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Thanks Bee. I'd thought of something similar, but then thought I might just go with ice cream pails (we only have 6 chickens) and cut the center out of the lids and glue some fine screening over the hole. It would make it easier to open and close for stirring. Don't have the buckets yet...

Until I can get some tight fitting lids with fine screens, I'm suspending fermentation. We're absolutely infested with fruit flies! If they're covered, they get scummy mold, and if not, the flies feast as much as the chickens do and we have them all over the dang house :(

I keep mine covered with the water/ACV. When it's time to feed, I use a strainer and let it drain for a bit. They gobble it right up.

Gave the girls their first FF just now, and they LOVED it! I'm so excited!

I got a small bottle of Bragg's with the mother and poured it into a gallon of the plain, generic stuff. Each time I'm getting low, I use some to innoculate a new gallon container. Makes it pretty darn cheap ;) Flax does have oil (fat) but it's the good kind...unsaturated and it's very high...

I started my first batch today...yeeehaaaw!

I like it! Thanks armorfirelady...I know exactly which ones you're talking about :D

armorfirelady, did you mean the rectangular Rubbermaid type containers? I never even thought of that, even though we use them for about everything else around here, LOL I agree, Pozees...having cats & dogs and other household pet isn't the same as chickens for most folks. And it does depend...

Even before the chickens, we had dogs and cats. Very definitely pets and part of the family. When sick, we did (do) the best we can to help restore their health. However, a line needs to be drawn at some point. For example, I would never ever treat a dog for cancer. First, it's far too...

Thanks Bee and Toast :) They'll have free choice alfalfa and fruit wood sticks to chew on, of course, as well as ACV in their water. I just wondered if there would be any benefit from fermenting their grain. I suspect you're right though, Bee since they have teeth and do chew to break it down.

Has anyone tried FF with rabbits? Minus the corn, of course. We plan to grain feed our bunnies on wheat, barley, oats and beet pulp, and I wondered if fermenting it might be of any benefit.

I have red clover in the front yard, so the girls can't get at it directly, but I do cut it and take it to their run and they love the stuff.

So, you use it for a supplement, then Miss Lydia? I was thinking of not using corn at all...just oats, barley, wheat, maybe some rye.

Thanks, galanie...what they get is probably less than that since we only use it as a treat. Whew!

I've been following this with interest and have a couple of basic questions: Do you feed the FF to the chickens wet out of the bucket, or do you dry it? We got some spent grains from a neighbor who brews and we dried them for storage. The chickens love it but we've just been using it as a...