Fermented feed looks fun y

[Agapehomestead]

My fermented feed in water never has looked like this. This is day three of stirring and is supposed to be their feed for tomorrow, is it safe?

 

[Battlepants]

I haven't experienced this myself (limited experience with ferment feed), but a few quick searches pulled this up as "Kahm Yeast", which is sounds to be part of the normal process.

On the other side of fermenting, I do have a decent amount of experience with sourdough, and I think a decent number of the principles apply to both. From this, I would give it the smell test:
*Smells like a bakery - alive and well, chickens would enjoy this
*Smells like a brewery - alive, but running out of material, safe to feed to the chickens, but add more feed to keep this thing going
*Smells like death - something has gone wrong, you MIGHT be able to save it by adding more feed

 

[U_Stormcrow]

That's Kahm. Arguably, its a good thing, in that it help prevent other, less desired things, from colonizing your ferment. It **IS** unattractive though.

That said, have you ever home-brewed beer? Early in the process, everyone has got to be thinking "someone is going to drink this??? I must have done something wrong..."

 

[Agapehomestead]

I haven't experienced this myself (limited experience with ferment feed), but a few quick searches pulled this up as "Kahm Yeast", which is sounds to be part of the normal process.

On the other side of fermenting, I do have a decent amount of experience with sourdough, and I think a decent number of the principles apply to both. From this, I would give it the smell test:
*Smells like a bakery - alive and well, chickens would enjoy this
*Smells like a brewery - alive, but running out of material, safe to feed to the chickens, but add more feed to keep this thing going
*Smells like death - something has gone wrong, you MIGHT be able to save it by adding more feed

Sounds good. Thank you. It does still smell like my fermented feed, so if it’s still smells fine in the am, we will give it a go.