Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[tjo804]

Does anyone add Herbs to their FF mix?
things like garlic oregano or Basil?
would these kill the good guys?

 

[armorfirelady]

Does anyone add Herbs to their FF mix?
things like garlic oregano or Basil?
would these kill the good guys?

I don't add them to the FF as its fermenting but I have added it to the FF after I drain it.

 

[tjo804]

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Good to know thanks
I am still trying to figure this out to give the most benefit to my Ladies.

 

[EnnisLakeFarm]

My Australorps don't particularly like being handled but they tolerate me. Ever since I've started ff though they've followed me everywhere I go. I've nearly stepped on them several times.

Mine hate to be touched! Now they think standing on my feet or trying to fly up in the bucket is okay, just don't want me to touch them. LOL

my girls were handled almost daily when they were first hatched, then not so much as they got older. As long as they come running when I call them (that's my favorite) I'm a happy camper.

 

[Triple Willow]

Does anyone add Herbs to their FF mix?
things like garlic oregano or Basil?
would these kill the good guys?

I have a bottle of apple cider vinegar that has garlic and serano peppers in it for the chickens. Sometimes when I pour some in the water a slice of pepper comes out in the water. One hen has figured this out so she stands there and watches real close as I pour the water and if a pepper comes out she snatches it up. She tries to wait until they float up but she looks like she is bobbing for apples. LOL As soon as I'm done pouring the water she walks away.

 

[Triple Willow]

My CX are growing like crazy. I got them March 20th - 16 days ago. Got them at TSC so I'm not real sure how old they are. I'm sure they were a few days old when I got them.

 

[Beekissed]

Nice little fellas, aren't they? When they are not so focused on food they are nice little birds. I'm going to let mine out of the brooder come Monday, if the weather permits. Right now it's kind of chilly and was in the 40s last night but those chicks did just fine without any heat whatsoever...they had their heating pad brooder to get under but the pad was off. I turned it back on this morning but I'm thinking they are past needing heat..and they are just 12 days old.

They've almost outgrown their feeder as even with it fully loaded it doesn't last them until the evening feeding. Time to turn them in with the big birds and let them free range for victuals. I'll be building another, much larger wooden trough for feeding these meaties as I have found you just can't feed that number of meaties with the layer flock...even as youngsters they will take over the trough and no other bird can get a beak in edgewise....and it messes with the pecking order.

I'll be feeding these youngsters in their brooder area, first, and then dishing out for the layer flock in their own trough after the meaties are fed. This will keep the youngsters coming back to that area for feeding and sleeping in that corner of the coop until they are big enough to come and go as they please without getting separated from one another. Will also keep their water/nipple bucket in place so they will have a water source until they are big enough to access the communal waterer...but I think I'll still keep a nipple bucket handy so they won't have to run all the way to the communal water pan to get a drink while they are foraging.

 

[TexasLisa]

I have a bottle of apple cider vinegar that has garlic and serano peppers in it for the chickens. Sometimes when I pour some in the water a slice of pepper comes out in the water. One hen has figured this out so she stands there and watches real close as I pour the water and if a pepper comes out she snatches it up. She tries to wait until they float up but she looks like she is bobbing for apples. LOL As soon as I'm done pouring the water she walks away.

TW, did you buy your ACV like that or make it?

Lisa

 

[Triple Willow]

TW, did you buy your ACV like that or make it?

Lisa

I believe that bottle was some plain ACV and I put some unpasteurized ACV in it to ferment then I cut up garlic and peppers and put in it. It's strange, the garlic sinks to the bottom and the peppers all float so they get a slice of pepper now and then, well the one hen does. She has a secret! LOL

 

[katbriar]

"Right now it's kind of chilly and was in the 40s last night but those chicks did just fine without any heat whatsoever...they had their heating pad brooder to get under but the pad was off. I turned it back on this morning but I'm thinking they are past needing heat..and they are just 12 days old."

12 days- amazing. I am not so patiently waiting for chicks AND heating pad to come in the mail. 25 cornish x should arrive Tuesday, probably before I get the heating pad. But we'll all make due until then.

Just started the fermented feed for the chicks!