Fermented Feed and hard feces??????

[mich9510]

I will leave Jen. & Cen. to hash out the bathroom habits of animals but what I am interested in is how the [COLOR=595959]hydrochloric acid in a chickens' glandier stomach can tell the difference between the good bacteria and the bad bacteria?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=595959]At the end of the day a chickens' digestive juices will largely if not completely kill all living organisms.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=595959]This is before the effects of vinegar in the food and water is factored into its effect on fermentation.    [/COLOR]

[COLOR=595959]As for the lesser ammonia odor in chicken manure from fowl fed Fermented Feed, that reduction is largely the result of a decreased amount of protein because the fermenting organisms mainly consume protein otherwise known as Nitrogen in the process of performing fermentation

The bacteria in the digestive tract of all animals prefer a more acidic environment. It's not that the digestive juices are "choosing" which bacteria to kill and not kill. The digestive tract of all animals is filled with trillions of microorganisms both good and bad. There are ways to encourage the growth of the good bacteria such as eating yogurt, supplementing with probiotics, and avoiding foods that encourage the growth of the "bad" bacteria. In chickens, IMO, the FF not only improves the beneficial microorganisms by containing active bacteria, it also makes the conditions right for the benificial bacterial to thrive.

 

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