Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Lacy Blues]

Hi, I've been reading this thread for hours, I am on post 260 of 1215, I'm ready to start fermenting!! Can anyone please tell me if there is info in this thread about using fermented feed for older birds and birds that are layers, not meat birds? Half my girls are just about a year old and the rest are about 8 months old. Is it okay to just start them on this? I just bought all the ingredients to make my own feed and I want to ferment it for my layers. Thanks!

I have older birds, 7 years old and younger. They all dove beak first into it the first day. I don't understand the results in the study but my results were WAY better than that.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Can anyone comment on ff vs sprouted grains?

I want to start fermenting more of their feed, but also like the idea of sprouts - especially throughout the winter.

 

[Beekissed]

Sprouting a grain is like a mini fermentation followed by growth of the seed embryo into another form of available nutrition. It's basically the same, but the sprouted grains are more prone to the less beneficial mold production if you are not careful about it.

 

[knjinnm]

We are caponing spare roos this year as an experiment.

How did caponing spare roos work out? Did you have and fatalities?
Joe

 

[knjinnm]

Can anyone comment on ff vs sprouted grains?

I want to start fermenting more of their feed, but also like the idea of sprouts - especially throughout the winter.

Hi,
Have you seen;
http://www.workdaychickenpictures.c...011/1/19_A_feeder_for_the_sprouted_wheat.html

Excellent method of feeding sprouts using a laundry basket.
Joe

 

[Tivona]

Hi,
Have you seen;
http://www.workdaychickenpictures.c...011/1/19_A_feeder_for_the_sprouted_wheat.html

Excellent method of feeding sprouts using a laundry basket.
Joe

I love this idea. I have ducks and I am thinking I might be able to hang the growing laundry baskets over the their kiddie pool. That way when I water the water just drains out into the pool for the ducks. Everything gets recycled.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I really like that set up! Now, maybe I can get something going for my birds too!

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Hi,
Have you seen;
http://www.workdaychickenpictures.c...011/1/19_A_feeder_for_the_sprouted_wheat.html

Excellent method of feeding sprouts using a laundry basket.
Joe

I like that! Thanks!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Sprouting a grain is like a mini fermentation followed by growth of the seed embryo into another form of available nutrition. It's basically the same, but the sprouted grains are more prone to the less beneficial mold production if you are not careful about it.

Thanks... makes sense... I wonder what the comparison in "nutritive value" is from one to the other?

 

[Beekissed]

From what I've read it's so similar as to be negligible....not enough difference in the nutritional value to be worth mentioning.