Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[armorfirelady]

Someone on the old fashioned broody hatching thread stated a TSC employee told them "ACV makes it hard (or harder) for the chicks to break out of their shell".

I'm about to start fermenting my layers feed again, but then this came into question. I put AVC with mother in their waterers and I gave the girls FF last summer and fall, my broody hatched her own chicks and I didn't see any difficulties going on. So is there any truth to what they said?

Not true. I know a lot of people who use the ACV and never had problems with chicks hatching.

It doesn't appear to be sore just nasty. Her vent opens and closes rapidly sometimes, it that just wanting to be breed? I'll try the yogurt and I guess it wouldn't hurt to put some Nustock on, it's hard because I don't have anyone to help hold her. She's been like this since I bought her and the gal I got her from said she was the roosters favorite I wonder if that has something to do with it, over breed maybe?  Thank for the help.

Try this thread. A lot of people here with a ton of knowledge. It's all natural raising of our chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...keeping-thread-ots-welcome/7110#post_10450031

 

[Suzierd]

Does anyone know how often the Nustock should be applied? If I remember right it's just once or twice for leg mites but what about the butt?

 

[bobbieschicks]

They won't eat the yogurt, tried the Greek plain before and they wouldn't eat it this time I thought I would try blueberry that has the fruit on the bottom,  (Greek) still wont eat it. And Snow the one with the problem is a good eater. Loves her greens and veggies. I guess I have weird chickens.

bobbieschicks my problem hen is named Snow White too. I just call her Snow.

We call ours Snow too. Is your Snow White a White Leghorn too? I put the Nustock on her one time heavy, but I also washed her butt first. Of course that was during the summer so I wouldn't wash her now. I would just slather it on thick now and see how it is tomorrow. Apply it again in a couple of days. I only did one treatment with Snow, but if its particularly bad you may have to do a few more times.

 

[bobbieschicks]

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Not true. I know a lot of people who use the ACV and never had problems with chicks hatching.


That's what I figured. I've had my own broody hatch her eggs and they didn't have a problem getting out of the shell. Thanks

 

[bobbieschicks]

Does anyone know how often the Nustock should be applied? If I remember right it's just once or twice for leg mites but what about the butt?

Just put it on once really heavy and check it tomorrow. I wouldn't apply more than every other day. I remember Beekissed did it once and that was it. That's all I did. I didn't do a second treatment last summer when I treated her. But I'm noticing her butt getting dirty again so I need to treat again. As far as leg mites you should kill them in one treatment as well.

That Nustock stuff is great. My broody silky had a huge gash on her back from the rooster that was gaping open and I put Nustock on it and her missing feathers. She now has pin feathers growing and the gap has closed. It's starting to look a bunch better and healing. It's only been four days.

 

[Suzierd]

We call ours Snow too. Is your Snow White a White Leghorn too? I put the Nustock on her one time heavy, but I also washed her butt first. Of course that was during the summer so I wouldn't wash her now. I would just slather it on thick now and see how it is tomorrow. Apply it again in a couple of days. I only did one treatment with Snow, but if its particularly bad you may have to do a few more times.

My Snow is a Silkie. thanks for the help ill put it on again in a couple days incase I didn't
get it on thick enough.

 

[3 NH reds]

How much do you remove: 1/4 ,1/6 ? and replace with braggs?


Handy husband! LOVE the idea!!

I actually don't use Braggs now that I make my own acv. I use a two bucket system and back slop to get it going. No real recipe I just add a good glug of acv to the new batch. I only use the fish tank heater if I am in a hurry for mash and I forget to start a second batch in time.

 

[mstricer]

Can you use just regular ACV?

 

[Surjeet]

Regular acv does not have the mother culture you need. Grocery store acv is filtered and pasteurized, you need it raw. However I make raw acv with the regular acv by deviding it into masson jars and adding some raw acv to it, you can multiply it as many times as you like, because the mother culture will keep working.

 

[ocap]

I found raw unpasturized ACV (Heinz) in our local wal-Mart