Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Beekissed]

okay i have a question... I'm getting a bunch of broilers on thursday, and i have feed that is fermenting right now. i am also getting 10 turkeys.... can they be fed fermented chick starter?


i read turkeys need higher protein, but i also read fermenting increases the protein in the feed.....?????



HELP

Keep it simple....feed them all the same thing. It will be enough. When we had turkeys they ate what the chickens ate and then later just foraged for their foods and had a little whole corn each day. What poultry need and what people say they need are often two different things.....VERY often.

 

[Coralietg]

What does it look and smell like?

Fuzzy whiteish grey stuff. I scraped the top off earlier and added more water. When I went back to check on it there was a nicer looking "foamy" covering. Smell, I try not to get to close to be honest. It's very humid here, and hot.

 

[JoyfulPromise]

Wow! I can't believe I hadn't seen that article by Tikk Tok before! Just read the WHOLE thing, including comments... AWESOME!!!

Thanks so much for sharing it Bee!! And thanks to Tikk Tok for WRITING it!

That article is the best explanation of Fermented Feed I have seen yet, and it is written in an entertaining way too! I definitely learned a few new tips!

 

[calliescluckers]

just LOVE this site i agree... the article was awesome.


anyone know whether fermenting ACTUALLY adds protein to the feed?? say.,,,, if someone fermented 16% would it end up being at least 18% (for my hybrid layers)

 

[Beekissed]

just LOVE this site i agree... the article was awesome.


anyone know whether fermenting ACTUALLY adds protein to the feed?? say.,,,, if someone fermented 16% would it end up being at least 18% (for my hybrid layers)

Some of the studies I found actually state protein is increased because it's changed to a more usable form and that boosts the protein levels....others say it makes the protein levels in the grains be fully utilized, which means you are getting the full 16%~which I presume means you are not currently getting in its dry, unfermented state.

Not sure. I treat it like a protein boost and so temper my feeding in that manner. It's one of the reasons you get by feeding less because nutrients are boosted and they don't need to eat as much to get the same level of nutrition as formerly fed.

 

[lazy gardener]

I've been using FF for over a year, and love it. But, can some one please enlighten me? What does SCOBY stand for?

 

[Coralietg]

I've been using FF for over a year, and love it. But, can some one please enlighten me? What does SCOBY stand for?

Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast

 

[Latestarter]

I've been using FF for over a year, and love it. But, can some one please enlighten me? What does SCOBY stand for?

Very good question! As a matter of fact, I only found out the answer a couple of hours ago myself!

Now I just have to try to remember it

 

[RoseMarie1]

I believe its a need for meat protein not just protein in general.

Check your local grocery or butcher as well. I found chicken hearts & livers that are packaged cheap. I run them through the food grinder and put them in individual baggies & freeze them. Mine got ground beef because my son wanted tacos and I put it on the counter to defrost & forgot about it lol Was not bad but it wouldnt of been used today since I work so the girls made out well

I also have friends & family save me turkey & chicken carcasses & ham bones. My girls love to pick those clean. When they are done I toss them in the compost.

I am still finding pieces of bone in the garden where the hens are for winter. Thank goodness my neighbors cant see me tossing bones in the compost lol Every time I find one I chuckle as I toss it in the compost thinking it reminds me of a grave yard with bones scattered around

LOL @ you I can just see you tossing those bones. Hee hee neighbors will think you killing folks and letting the chickens pick em clean.

Ok will do. I've been giving them our bones and stuff and turkey liver, gizzard etc. Last week and the week before I did a turkey breast in the rotisseire and gave them the bones and had bought the whole turkey so I boiled it and gave them the fat and all the other we didn't eat from it.

Thanx you guys for the suggestions!

 

[butch vb]

I made two buckets with nipples put one in coop other in tractor put acv in one work great I used food grade silicone on inside of bucket around nipples have no leaks with screw in nipples next time I will try the nipples with rubber grouments shold be easier to put in bucket also use pvc feeders 4 inch to 3in 90 plus one 3 in 90 no wast with this feeder also built one feeder out of 5 gallon bucket and three inch street 90 can put up to three opening in one bucket great feeder to hang in tractor I leave it in when I move tractor no waste with this feeder but since I dtarted ff they don't eat much dry food they eat there ff before they eat their fodder but they still eat a lot of grass I move tractor every 2 days ps nipples are about 150 each one plce on web sells a video 4 nipples and instructions for dummies for around 25 bucks what a ripe off check with feed stores before ordering on line a lot of them cary then I paid 5 bucks for 4 instructions on back of package u call also put these in pvc pipe the advantage to bucket it is easer to clean and on hot days you can add ice im going to try putting nipples in 5 gal cool can used by construction companys to keep cool in summer and put heat tape or other heat source for winter