building paradise for the birds

[birdman55]

Thanks beverly, you're really helpful

. it sounds easy, I'll try this.It said there are many advantages to give them fermented feed, easy digest, good absorption and improve immunity. At present I got 8 golden pheasant(5 male, 3 Female ), 6 lady amherst(2M,4F), 5 silver pheasant(3M,2F), 6 reeves' pheasant(2M, 4F), a pair of Mandarin, 7 blue peafowl(3M,4F), 2 white peafowl(2F), 11 guineas(how to check if they are Male or Female, anyone knows?), 40 chickens, 9 ducks and 8 wild geese and 7 domesticated geese

wow got quite the zoo at your place sounds like here...we have many birds as well..no ducks but we will be getting runners and mandarins this year

 

[Chrysolophus]

we are supposed to get snow tommarow...so ill be building snowmen while i work...gotta put all the snow down for santa...you know...maybe he will drop me some elfs to do the work for me...lol

Good LUCK. I like sown, but seldom it snows here.

 

[Chrysolophus]

wow got quite the zoo at your place sounds like here...we have many birds as well..no ducks but we will be getting runners and mandarins this year

But my birds are not friendly as yours. I haven't got much time to stay with them. I plan to feed them mealworm by hand, try to make them accustom my staying. I will get a pair of Temminck's tragopan this month, and next year I plan to feed some Australian emus, the ostrich is too big, emu is fine, let them free range

 

[Trefoil]

Thanks beverly, you're really helpful

. it sounds easy, I'll try this.It said there are many advantages to give them fermented feed, easy digest, good absorption and improve immunity. At present I got 8 golden pheasant(5 male, 3 Female ), 6 lady amherst(2M,4F), 5 silver pheasant(3M,2F), 6 reeves' pheasant(2M, 4F), a pair of Mandarin, 7 blue peafowl(3M,4F), 2 white peafowl(2F), 11 guineas(how to check if they are Male or Female, anyone knows?), 40 chickens, 9 ducks and 8 wild geese and 7 domesticated geese

You would probably be better off to start with just fermenting what you are now feeding. I have ducks,geese,guineas,turkeys,chickens, and peas, oh and one chukar, and a visiting pheasant. My geese don't eat the fermented, not sure why, the ducks like it and everybody else does too. You just want to be careful that there is water over the top of the grain while fermenting,especially the first time, and if you feed brewers yeast or other distillery by products, add them just before feeding, they alcohol ferment and what you are feeding is lactose(?) fermenting.

Good LUCK. I like sown, but seldom it snows here.

That's great, when it starts here I'll just send it your way instead.

 

[Chrysolophus]

You would probably be better off to start with just fermenting what you are now feeding. I have ducks,geese,guineas,turkeys,chickens, and peas, oh and one chukar, and a visiting pheasant. My geese don't eat the fermented, not sure why, the ducks like it and everybody else does too. You just want to be careful that there is water over the top of the grain while fermenting,especially the first time, and if you feed brewers yeast or other distillery by products, add them just before feeding, they alcohol ferment and what you are feeding is lactose(?) fermenting.


That's great, when it starts here I'll just send it your way instead.

Thanks for the tips. What I feed now is like Lactobacillus and other good bacteria powder, what I do is to put some in the feed and blend it, then feed the chickens. There is no fermenting in it, just give them the good bacteria directly.

 

[birdman55]

great info being posted...i love it...keep it going

 

[Chrysolophus]

That's great, when it starts here I'll just send it your way instead.

That's kind of you

lol

 

[birdman55]

heres is the incubator that i am making for the chickens..

 

[pdx2phx]

Quote: Yeah those are what I know as 'grazing frames' preserves greenery, whether existing 'lawn' to planting grains to other plants, from being scratched to death.


We call 'em 'Salad Bars'

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: I incubate normally, but my pearl hen and lavender roo did raise 11 on their own. They are my preferred colors, the parents are 3 years old. I think mature birds brood better also.