Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Beekissed]

I think everyone here FFs their layers! And that sounds sooooooo....just...not right.

 

[hogster160]

Hi everyone! It's been a few months since I've been on this site, so I've missed so much!! And I may not have this totally correct, but from reading back a few pages, it seems you all ff your meat chickens. Do any of you ff your layers?

Layers, meaties and chicks here, they all get FF

 

[OHhappychicks]

Thank you everyone!!

Mine are molting and we also have some new ones in quarantine and thought ff would be good for them. What's the recipe again? I tried it back in the spring, was going to use it on my meat birds, (long story) but since the layers free range, I thought I would pick it back up late in the fall. But since they have started to molt and new ones, I think I am going to start now.

 

[OHhappychicks]

Layers, meaties and chicks here, they all get FF

Chicks too!!?? I have 6- 3 wk old chicks. Didn't think of them. Do you just use the chick starter from the feed mill?

 

[Beekissed]

Thank you everyone!!

Mine are molting and we also have some new ones in quarantine and thought ff would be good for them. What's the recipe again? I tried it back in the spring, was going to use it on my meat birds, (long story) but since the layers free range, I thought I would pick it back up late in the fall. But since they have started to molt and new ones, I think I am going to start now.

Just feed and water and time...that's the recipe! Stir it a little each day to help things along.

Especially chicks! They need it more than all the others to start out their lives with a properly cultured bowel and better sources of protein. You can ferment any of the types of feeds and get the same good results.

 

[LOVEIGEE]

I think everyone here FFs their layers! And that sounds sooooooo....just...not right.

Got it! At least I have one good laugh today.....XOX

 

[hogster160]

Chicks too!!?? I have 6- 3 wk old chicks. Didn't think of them. Do you just use the chick starter from the feed mill?

Yes, the non medicated chick starter, Nutrena. Then they will go to all flock, which is what I'm fermenting for the layers and turkeys. I do mix the dry layer with some scratch and boss before I ferment, so the chicks will need to be a bit larger yet before they get it.

Edited to add correct info lol

 

[hogster160]

Just feed and water and time...that's the recipe! Stir it a little each day to help things along.

Especially chicks! They need it more than all the others to start out their lives with a properly cultured bowel and better sources of protein. You can ferment any of the types of feeds and get the same good results.

The chicks really didn't even hesitate to eat it. Went right over to the feeder and dug in. Its so dang cute to see them wipe their beaks on the ground lol. And the meaties have normal poops, not the normal mess I've heard of them having. There isn't much smell to it either. So far all is doing wonderfully on the FF.

 

[Beekissed]

Yes, the non medicated chick starter, Nutrena. Then they will go to all flock, which is what I'm fermenting for the layers and turkeys. I do mix the dry layer with some scratch and boss before I ferment, so the chicks will need to be a bit larger yet before they get it.

Edited to add correct info lol

Those meaties will gobble that scratch and BOSS like it was pudding! Even my DP chicks eat BOSS by the second day of life, so those meaties have no problem at all. Try it and see..and give them some access to grit while you're at it and you won't see a scrap of that food left in the feeder unless it be wheat. My meaty chicks left the wheat for last and often wouldn't even eat it, so I stopped feeding it.

 

[Kassaundra]

Those meaties will gobble that scratch and BOSS like it was pudding! Even my DP chicks eat BOSS by the second day of life, so those meaties have no problem at all. Try it and see..and give them some access to grit while you're at it and you won't see a scrap of that food left in the feeder unless it be wheat. My meaty chicks left the wheat for last and often wouldn't even eat it, so I stopped feeding it.

That's so odd, b/c mine (dp not cx) eat the wheat first they leave the oats for last.