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I can look for some cheese cloth or gauze/muslin. Will that allow enough airflow? I don't want to kill my ferment! That feeder sounds awesome! Could you post pictures when you get a chance? I'm about to switch my chicks over to fermented because I am tired of the waste. Is it safe for chicks...

Alright my southern peeps! What do y'all use to keep the tiny gnat-like flies out of your ferment? Even screen mesh is not keeping them out!

That's what I'm afraid of :/ she has been blocked so long I'm afraid it's farther down her digestive system. If she isn't better by Sunday I may have to cull her.

Withheld feed, offered clean water, Epsom salt flush, and yogurt. I've read conflicting info on ACV and garlic so I haven't done either of those. Her crop is almost back to normal but she got loose today and is back with the flock, so I was wondering about the feed.

@Beekissed, quick question: would the beneficial bacteria in the fermented feed be helpful in a hen with sour crop? I've got a hen who is almost over her bout but I'm not sure the fermented feed would be beneficial to feed her right now...

The main benefit I have read about and seen is that fermenting the feed breaks down the macronutrients in the chicken feed, which makes what is there more bio-available to chickens because the have a simple, monogastric digestive system and lack some of the enzymes needed to break down the...

For my flock of about 50 we use 2 gallons of water with 24-26 cups of dry feed to make 5 gallons of fermented. This lasts 3-4 days because they also have access to greens and bugs. I think earlier in this thread the suggested starting point of feeding was 0.5 cups of fermented feed per chicken...

@Beekissed I just wanted to say thank you for passing your knowledge on to us!!! Last summer I read this entire thread and started fermenting our feed. One year later the chickens are still fat, happy, and healthy and still act like they are starving when I come out to feed them lol. We've...

Well, I ended up with 21 chicks from the 31 that made it to lockdown. So far the LOVE their fermented feed! They clean their bowl twice a day and are already getting wing feathers in. I'll try to take some pictures later today for everyone to see

Well, I'm up to 20 chicks!!!! The large fowl are barnyard mutts and the bantams are cochin/gamebird and cochin/frizzle. They are super cute! I'll try and upload a picture later. Now for the other 17 to hatch. I'm going to give the babies their first taste of FF this evening Fingers crossed that...

Well, 37 of 42 eggs made it to lockdown! They should hatch on Wednesday And as soon as they do I will start them on FF.

Not really Linda. A couple weeks ago we had some huge storms, but none recently. Mostly just hot and humid. Thankfully it hasn't broken 100 yet.... My chickens love it too! All ours that were taking forever to molt finished up in just a few days of FF. I have some chicks that will (hopefully) be...

Well, I have FINALLY made it all the way through this thread! I found Tikijane's blog post about fermenting feed about a week ago. I began fermenting after reading the beginning of this thread and hearing about the benefits. My chickens love it! I feed about 15 chickens 6 cups a day, which...