Attempting Fermenting

[rosemarythyme]

Dampening the food worked. The crumbled break apart and become like a dough and they are going nuts at it. The volume increases quite a bit as well, but now it doesn't want to go down the gravity container part. I Found these hanging troughs that look like they would be ideal.

As you've noted you can't do wet or fermented feed in a gravity feeder. It has to be in some sort of more open container.

I use ceramic cat food bowls (pink bowl on bricks below), small pie plates, ramekins. Anything that's easy to clean and with some weight so they don't easily get knocked over. I don't have an issue with chicks trying to walk in it so "mess" isn't really a problem, and I don't have waste issues as I only put out enough FF to last them the morning and any FF thrown about the chickens will clean up during the day.

For the rest of the day they have a dry gravity feeder as well and any dust/powder left over from that can be made into wet feed, so that entirely eliminates waste.

I don't do a long or complicated fermentation. It's just feed and "enough water" in a single jar and I can keep it going like that for months.

Newly added feed and water:

24 hours later I start serving:

 

[LyleVertigo]

As you've noted you can't do wet or fermented feed in a gravity feeder. It has to be in some sort of more open container.

I use ceramic cat food bowls (pink bowl on bricks below), small pie plates, ramekins. Anything that's easy to clean and with some weight so they don't easily get knocked over. I don't have an issue with chicks trying to walk in it so "mess" isn't really a problem, and I don't have waste issues as I only put out enough FF to last them the morning and any FF thrown about the chickens will clean up during the day. View attachment 4142531

For the rest of the day they have a dry gravity feeder as well and any dust/powder left over from that can be made into wet feed, so that entirely eliminates waste.

I don't do a long or complicated fermentation. It's just feed and "enough water" in a single jar and I can keep it going like that for months.

Newly added feed and water:
View attachment 4142533

24 hours later I start serving:
View attachment 4142532

This is after changing out their bedding and after their evening meal. Much cleaner and no wasted food on the ground. They are also much more satisfied, crashing out right afterwards.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

This is after changing out their bedding and after their evening meal. Much cleaner and no wasted food on the ground. They are also much more satisfied, crashing out right afterwards.

Reminds me of post-Thanksgiving!

The best compliment you can get is a roomful of unconscious people (or chicks.)