Fermented Feed Challenge

[19disbre]

I have a challenge for the brave souls out there, Design a System That can ferment enough feed for 500 CX and 200 BBW Turkeys or about 400lbs at peak production. It cannot cost more than a few hundred dollars or require more than an hour a day (Exception could be made, explain your system regardless).

 

[Percheron chick]

I'll bite. I just ferment for 25 so not my set up. Just tossing out some ideas.

Start with a used food grade ibc tote. Free to $100 on CL or cruise around a business park. It will have a 2" valve at the bottom and hold 275 gallons. It will easily fit 300# of feed. Once it's fermented, the feed will settle on the bottom and you should be able to just open the valve and pour off the solids into 5 gallon buckets. It will be a boatload of buckets. If it's too soupy, put some dry feed in the feed pans and dump the soup on top. If you want to feed it more firm, you would need a minimum of 10 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled in them. Drill holes in the top of the tote and let them drain back into it.

I wouldn't worry about multiple totes, just keep dumping fresh feed on top. The solution will be so potent, your feed will ferment quickly.

 

[19disbre]

if you saved the water in a 55 gallon drum and drained it a 5 gal bucket at a time that sounds like it would work, 300# fits in a 55 gallon dry when dry so it should not take up too much room and if needed you could have multiple 55 gallon drums which you could re-use the started liquid, Pretty good Idea anyone else?

 

[Blooie]

Um, hire a fermented food feeder person?

 

[19disbre]

I am the ferment food feederer person