Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[sapphireblu76]

DId you see the one done last summer? Three groups of meaties and three feeding methods. Weighed once a week?
It was a very good attempt to see an effect. LIke many experiments, it leads to other questions and the needs for another experiment.

Anybody have a link to this?

Yes, anyone? Because, no I didn't see it. I got about 30 posts in and then had to jump to the end, lol.

 

[sapphireblu76]

I have discovered FF is CRACK!!! Pure, unadulterated, chicken crack! My chicks go absolutely nuts for it and will even swarm if it looks like I might be bringing them more. I know they're not starving, but my goodness! They are like little piranhas!

 

[SunnysMama]

Yes, anyone? Because, no I didn't see it. I got about 30 posts in and then had to jump to the end, lol.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/672135/meatie-experiment-ff-vs-crumbles

 

[B J Hopkins]

I have discovered FF is CRACK!!! Pure, unadulterated, chicken crack! My chicks go absolutely nuts for it and will even swarm if it looks like I might be bringing them more. I know they're not starving, but my goodness! They are like little piranhas!

Thats funny because that's exactly how my chickens react when they see me coming (whether I have food or not!) I've actually stepped on some of them because they won't move out of my way.

 

[Rockashelle]

I've been following this thread for a while and started FF a week ago. Pure chicken madness! My flock loves it. One of my 2 month old pullets jumped up on my arm last night and was eating it straight out of the bucket while I was scooping it out for the rest of them. One flock was a little more resistant to it initially, but now has joined right in.

Quick question... What do you all do if you plan to be away for a day or two? Put extra out or fill a feeder with dry feed? Two nights a week, I am gone from the house. While temps are still down in the 30's at night I know it won't spoil. Just curious what others might do.

Thanks!

 

[colburg]

I've been following this thread for a while and started FF a week ago. Pure chicken madness! My flock loves it. One of my 2 month old pullets jumped up on my arm last night and was eating it straight out of the bucket while I was scooping it out for the rest of them. One flock was a little more resistant to it initially, but now has joined right in.

Quick question... What do you all do if you plan to be away for a day or two? Put extra out or fill a feeder with dry feed? Two nights a week, I am gone from the house. While temps are still down in the 30's at night I know it won't spoil. Just curious what others might do.

Thanks!

If you have someone coming over to turn them out or check them, just set a prefilled bucket out for them to dump into the feeder.

If not, it depends on what the feeder looks like when you feed every day. If it's empty every time you refill it, I'd say put out a little more than double. If there's a little left in there every day, then just double it.

I've left mine for 3 days and just put out a little more than triple when it was 90 to 100 degrees last summer. Added water so it wouldn't dry out as fast but that's the only problem. It doesn't go bad in a few days, even when it's almost 100 degrees every day.

JMHO,

 

[Rockashelle]

Great! Thank you... I'm still getting the portions down as I've noticed that they are slowly eating less of it. I'll put extra out.

I'm excited to try FF with the new chicks in the brooder and see what difference it makes with them.

 

[morton]

Im getting my first round of chicks tomorrow so i am very new at this. I started my ff yesterday using chick starter, braggs and yeast(Montrachet). Does this slop have to be at a certain temp in order to work like beer?

 

[colburg]

Im getting my first round of chicks tomorrow so i am very new at this. I started my ff yesterday using chick starter, braggs and yeast(Montrachet). Does this slop have to be at a certain temp in order to work like beer?

Anything above freezing will work...Let me rephrase that, anything that doesn't freeze your FF will work. It just affects how fast your feed will ferment. I've found that it's taking an extra day or so to fully ferment(just going by smell) with nights in the 30's and 40's and days in 60's and 70's. Once it starts to warm up, it should go back to the 2 days or so to get a good ferment on a fresh batch.

 

[ocap]

Im getting my first round of chicks tomorrow so i am very new at this. I started my ff yesterday using chick starter, braggs and yeast(Montrachet). Does this slop have to be at a certain temp in order to work like beer?

the way I understand Fermented Feed == NO YEAST