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[SpringPeeper]

Good Question!

Shoot them an email and ask.

Thanks for the info!

 

[tommysgirl]

Hey I have another management question re feed.

I feed ferment all the the time unless someone else is watching the bids for a few days then they get dry feed. Everyone is sleek and shiny and healthy

There seems to be less waste with the ferment AND because it expands and is more nutritious in general they eat less...don't ask me how much less. My numbers are in constant flux and I have had chicks at a variety of stages growing out continually for nearly a year so I have no clue,

I would love to figure a way to feed ferment that didn't include daily feeding...meaning I would love to dump a 5 gallon bucket of ferment into something and have them work on it for several days before refeeding.

Is there a way to continue to feed ferment that is less labor intensive on my part?
Am I nutty to try to keep feeding it to 35-60 birds of varying ages and sexes?
Do any of you combine ferment with dry?
What bulk feeders do you use/have you made?

I spend easily 20-45 minutes feeding. It would be so nice most mornings to let them out and be done with it and fill waters in the evenings.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Hey I have another management question re feed.

I feed ferment all the the time unless someone else is watching the bids for a few days then they get dry feed. Everyone is sleek and shiny and healthy

There seems to be less waste with the ferment AND because it expands and is more nutritious in general they eat less...don't ask me how much less. My numbers are in constant flux and I have had chicks at a variety of stages growing out continually for nearly a year so I have no clue,

I would love to figure a way to feed ferment that didn't include daily feeding...meaning I would love to dump a 5 gallon bucket of ferment into something and have them work on it for several days before refeeding.

Is there a way to continue to feed ferment that is less labor intensive on my part?
Am I nutty to try to keep feeding it to 35-60 birds of varying ages and sexes?
Do any of you combine ferment with dry?
What bulk feeders do you use/have you made?

I spend easily 20-45 minutes feeding. It would be so nice most mornings to let them out and be done with it and fill waters in the evenings.

I've been following this thread for awhile--not done anything about it, mind, but still... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/931194/fermented-feed-feeder

I think I need to rename Cookies 'n' Creme a feminized version of Harry Houdini! She's finally walking mostly normally, though she still has a limp and doesn't stand with any weight on her bad leg (the foot's not curled anymore, at least). That, plus the fact that she's mid-molt, makes for one pathetic-looking chicken! Anyway, I've been letting her mingle with the flock the last couple of days, and she's been mostly just ignored, like before she disappeared for those 3 days (I'd tried reintroducing her last week, and it was bad). Went to lock up the coop, and guess who's missing? The thing is, I've not let them out of the run since bringing the new girls--I figure it doesn't do any good to have a quarantine pen if everyone can just wander over to the other side of the house. If I find her again, she's getting a wing clipped--and again once she's done molting.

 

[PetRock]

Hey I have another management question re feed.

I feed ferment all the the time unless someone else is watching the bids for a few days then they get dry feed. Everyone is sleek and shiny and healthy

There seems to be less waste with the ferment AND because it expands and is more nutritious in general they eat less...don't ask me how much less. My numbers are in constant flux and I have had chicks at a variety of stages growing out continually for nearly a year so I have no clue,

I would love to figure a way to feed ferment that didn't include daily feeding...meaning I would love to dump a 5 gallon bucket of ferment into something and have them work on it for several days before refeeding.

Is there a way to continue to feed ferment that is less labor intensive on my part?
Am I nutty to try to keep feeding it to 35-60 birds of varying ages and sexes?
Do any of you combine ferment with dry?
What bulk feeders do you use/have you made?

I spend easily 20-45 minutes feeding. It would be so nice most mornings to let them out and be done with it and fill waters in the evenings.

I feed my town flock a wet feed in the morning with supplements added. I used to ferment it and may start again but had some problems with contaminated food so switched to just making a wet mash in the morning. My birds have access to pellets all day. I have several large vertical PVC feeders. I just have to fill them once a week.

 

[tommysgirl]

I've been following this thread for awhile--not done anything about it, mind, but still... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/931194/fermented-feed-feeder

I think I need to rename Cookies 'n' Creme a feminized version of Harry Houdini! She's finally walking mostly normally, though she still has a limp and doesn't stand with any weight on her bad leg (the foot's not curled anymore, at least). That, plus the fact that she's mid-molt, makes for one pathetic-looking chicken! Anyway, I've been letting her mingle with the flock the last couple of days, and she's been mostly just ignored, like before she disappeared for those 3 days (I'd tried reintroducing her last week, and it was bad). Went to lock up the coop, and guess who's missing? The thing is, I've not let them out of the run since bringing the new girls--I figure it doesn't do any good to have a quarantine pen if everyone can just wander over to the other side of the house. If I find her again, she's getting a wing clipped--and again once she's done molting.

Thanks I just checked out that thread and I think that is what I will do. Sorry your girl is AWOL again....some of them just love to fly.

I feed my town flock a wet feed in the morning with supplements added. I used to ferment it and may start again but had some problems with contaminated food so switched to just making a wet mash in the morning. My birds have access to pellets all day. I have several large vertical PVC feeders. I just have to fill them once a week.

Thank you Debi. That's a great design!

 

[capayvalleychick]

That's a great design!

I know that many people use those feeders without a problem, but I wanted to let you know about a friend's experience with those feeders. She had a young bird suffocate in a feeder of that design. She found it, head down, stuck inside.
It wouldn't be a problem for larger, older birds.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks I just checked out that thread and I think that is what I will do. Sorry your girl is AWOL again....some of them just love to fly.
Thank you Debi. That's a great design!

Thanks for posting!

I know that many people use those feeders without a problem, but I wanted to let you know about a friend's experience with those feeders. She had a young bird suffocate in a feeder of that design. She found it, head down, stuck inside.
It wouldn't be a problem for larger, older birds.

Do you think this type would be safer for little chicks or chickens?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...te-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Quote:
Turns out there must be more hiding spots in the coop than I thought--Cookie was in there when I went in to feed this morning

 

[TheKeeper]

Thanks for posting!

Do you think this type would be safer for little chicks or chickens?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...te-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3

Do you think that this design will work well with fermented feed?
It sounds like the designer is using dry feed.

 

[tommysgirl]

I know that many people use those feeders without a problem, but I wanted to let you know about a friend's experience with those feeders. She had a young bird suffocate in a feeder of that design. She found it, head down, stuck inside.
It wouldn't be a problem for larger, older birds.

Good advice, thanks!

Turns out there must be more hiding spots in the coop than I thought--Cookie was in there when I went in to feed this morning

Yay!!!