Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[AletaG]

Ok, anyone ever tried fermenting horse chestnuts? Apparently "crushed, boiled, with the water poured off" can be fed to horses and cattle...
Going to try the crushed/boiled thing tomorrow, but fermenting would be easier. Tons of starch/protein. And lots of ornamental horse chestnuts around here... Free food! (for chickens)

 

[Delawaremommy]

I know everyone will think I'm an idiot (I do too sometimes!) but what is acv?

 

[Windy Bay Farm]

I know everyone will think I'm an idiot (I do too sometimes!) but what is acv?

Apple Cider Vinegar

 

[Triple Willow]

I know everyone will think I'm an idiot (I do too sometimes!) but what is acv?

You're not an idiot. If you see UP/ACV, that is "unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. "Mother" is the dirty looking stuff that floats around in it because it is unpasteurized. That's the good stuff! Most vinegar in stores has been pasteurized to get all of that out. Bragg's is the leading brand of up/acv but a few others are making it, so I hear. Here is a link from Bragg's:

http://bragg.com/books/acv_excerpt.html

 

[Beekissed]

Heinz brand has some at Walmart and Kroger's now.

 

[Triple Willow]

Heinz brand has some at Walmart and Kroger's now. 

That's good. I'm sure it will be cheaper than Bragg's. I'll have to check next time I'm in WM.

 

[DaveMorey]

I found Bragg's in my local Market Basket. I didn't think it was expensive at all.

 

[Triple Willow]

I found Bragg's in my local Market Basket. I didn't think it was expensive at all.

That's good. I did find it on sale at Kroger's once. But I believe I paid $16 for a gallon one time. That was high compared to regular ol' vinegar! That was at a health food store so it would be higher. At least now you can find it in other stores where it will be cheaper.

 

[Beekissed]

Wonder how much protein percentage is in snakes? Little Red gulped a 10 in. snake this evening like it was spaghetti and I've seen my other birds do the same. Imagine how much protein is in such things like lizards, frogs, snakes and mice? Wonder why folks who are trying to find extra sources of meat proteins aren't growing mice for their birds?

 

[RoseMarie1]

That's good. I did find it on sale at Kroger's once. But I believe I paid $16 for a gallon one time. That was high compared to regular ol' vinegar! That was at a health food store so it would be higher. At least now you can find it in other stores where it will be cheaper.

WOW GOOD price! Our is 10 -11 bucks a qt. here! I just get the Heinz at Walmart. I'd thought they stopped carrying it but FINALLY found it again the other night and bought two bottles of it. You can actually pour that into a gallon on the regular ACV I have heard and let it sit for awhile and make even more for less. I am trying that now.