FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

[Beekissed]

does fermented feed work with zero waste feeders as shown here:

I'm doubting it. It relies on gravity and dry, smooth flowing of the feed and wet feed isn't likely to provide that action.

 

[hennible]

does fermented feed work with zero waste feeders as shown here:

They work for dry... Sorry I a skipped bits of the video, I didn't hear him say anything about FF, but that style feeder inspired me to make this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/931194/fermented-feed-feeder
Similar ideas mine just a wet feed version

 

[jbkirk]

maybe I should rephrase the question.........would this kind of feeder overflow with fermented feed?

 

[hennible]

Yup

 

[hennible]

FF works nearly the same as water... Over time ( give it a few minutes) in that style feeder it'll start flowing over the lowest point until the top of the feed is level with the lowest point...

This works pretty well but it "dries" out because the water overflows out of the feed... The feed itself though doesn't overflow faster than the birds can eat it, I just have to add water to the mix every few days.

 

[jbkirk]

If I put a lid on the bucket would it over flow?

 

[hennible]

With the dry feed design I think so.

 

[jbkirk]

Why?

 

[hennible]

Same reason as I stated in post 5555... Try it and tell us about it.

 

[vehve]

If you would fill it with water, and you would cap it so that no air gets in, it wouldn't flow over. But the problem with fermentation is that it produces gases. So instead of having a vacuum above the substance that fills the container, you actually end up developing a higher pressure than that of the air outside the feeder. So as the gases from the FF build up inside the feeder, they will push out the feed through the smaller opening.