Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[tjo804]

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[LindaB220]

"Right now it's kind of chilly and was in the 40s last night but those chicks did just fine without any heat whatsoever...they had their heating pad brooder to get under but the pad was off. I turned it back on this morning but I'm thinking they are past needing heat..and they are just 12 days old."

12 days- amazing. I am not so patiently waiting for chicks AND heating pad to come in the mail. 25 cornish x should arrive Tuesday, probably before I get the heating pad. But we'll all make due until then.

Just started the fermented feed for the chicks!

Woohoo. Good luck.

 

[Beekissed]

"Right now it's kind of chilly and was in the 40s last night but those chicks did just fine without any heat whatsoever...they had their heating pad brooder to get under but the pad was off. I turned it back on this morning but I'm thinking they are past needing heat..and they are just 12 days old."

12 days- amazing. I am not so patiently waiting for chicks AND heating pad to come in the mail. 25 cornish x should arrive Tuesday, probably before I get the heating pad. But we'll all make due until then.

Just started the fermented feed for the chicks!

Keep us posted!! Good luck!!!

 

[RoseMarie1]

@Rose... maybe our birds will get straightened out soon.

Well I sure do hope so!

 

[RoseMarie1]

My Australorps don't particularly like being handled but they tolerate me. Ever since I've started ff though they've followed me everywhere I go. I've nearly stepped on them several times.

yeah mine will follow me but most of those Aussies stay their distance. Some of them wont even go in the door if I am near.

 

[Beekissed]

yeah mine will follow me but most of those Aussies stay their distance. Some of them wont even go in the door if I am near.

My new ones are under my feet and jumping into the feed bucket...sitting on the back porch steps waiting for me to come out and play..er ...feed. They are just as moochy as all the other BAs I've had. I've named them Idgie and Ruth ( Friend Green Tomatoes). They are friendlier than the birds I've had since they were chicks...go figure. I've always had good success with BAs.

 

[Triple Willow]

I believe my Black Aussie hens are my favorites. But my Buckeye roo is probably my favorite roo followed close by my Ancona. They gots personality! lol

 

[tjo804]

I have a question about DE for worming'

Will the DE kill the healthy bacteria in the FF and the digestive system or is it just the bug type things?

 

[Beekissed]

I have a question about DE for worming'

Will the DE kill the healthy bacteria in the FF and the digestive system or is it just the bug type things?

It's just sharp dust, so it can't kill anything like microbial life in the intestines but supposedly scores the bodies of the intestinal worms, allowing the digestive juices to kill it.

 

[tjo804]

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Thank you!
That makes me feel so much better.