Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[LindaB220]

Mine is the strong silent type too. I am tickled beyond belief, he does occasionally crow, but not often. When he does it is a deeper tone so not as annoying to the neighbors (hopefully)

Hoping I can find a way to keep my few breeder roos quiet. Looking into dark rooms (

) or tight velcro necklaces. Glad to see you back. We missed you.

 

[Beekissed]

Is 'spent grain' ok to use for fermenting?
I am a beer brewer and usually just dump the spent grain out for my flock but am wondering if it would be better for them if I did the ACV process.

Since it's already fermented, it doesn't really need it...it's the good stuff already!

 

[Triple Willow]

Oh, but we need video of this....TW, spoon feeding her flock individually.  And you make fun of my foo foo rooster....tsk.    Hey..did I tell you he crowed once?  I guess that one time was all he had in him...hasn't done it since.

hahahaha ...but I love my fur babies..... uhh feather babies... errr pecker heads! hahahaha

My roosters crow like crazy! If they hear me so much as open a window they start talking to me. LOL Every time I go outside they start in. I like it!

 

[Triple Willow]

Haha they rushed the feeder took a bite and then looked at me funyy! Is there any worry about the ff getting spoiled?

They will start attacking your bucket...! lol
I've never had any spoil.

 

[Kassaundra]

Hoping I can find a way to keep my few breeder roos quiet. Looking into dark rooms (

) or tight velcro necklaces. Glad to see you back. We missed you.

I can't post on the weekends, the work computer blocks me from posting, then a lot of times I forget what I was going to post on by the time I get home.

 

[RoseMarie1]

hahahaha ...but I love my fur babies..... uhh feather babies... errr pecker heads! hahahaha

My roosters crow like crazy! If they hear me so much as open a window they start talking to me. LOL Every time I go outside they start in. I like it!

me to on lovin mine. In one of the video's I posted my roo is crowing away and at one point he is loud since I am IN the pen with him. Then the hens were following me all over when I was videoing lol I told them at one point I wasn't feeding them and to go eat some bugs!

I know they knew what I was saying.

 

[thailand]

Big apologies if someone has already discussed this..there's just too many posts to look through this whole thread. Question: Has anyone tried fermenting their dog or cat's dry kibble? I'm having such a great success with fermented feed for my chickens that I'm now wondering if I can cut food costs further by trying this with my other animals.

Many thanks

 

[Triple Willow]

me to on lovin mine. In one of the video's I posted my roo is crowing away and at one point he is loud since I am IN the pen with him. Then the hens were following me all over when I was videoing lol I told them at one point I wasn't feeding them and to go eat some bugs!  I know they knew what I was saying. 

Of course they know what you were saying! LOL

 

[411fjb]

So I have been fermenting my feed for my hens (5 chickens, 2 Indian runner ducks, a drake and a female) for about three weeks... I sieve out two decent sized scoops of the feed and give it tow them morning and late afternoon. I needed to buy more feed yesterday and instead of buying cracked corn to supp them, I bought scratch grains (bag says 4 grains). I included some of the grains into my ferment cooler per reading waaaaay back when this thread began by Beekissed.
They seem happy but act ravenous the rest of the day because their usual free feed system is now gone. And at first I thought it was helping with egg production but they slacked off again... Winter here in CT, cold, crunch snow cover, supp light maybe not enough. They will be two years of age this April. And I think one of them is eating eggs... I have a new baby and def don't have the gumption in me to segregate birds here in the house. So my question is keep up what I am doing or offer them more scratch as they act like I am starving them?
I am fairly new to chicken keeping. I do read as much as I can but if any of you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. Also I am not trying to hijack this thread on meat birds with my layers but when I tried searching this thread I was having trouble narrowing the posts down since there are so many in it.
Thank you!

 

[Beekissed]

So I have been fermenting my feed for my hens (5 chickens, 2 Indian runner ducks, a drake and a female) for about three weeks... I sieve out two decent sized scoops of the feed and give it tow them morning and late afternoon. I needed to buy more feed yesterday and instead of buying cracked corn to supp them, I bought scratch grains (bag says 4 grains). I included some of the grains into my ferment cooler per reading waaaaay back when this thread began by Beekissed.
They seem happy but act ravenous the rest of the day because their usual free feed system is now gone. And at first I thought it was helping with egg production but they slacked off again... Winter here in CT, cold, crunch snow cover, supp light maybe not enough. They will be two years of age this April. And I think one of them is eating eggs... I have a new baby and def don't have the gumption in me to segregate birds here in the house. So my question is keep up what I am doing or offer them more scratch as they act like I am starving them?
I am fairly new to chicken keeping. I do read as much as I can but if any of you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. Also I am not trying to hijack this thread on meat birds with my layers but when I tried searching this thread I was having trouble narrowing the posts down since there are so many in it.
Thank you!

Chickens fed in meals always act like their throat has been cut because they no longer can graze the feeder. They will be fine and will learn to tank up on the one meal to keep them going all day~it's an adjustment. Right now you are moving into peak laying season and you'll want your layer ration to form the bulk of your feed ration...this time of year I go 100% layer as they need that balanced formula for the high laying months.

What size of scoop are you using? How many cups does it hold?