Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[bruceh]

as far as being to lazy to chew, i think i will have a port put in next week.

 

[jeapa]

Society has been brainwashed and crippled when it comes to food choices.  I know plenty of country folks who are the same way....have grown so used to eating out of the store that they have forgotten the appearance and flavor of real food.  Real chicken is darker, smells like something when cooked, has a chewy but still succulent flavor and texture...but try getting some of the old country folks to eat some of it now.  "It's so tough that I can't chew it!!!"  Really?  'Cause I'm having no trouble at all! 

If you'll notice, all the food has become geared towards being too lazy to chew....all the hard candies are now made into "gummies", sticks of gum are tinier than ever and soft(remember when gum was hard?),chicken is soaked until it is white mush in your mouth, beef is tasteless, mushy, greasy and pale, eggs are pale and runny, bread is so soft that you can squeeze it and it instantly becomes dough again...no flavor, no texture and no real substance.  All of it. 

Heaven help a society that is too lazy to chew their food..... 

 

Great post

 

[Beekissed]

as far as being to lazy to chew, i think i will have a port put in next week.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Back to heated dog bowls...

I've been looking at some but none of them seem to have good instructions.

They say they're "thermostatically controlled" but does that mean that they keep the contents of the bowl at a certain temperature...or does it mean that they only turn on when the AIR temp is at a certain temperature? Or do they only turn on when the content of the bowl is a certain temperature......

I'm not clear on this....how does yours work?

Also, what brand are you using and how many seasons have you been able to use it before it has broken down?

Plastic or ss?

 

[Bingfajardo]

Right! That is one of the reasons i started raising layer chicken. The egg yolks have richer color and their taste so much yummier than store bought eggs.

 

[Beekissed]

Back to heated dog bowls...

I've been looking at some but none of them seem to have good instructions.

They say they're "thermostatically controlled" but does that mean that they keep the contents of the bowl at a certain temperature...or does it mean that they only turn on when the AIR temp is at a certain temperature? Or do they only turn on when the content of the bowl is a certain temperature......

I'm not clear on this....how does yours work?

Also, what brand are you using and how many seasons have you been able to use it before it has broken down?

Plastic or ss?

They stay the same temp at all times, no matter the outside temps. I don't remember the brand of mine but I've had it for around 3 years and it is plastic, blue and looks and works like the day I bought it. Same with my heated buckets....have had them for around 6 years and they are still looking and working like new. Also large, blue and plastic and I don't remember the brand.

 

[Leahs Mom]

They stay the same temp at all times, no matter the outside temps. I don't remember the brand of mine but I've had it for around 3 years and it is plastic, blue and looks and works like the day I bought it. Same with my heated buckets....have had them for around 6 years and they are still looking and working like new. Also large, blue and plastic and I don't remember the brand.

Okay. That clears it up.

So I could plug it into a themo-cube so that it only turns on when the air temp is 35 and then shut off when it goes above 45 rather than leaving it running all the time.

The one you're describing sounds like the Allied Precision Industries brand.

 

[Beekissed]

I just leave mine in all the time after the temps get to the point that water is freezing each day.

 

[Tivona]

So I have a question on every ones ff. Just how pickley do your batches smell? I keep reading how it smells like a pickle crock for some. Mine always smells sweet and just a tiny bit tangy in a background note. Not sour smelling, just a hint of a tangy-ness that is almost out of reach in the smell. I can say that mine is plenty acid though and I have no worries about it making lactic acid. Each time I mix it by hand any little cuts I have sting so it is definitely making the acids it needs to. Just sorta curious mostly.

 

[Beekissed]

The more you back slop and the longer you keep the mix without diluting it with fresh feed and water, the more fermented it smells.