Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[beverly evans]

I tried to preserve lemons one time, like the Moroccan preserved lemons. I barffed my head off!!! I did something bad wrong. I seriously LOVE lemons. I can sit down with a lemon (or two), knife, salt and when I get done there is nothing left but the seeds! I had to quit buying them at all because they are so hard on your teeth. If they weren't I could eat 2-3/day! I still want to figure out how to preserve them, preferably without killing myself.

YOU CAN EAT ALL THE LEMONS YOU WANT, JUST LEAVE OFF THE SALT. IT IS THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO THAT IS CORROSIVE TO TOOTH ENAMEL, NOT THE LEMON BY ITSELF. Sorry, hit the wrong key and am too lazy to retype it! : )

 

[beverly evans]

Martha Stewart did them on her show once. If I remember right she cut them in half and forced salt down into the lemons then packed then in a jar to set up for weeks. Something like that - - - -don't quote me.

 

[Triple Willow]

YOU CAN EAT ALL THE LEMONS YOU WANT,  JUST LEAVE OFF THE SALT. IT IS THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO THAT IS CORROSIVE TO TOOTH ENAMEL,  NOT THE LEMON BY ITSELF.  Sorry, hit the wrong key and am too lazy to retype it!   : )

Dang they would be good without the salt! That is pretty much how I did my lemons but I believe mine went bad because they were regular lemons probably with that waxy coating they put on produce.

I meant to say they *would not* be good without the salt.

 

[mlowen]

Here he is...Sam Eagle...he's a muppet. Sorry...back to your regularly scheduled show.

Sorry. It won't paste & show.

 

[beverly evans]

Dang they would be good without the salt!

That is pretty much how I did my lemons but I believe mine went bad because they were regular lemons probably with that waxy coating they put on produce.

I meant to say they *would not* be good without the salt.

The salt preserves them, but sure doesn't make them taste good in that quantity. Yuk! I could do it with sugar, also a preservative, and have candied lemons for Christmas fruit cakes or whatever.

 

[Triple Willow]

Found this pic y'all might like.

 

[Beekissed]

Might be able to use that at the sentencing in the Dave Leghorn murder trial.....

 

[AletaG]

Noticed people using alfalfa cubes or meal as a dressing with their FF. What's the bene there? Is it more for extreme weather areas, where it's WINTER vs. winter (we almost never have snow) and the birds can't range? Is it better than growing forage for some reason?

Thanks!

 

[Beekissed]

I think most folks are using it as a quick solution for lack of green forage. I used some alfalfa pellets one winter some years ago but found the birds didn't really eat many of them and the alfalfa pellets tended to form mold rather quickly in storage, so I never did that again. By adding them to the FF, I'm thinking folks don't have to worry about the birds picking past them in the feed, but I'd go low and slow on them if doing this in the FF...greens only comprise a part of their total diet and when free ranging, they consume different types of greens in different seasons, depending upon availability. If a flock had no access to forage of any kind all year due to desert conditions, it would be a great way of adding some greens to the mix, but I'd want my desert flock to try to have native grasses and shrubs so they could adapt to their natural environment. But..that's just me.

 

[armorfirelady]

I use pellets in my FF as a green source for winter. But not a lot. I'm feeding only grains now and add it before I feed the hens so its softer but won't mold. We don't see the green grass from oct/nov till at least April. If were lucky