Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Sierrab]

Congratulations! Hope you raise enough til next time; After the first round we have issues the with the store bought stuff.

 

[Sierrab]

My wild chicks.   

I was sitting over here playing on the computer on Facebook and they were just going crazy and I was like WHAT ARE they doing over there. Took my camera over there and they stopped for a few minutes and then started back. Man I WISH I just had HALF their energy. I'm thinking about eating me some ff. 

LOL!

 

[Jipus5]

For any of the newbies to fermented feed, just wanted to say that it seems hot water placed into your feed appears to create the fermentation faster.

 

[RoseMarie1]

Is anybody fermenting layer pellets instead of crumbles? Just curious how the pellets ferment? Does it take it longer or will it fall to pieces or does it stay together in pellets?

 

[RoseMarie1]

Wow your are already running out of space....

Wait till you see em play Chick Foot ball.... One will grab something he thinks is good to eat and all the rest try to take it from him....

deb

Thanx Bee......


Oh yeah running out of space quick! I do plan on putting them in a much larger space on the carport. Hubby took my light apart to keep the cats warm when it got really cold a few weeks back. He took the clamp off it and I need to get the clamp put back on there when he can figure out WHAT he did with it. Sure hope he didn't toss it. Anyway I wanted to put it on and see how warm it gets in there at night time so I can see IF they will stay warm enough.

 

[beverly evans]

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Hi Lisa, I get busy and don't get to the internet for awhile and then have to catch up. I sold two of my layers today for $60. I felt guilty, sorta like a traitor somehow. I raised them from chicks and they are very tame but one was a Maran that did not lay dark brown eggs and was a real pig, food wise, though a daily layer. The other was a Russian Orloff that was really mean to all the younger chickens, even to chasing them away. So I'll have less eggs for a while. I've got 16 new babies from my last hatch, all cute crosses. I'm saving eggs from my new roosters that are Anacona crosses. So I will have some rumpless wonders from those. They will be so cute. I'll just have to learn how to put pictures up on here! : )

 

[beverly evans]

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Hi Bee, As Wendy says, "Howyadoin'?" I was a nurse too and did eldercare for almost 35 years and yes we do get knee deep in s*** sometimes and after years we do get immune to it don't we? What's a little poo, anyway? Funny how ever since being into chickens, I see everything in a new light. How it can be converted into something that I can use for the chickens, be it for feeding or for shade or to be part of a coop, whatever. I have lots of wood. I'm going to make some of your little troughs. I think they are cool! Love you! : )

 

[beverly evans]

My wild chicks.

I was sitting over here playing on the computer on Facebook and they were just going crazy and I was like WHAT ARE they doing over there. Took my camera over there and they stopped for a few minutes and then started back. Man I WISH I just had HALF their energy. I'm thinking about eating me some ff.

Thanks for sharing your babies with us Rosemarie! I can't get enough of babies! Your video is precious.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Rose, the crumbles actually hold their grainy form better than the pellets, but that is really more because the pellets become tiny and grainy to the same amount. If you get improperly milled crumbles or sift through them carefully you will find some half milled pellets. The crumbles are just milled and sifted pellets! At least that is my experience fermenting Layena vs Flock raiser. Grainy mush either way.

 

[LindaB220]

My wild chicks.

I was sitting over here playing on the computer on Facebook and they were just going crazy and I was like WHAT ARE they doing over there. Took my camera over there and they stopped for a few minutes and then started back. Man I WISH I just had HALF their energy. I'm thinking about eating me some ff.

RoseMarie, they are so sweet. A real handful. This is the third time I've watched one of your videos and I keep getting side tracked. This time it was about cooking cornish game hens. About 10 different videos.