FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[Windy Bay Farm]

Oops.    Freudian slip.  Now with the Blue FF Bucket song on the other thread, my secret is out.  Dang it. 



   Shall I post the song to this thread???  I think I will....

No need to keep that great lyrical revision so secret on another thread... Share the love here as well !

 

[Beekissed]

Blue FF Bucket, sung to the tune of Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup......

Blue FF Bucket

Now the blue FF bucket is the best receptacle
From barns, porches, sheds, and coops.
And you, lady, do not have a pair of spectacles
If you prefer FFin' from glass

Hey blue FF bucket is cheap and disposable
In fourteen years they are decomposable
And unlike my home they are not foreclosable
Freddie Mac? Who's that?

Blue FF bucket, I fill you up
Let's make some feed, let's have a party!
I love you Ol' Blue, I lift you up,
Proceed to feed, proceed to party!

Now I really love how you're easy to stack
And I really love that you're not easy to crack
Cause when feed runs down the sides of the bucky
Well, that, my friends, can get quite yucky

But I have to admit that the hens get smitten
Admirin' at how stinky my feed is gettin'
They gobble it up, jump in the nest and get sittin'
This feed sure makes 'em feel plucky!

Blue FF bucket, I fill you up
Let's make some feed, let's have a party
I love you blue FF bucket, I lift you up,
Proceed to feed, proceed to party

Now I've seen you in red and I've seen you in yellow
But only you blue will do for me, good fellow
Cause you are the Abbott unto my Costello
And you are the Fruit to my Loom

Blue FF bucket, you're more than just plastic
More than amazing, you're more than fantastic
And believe me that I'm not the least bit sarcastic
When I look at you and say:
"Blue FF bucket, you're not just a bucket (No, no, no)
You're my friend, yea (Lifelong)
Thank you for being my friend"

Blue FF bucket, I fill you up
Let's make some feed, let's have a party
I love you blue FF bucket, I lift you up,
Proceed to feed, proceed to party


Red Solo Cup vid so you can get the tune of the Blue Bucket tribute song....

 

[Tikkijane]

Blue FF Bucket, sung to the tune of  Toby Keith's Red Solo Cup......

[COLOR=000080]              Blue FF Bucket[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Now the blue FF bucket is the best receptacle

From barns, porches, sheds, and coops.

And you, lady, do not have a pair of spectacles

If you prefer FFin' from glass[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Hey blue FF bucket is cheap and disposable

In fourteen years they are decomposable

And unlike my home they are not foreclosable

Freddie Mac? Who's that?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Blue FF bucket, I fill you up

Let's make some feed, let's have a party!

I love you Ol' Blue, I lift you up,

Proceed to feed, proceed to party![/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Now I really love how you're easy to stack

And I really love that you're not easy to crack

Cause when feed runs down the sides of the bucky

Well, that, my friends, can get quite yucky[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]But I have to admit that the hens get smitten

Admirin' at how stinky my feed is gettin'

They gobble it up, jump in the nest and get sittin'[/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000CD]This feed sure makes 'em feel plucky![/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Blue FF bucket, I fill you up

Let's make some feed, let's have a party

I love you blue FF bucket, I lift you up,

Proceed to feed, proceed to party[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Now I've seen you in red and I've seen you in yellow

But only you blue will do for me, good fellow

Cause you are the Abbott unto my Costello

And you are the Fruit to my Loom[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Blue FF bucket, you're more than just plastic

More than amazing, you're more than fantastic

And believe me that I'm not the least bit sarcastic

When I look at you and say:

"Blue FF bucket, you're not just a bucket (No, no, no)

You're my friend, yea (Lifelong)

Thank you for being my friend"[/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000CD]Blue FF bucket, I fill you up

Let's make some feed, let's have a party

I love you blue FF bucket, I lift you up,

Proceed to feed, proceed to party[/COLOR]

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[theadvocate19]

Made this batch yesterday, after a few months of not using fermented food. They seem to like it.

We threw together:

Chick starter
Scratch grains
Wheat germ (it was just laying around and thought why not)
Garlic powder
Miscellaneous dried herbs ("Italian seasoning")
Red pepper flakes and seeds
A package of red quinoa (also just laying around, same epiphany)
And lastly, a good 12 second "glug" of apple cider vinegar, with the mother.

Although it's not quite fermented yet, they seem to like it.
Does that seem like a good recipe?

 

[Beekissed]

Sounds delish!

They should be runnin' and gunnin' after that mix!

 

[kpgoldstar]

So what is everyone's take on offering commercial grit?

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I offer commercial grit because I don't have gritty soil here.

 

[JLaw]

I offer what they sell at TSC but they still peck my black top driveway that is falling apart.

 

[kpgoldstar]

I offer commercial grit because I don't have gritty soil here.

Leslie you are the one that started me worrying about not offering grit. I have 4 chicks, about 13 wks old. Had them since 2 wks and started on ff the 2nd week I had them home. We've never had a crop problem with any of them. We live in the desert and they forage through the grass, weeds, rock, sand, dirt from overturned garden areas. Would they find the grit they need in my climate and landscape? If they weren't getting what they needed how would I know? I am concerned that I should be providing a commercial grit. My native dirt is beyond gritty and they constantly peck and scratch through the edges of my grass area that is all dirt. Please chime in if you think I am doing something wrong. I am new to chickens as an adult as of this past October.
As a kid raising chickens in 4H I never remember having grit available. We fed a mash and scratch, plus kitchen scraps. I don't remember having oyster shell or grit. We also fed eggshells with their kitchen treats.

 

[Beekissed]

Leslie you are the one that started me worrying about not offering grit. I have 4 chicks, about 13 wks old. Had them since 2 wks and started on ff the 2nd week I had them home. We've never had a crop problem with any of them. We live in the desert and they forage through the grass, weeds, rock, sand, dirt from overturned garden areas. Would they find the grit they need in my climate and landscape? If they weren't getting what they needed how would I know? I am concerned that I should be providing a commercial grit. My native dirt is beyond gritty and they constantly peck and scratch through the edges of my grass area that is all dirt. Please chime in if you think I am doing something wrong. I am new to chickens as an adult as of this past October.
As a kid raising chickens in 4H I never remember having grit available. We fed a mash and scratch, plus kitchen scraps. I don't remember having oyster shell or grit. We also fed eggshells with their kitchen treats.

I'm not Leslie but I'll chime in....your birds are fine on grit. Free range birds don't need grit offered as they can glean their own. You'd be surprised at what I find inside gizzards that has been used for grit~glass, quartz, cherry pits, stones, plastic BBs, etc. You're type of free range even has more offered grit than most, so no worries.