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totally gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it! And it seems like such a waste of a potential source of meat...

Thanks for the tips on long-term vacation! I may just have to switch to dry feed during that time. There's 18 birds, and in my region the standard temps during late December are 40s-50s during the day, and down to the mid to low 30s at night. The dog's outside water dish tends to freeze at night...

Does anyone have any tips for FF while on vacation? I'm going to be gone for at least a week around Christmas, and can't figure out how to automate wet feed.

does anyone feed FF to ducks? My week old babies gobble it up, but the 2 month olds won't touch it! -

No pasty butt so far, but I didn't give them flax when they were super little - I waited until they were a few weeks old. I bought a 25 lb bag, you shouldn't have to worry about rancidity as long as they aren't crushed or ground.

I fed my first batch of the new feed today- I have some happy chickens!

Flax is 10% of my homemade ration - 1 cup for every 9 cups of other grains. That and split peas are my main protein sources.

Thank you! In that case, should I even bother dehydrating the liver? It may be easier to add it pureed, or maybe diced.. any tips on where to get limestone?

I'm formulating a new homemade feed, but I'm not sure if it can be fermented. The protein source in the feed will be dehydrated beef liver. Can small pieces of meat go into the FF? The feed would be 50 lbs wheat 50 lbs oats 8 lbs dried liver 1/2 lb trace mineral salt I know most commercial...

How long do you guys allow your feed to sit and ferment? Right now my feed is only in the bucket for 12-18 hours before being fed, but I'd like to start doing larger batches because my 5-week chicks are eating a LOT! Could I do a week's worth of feed at once?

Me too! I made the mistake of going in with flip-flops and red polish on my toenails! Ouch!

I probably could, it all sticks together in a film. I'm debating whether to dump the whole works and start over.

Quick question -- the film on top of my FF is grey/black. Is this ok? I added more ACV this morning just in case.

At our hottest, it gets up to about 120. The summers are brutal, but I love it here! Here's the view out my front door!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU! I thought I had a sick bird.. it never even occurred to me that the 102-degree temperature had something to do with it..

I'm sorry if this has already been addressed, but at what age can you begin feeding FF only once a day? Mine are 3 weeks old and I'm still feeding twice daily.