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That's too bad, because smell is your biggest indicator...as the fermentation deepens, the smell is VERY rank and sour, then people report that it goes from that to a rotten smell and they see black mold forming on the top of the feed. With that kind of hindrance, I'd just err on the side of...

4 chickens will likely consume 2-2 1/2 c. total for the day...not each, for all the birds. However you feed it, once or twice, that's about how much each adult bird will eat...1/2 c. of feed, be it dry or FF. The highest temp isn't a factor...it merely ferments more quickly in higher...

Isn't it? I'm all about easy and I've got the same setup. Free range all day, feed of an evening, collect the eggs while I'm up there. Never close my coop up unless I'm retraining birds to lay in the nests, so I don't have to worry about opening and closing a pop door all the time.

That is so refreshingly funny!!! You wouldn't believe how some folks complicate the whole process and get so confused by it all. No matter how much we say add feed to water, stir and wait, it seems to be past all understanding to some folks and they even give up doing it, saying they tried it...

Beyond the stirring it gets when I add fresh feed, I never stir mine. It gets moved around a bit when I dip some out but I don't bother to try and stir it at all....too thick to bother. Too thick is WAY better than too thin.

Many use the standard trough style feeder for chicks to be found at TSC, the little red ones. I use the trough pictured in the post above yours.

Tiny feed trough....if you have any scrap lumber you can make one of these in about five minutes or less.

One gallon bucket.

Yes...and many have reported that same thing and almost the same time frame. It's almost as if they lacked valuable nutrients, were finally getting them, and when their bodies had enough of those their eating leveled off to an amount that would maintain that level. It sort of reaffirms that...

Couldn't hurt but when a chicken gets sour crop there's usually underlying issue that causes it, so FF may or may not help until that underlying issue is resolved.

Mine sits in an unheated pantry/mud room that gets a little warm air from the house~I keep the door to it slightly cracked~ but stays pretty much around 40-50 degrees on the best days but sinks into the 30s at night and lower in single digit weather. I still get a ferment but it's slow and...

I'm sorry......I can't HELP it!!!!! We are running around in shorts and Tshirts in that warm of weather and the chickens are sunbathing at those temps. It's in the 30s here today, raining and snowing all day long and my flock have been out foraging in it all day and all over 3 acres, looking...

I don't see where it would hurt...folks have been feeding such things to pigs and chickens since time began and sometimes that was the ONLY thing they fed them other than what they could find for themselves. The Bresse chickens in France are finished on buttermilk before butchering for market.

I've found that I usually wind up feeding the same amount/measure of FF that I did when I fed dry, so half cup per bird is the usual ration unless it's during high foraging months here.

No, it's not due to loss of feed waste....I had no feed waste BEFORE I started feeding FF, so the whole feed waste argument is moot. Throughout this thread and the other big one are links to studies done on the whole nutritional aspect of fermentation of grains for monogastric animals, but I...

I don't really prescribe to bumble foot being caused by rocks or landing off the roosts.....chickens have landed off high roosts inside barns for eons and walking on rocks is their life, so both of those things I've always found highly implausible. I'd be looking at protein levels and lowering...

I keep things rather simple here and that's worked for many a long year. Every bird gets a layer mash feed, no matter the age, sex or laying status. The chicks might get chick starter the first week or so due to the fineness of the grind of that feed, but by 2 wks it's getting mixed in with...

Here's some articles and such...unfortunately, it's very hard to find poultry specific information from a reliable source in regards to feeding corn over other grains to generate additional heat in the winter unless one wants to resort to the many, many urban chicken blog authors who just repeat...

I don't know...the only way one would find out would be to try it. It's one of the few things my flock doesn't gobble up immediately, so I take it they don't or won't eat potato skins....to me that's a sign to not force the issue. If it were me, I'd not ferment the potato skins as the...

I do. I never feed free choice, no matter the season. I give them what they can clean up well by later on that day and then no more. Just as we don't need to eat corn to stay warm, the chickens don't need to have corn added to their diet to "stay warm". Any creature that has adequate...