FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[Kellycbf]

True that and I wouldn't mind so much but the FF is kept in my house...lol!

hahaha, that is true.

 

[Johntodd]

True that and I wouldn't mind so much but the FF is kept in my house...lol!

A little further south from me they'd call that "free lunch".

 

[snow5164]

Yup free lunch!! I ferment on my kitchen counter and I use cheese cloth in the summer months.and I'm way up north.. funny thing my dogs love the smell and try like anything to get it???

 

[lazy gardener]

Muslin or a lightweight tea towel or even a closely knit nylon netting should work to cover the ferment while allowing enough air for sure! I have found that my ferments attract flies

so I have taken to covering the containers...since my containers are small I use old (cleaned) nylon hose which fits over the opening nicely cause it is stretchy (also helpful for cutting in strips and tying up tomato plants and so on).

@lazy gardener it is hard to imagine you being technophobe since you so competent at everything, including building feeders! If the chicks still food fight in the gutters consider putting hardware cloth over the feeder top...

Computers totally intimidate me. Give me a chain saw, or a chop saw, any day of the week. But a computer... that's terrifying! The chicks are doing fine with their gutter feeder. The dowel on top is spaced low enough so they would have to work at it to crawl into the feeder. some do perch on the dowel b/c it is not centered perfectly for a good spin, but it's wobbly enough to discourage them from perching there... and when perched on top, they actually have to reach further to get the feed than they do if standing on the ground in front of the feeder. I did learn one lesson when cutting the second piece of gutter: It shatters if you cut it with a chop saw. (hubby told me after the fact that the chop saw blade should have been reversed.) Lesson learned. I know just enough about power tools to be scary. But, I still have all my fingers and toes.

Yup free lunch!! I ferment on my kitchen counter and I use cheese cloth in the summer months.and I'm way up north.. funny thing my dogs love the smell and try like anything to get it???

My dog LOVES FF.

 

[mobius]

My dogs look sad and jealous when I feed out the FF. It is pitiable.

 

[chicken curious]

My dogs look sad and jealous when I feed out the FF. It is pitiable.

x2!
We feed her raw meat and bones and avoid grains since they're not really species appropriate, but I figure FF is a little like eating stomach contents of prey...partially digested. LOL So sometimes I take pity and plop a little on top of her food (especially the beef heart chunks she is not loving right now)

 

[mobius]

I have seriously thought about fermenting their dog food. Any thoughts? since we are on the subject, what's one more jar on the counter? Would their poop smell less and would there be less of it?

 

[Leigti]

I have seriously thought about fermenting their dog food. Any thoughts? since we are on the subject, what's one more jar on the counter? Would their poop smell less and would there be less of it?

Feeding your dog a raw diet will make them poop less and make it smell less. I fed my dog a raw diet, she also loved the fermented chicken food.

 

[Molpet]

I have seriously thought about fermenting their dog food. Any thoughts? since we are on the subject, what's one more jar on the counter? Would their poop smell less and would there be less of it?

I tried fermenting the dogs food since he loves the chickens FF... he was tired of it after a week and refused to eat it
He is also intolerant of grains and scratches hotspots when he eats it, so I sprinkle red pepper on top of the buckets of ff for chickens to keep him out

 

[chicken curious]

I have seriously thought about fermenting their dog food. Any thoughts? since we are on the subject, what's one more jar on the counter? Would their poop smell less and would there be less of it?

Feeding your dog a raw diet will make them poop less and make it smell less. I fed my dog a raw diet, she also loved the fermented chicken food.

x2
Our raw fed dog really does have poop that doesn't smell and it disintegrates really fast...no filler in food means everything is fully digested - same principle of FF for the birds and their non-smelly poop
Granted, she also eats whatever she can find or kill (like lizards, squirrels, FF, food the kids spill, etc) so sometimes the gas that comes out of this 16# Boston knocks me over LOL