Hi Friends,
has anybody tried to feed silage to your Duckies?
I stumbled over some articles in the WWW where people explain how to make silage in small batches.
So last weekend i decided to try this too, as it is much easier than making hay. I mowed a piece of grass, stuffed the clippings into a transparent plastic bag (I want to observer what's going on) and added some of these bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus)
On Saturday i discovered that there was a duck-bill size hole in the bag and moved it into a new, stronger bag. It already smelled like lactic acid in the bag, the fermentation had started already. Curious where that will go. This is how the bag looks like now:
has anybody tried to feed silage to your Duckies?
I stumbled over some articles in the WWW where people explain how to make silage in small batches.
So last weekend i decided to try this too, as it is much easier than making hay. I mowed a piece of grass, stuffed the clippings into a transparent plastic bag (I want to observer what's going on) and added some of these bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus)

On Saturday i discovered that there was a duck-bill size hole in the bag and moved it into a new, stronger bag. It already smelled like lactic acid in the bag, the fermentation had started already. Curious where that will go. This is how the bag looks like now:
