FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[LeslieDJoyce]

Here is one study that looked a specific facet of the relationship between fermented poultry feeds and toxins.
"CONCLUSION
Fermented whey added to poultry feed acted as a biopreservative, improving its resistance to fungal contamination and increasing its shelf life."

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.6669/abstract

 

[Beekissed]

Here is one study that looked a specific facet of the relationship between fermented poultry feeds and toxins.
"CONCLUSION
Fermented whey added to poultry feed acted as a biopreservative, improving its resistance to fungal contamination and increasing its shelf life."

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.6669/abstract

Excellent study link!!! I bookmarked. When I change PCs I lost all my old bookmarked links to info on FF, so I have to rebuild from scratch...thanks for helping!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Excellent study link!!!  I bookmarked.  When I change PCs I lost all my old bookmarked links to info on FF, so I have to rebuild from scratch...thanks for helping! 

What a pain for you! I'm sure it's nice to have a new computer, but that's a lot of your work gone.

 

[Beekissed]

Eight years of stored info...gone in a flash.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

 

[subhanalah]

It's It's a good thing it's all stored on byc

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Eight years of stored info...gone in a flash.

Do you still have the other computer? Is it possible to install the old hard drive as a slave on the new one and retrieve the data.

I did that once when I got a bios virus. To fix it, I had to replace the mother board, put in a new hard drive, install windows. Once it was up and running, I put the old drive in as a slave and I could access all the files on it. It didn't re-infect because the virus affected the old operating system which was no longer in use.

I have to do that again. Not the motherboard part but I have to pull my drive from my computer that died and put it in this one as a slave. Mostly vacation photos and things that are on there I need.

 

[LindaB220]

I've not done it with a whole bag of moldy feed but I have fermented chunks of feed that were moldy and even moldy BOSS. The few times I did it, it all came out fine.

Good to know. I have some scratch that got damp and I was afraid it would mold so I baked it 30 min.

I have another project I'm going to implement. Mulberry leaves are very protein rich. I'm going to blitz them and add to the feed.

http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/AGAP/frg/Mulberry/Papers/HTML/Mulbwar2.htm

 

[Meadowchick]

Now that is quite interesting! I just love mulberries...

I was wondering if you plan on taking cuttings and rooting them or using seeds. We have wild trees here as well as some domesticated varieties. My next question is how long it would take to grow a stand of trees into useful fodder producers. And when they reach a certain height, do you top them to keep them bush height or just let 'em keep growing? Then there is harvest,and storage/drying to consider. I read the info on the link and didn't see that mentioned.
Sooo cool!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We have lots of wild mulberries here. They volunteer quite freely and fruit at a very young age.