FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[lazy gardener]

I wonder if you have to unlink and re link it to make yours work? Or maybe contact the moderators? Whichever is easier.

I was told that I have to pay a fee to have that option. I'm not willing to do so.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I was told that I have to pay a fee to have that option. I'm not willing to do so.

That's weird, I don't pay a fee either. Seems like they messed it up with the switch... maybe mine working is the one that got messed up with the switch!

So you already tried editing your signature line and adding it back in?

 

[Chickassan]

Okay I've made one tiny batch of this feed I started it on Friday so it should be ready tomorrow? I'm skeptical but that's just because this is so different from the norm but if it saves food and is better from them im game. Still not quite sold on the smell but I'm not the one eating it, I'm guessing you get more used to it the longer you make it.

 

[lazy gardener]

That's weird, I don't pay a fee either. Seems like they messed it up with the switch... maybe mine working is the one that got messed up with the switch!

So you already tried editing your signature line and adding it back in?

yes.

 

[lazy gardener]

I went back and tried it again. It shows up in blue in the preview line, but when i go to "real life" it shows in gray so is not a viable link. I simply refuse to pay extra money for the privilege of directing folks to useful information.

 

[jane s chickens]

Just started a bucket of cracked corn ferment in today. Will wait 3 days to feed it probably.

 

[igorsMistress]

My husband calls ff "the blob"
No overflows for me, but the stuff is consistently rising through the opening of my crock. The longer I backslop, the more growth I get. Use a vessel thats bigger than yoi think you need or put a plate under it to catch messes.

I've been sprinkling on some chia seeds if the feed is a little thin and mixing in...thickens beautifully without adding more feed.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Just started a bucket of cracked corn ferment in today. Will wait 3 days to feed it probably.

Awesome, welcome to fermenting!

Just don't forget that corn is a dessert and not a balanced feed.

 

[tigger19687]

Mine does that too but it is in a Quart jar I have to figure out exactly how much it expands so I can do it right each time.

My pullets are pigs. They look at me like I am going to let them eat all day long and I am to fill it up when it gets empty.

 

[igorsMistress]

Mine does that too but it is in a Quart jar I have to figure out exactly how much it expands so I can do it right each time.

My pullets are pigs. They look at me like I am going to let them eat all day long and I am to fill it up when it gets empty.

Mine come running when I open the back door that's for sure. And the attitude I get when I don't have treats is hilarious.
Quart jars started taking up too much space on my kitchen counter so I switched to something larger. I make 4 lbs of food at a time and feed it over two days for 6 chickens.

How many chickens you got?