

As an update, we've lost 3 birds so far, not sure what from. I'd assume flip. That plus 2 other deaths due to getting items placed on top of them brings the casualties to 5. They are 3 weeks old on Monday. I now make it habit to cover the lid on the feed bucket. We came out one day and my mom...

I went out this afternoon and took some pictures of my 2 setups. First we have the layers and roosters that have yet to be eaten. They are coming up to 5 months old I think and I am eagerly hoping for an egg soon :D This is the shed where all the goods are kept. All these guys are getting is...

2 tbsp will do it. You can add more, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. I am fermenting pure crumbles for my week old white rocks. I have it in a 2 bucket setup however it does not work. The water will not drain out of the bucket. I use a strainer instead to just scoop it out. Honestly...

Just an update on my current FF status, the 16 layers+roosters have been eating fermented scratch for about 2 months now and are enjoying it. We just got 208 white rocks 6 days ago and for the first day they got crumbles because I had forgotten to start the FF for them. I mixed up a batch using...

Whole grains. I don't think I ever had any pellets in this bucket. I scooped some out and put it in a pile and one bird took a bite and then promptly walked away. I'll try mixing it for the meaties since theirs will be the starter. Thanks.

Wish I knew how to delete this double post...

I've been feeding my layer flock of 16 FF since about page 25. I think that was about 2 months ago but who knows. Anyways, they are only getting scratch but today we got 200 meaties. I wanted to jump start the fermentation process for the meaties with their crumble so I took some of the liquid...

Although not Cornish Xs, my Silkies do the same thing. I put dry food in half their dish and FF in the other end. They never touched the dry food so I just added it to the FF container. My brother brought his 2 layers to come visit and they took an immediate liking to the FF, they just took a...

YIPPEE! I don't know if it was the extra warmth of the green house (30 degrees vs 20 in the house) or just the extra day but I have bubbles. As soon as I touched the bowl to take pictures it started to bubble just like you were all describing. I took pictures of my setup for others who might...

I used grower feed and I threw in some mixed grains that I had on hand. I only did about a cup worth of dry food. I have it in a single bowl and there is no lid on it. I used ACV (Braggs) and unfiltered well water. EDIT: I stir it up 2 or 3 times a day to get some air into it. I'll try and...

Should I be concerned that it has almost been 3 days since I started my FF and nothing is really happening? Certainly no bubbles but if I look really hard I can kind of see a thin white film on the top of it. I've been keeping it in the cupboard but this morning I moved it to the greenhouse...

Well, after reading all 21 pages I promptly went to the coop and grabbed some feed and grain and mixed up a concoction. Hopefully it will turn out right