My flock get only FF and nothing else from conception to their last days of life. Well except treats and kitchen scraps. Back when I didn't have as many chickens. I was feeding 6 coffee cans of pellet food per day. Once I started FF it went down to 4 coffee cans (measured dry). So to me that's a significant savings. Now I buy my feed in 1000# bulk lay mash (not pelleted looks like sand). I'm fermenting 5 coffee cans of this to about 85 (I think it could be less but who knows) chickens & a few roosters. I have 4, 5 gallon buckets so they all get 5 days of brewing. The fifth bucket is my collander. I'll have to find my links again for you. Love my system and I do have to keep them inside the walkout basement in the winter but its only a hop skip and away from the coop.
When I went to Mexico in December for 2 weeks I came back to my chickens being raggidy & lots of feather lose. Ugh. It was pitiful because my chicken sitters didnt want to continue FF they thought it was too much work even though I had all 2 weeks worth of FF brewing and all they had to do was take one bucket out to the coop and feed. Instead they literally went out and bought hen scratch. ARGH. My poor babies werent laying eggs for 1.5 months. Back on FF for 2 weeks again all their feathers were back, shiny beautiful birds. Dumb chicken sitters.
When I went to Mexico in December for 2 weeks I came back to my chickens being raggidy & lots of feather lose. Ugh. It was pitiful because my chicken sitters didnt want to continue FF they thought it was too much work even though I had all 2 weeks worth of FF brewing and all they had to do was take one bucket out to the coop and feed. Instead they literally went out and bought hen scratch. ARGH. My poor babies werent laying eggs for 1.5 months. Back on FF for 2 weeks again all their feathers were back, shiny beautiful birds. Dumb chicken sitters.
