Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[pigeonguy]

It's described in the link. I just named it the "pigeon method" a couple minutes ago

Uh oh, there an image of a bucket in the sky - the chickens must be hungry and are using the bucket signal. To the bucket cave boy wonder!!!

Thanks ROO it has a name now. So we will go with that.

 

[Ashdoes]

I saw sweet 16 at Big R, what's in that?

 

[Celie]

All chickens are different and like different things to eat I found out by accident mine like rabbit pellets. I was feeding the rabbit and dropped some pellets and the chickens came up and ate them. You know with that famous mine mine mine mine so I threw some more down and they ate them so I put them in the ferment. I only put about 1 cup in one day then 1 cup the next and then none on the third and forth then started over again. They eat it like crazy. There are two reasons I don't put them in all the time. 1 greens should only make up 30% of their diet or so I read. 2 I am concerned about my ferment bucket so far no problems.OK 3 reasons 3 I put sweet 16 in bucket 2 which is not in bucket 1 every day to soak up extra juice but not the same amounts all the time. On days that I put rabbit pellets in I don't use as much sweet 16 I just use more dry mash to soak up extra juice.

All of my birds, Turkeys, Chickens, geese and ducks love Rabbit feed, but rabbit feed cost the most around here. Over $18. a bag plus 9% tax, so only the rabbits get it. Rabbits can't eat corn or feeds containing it or they will get Bloat and die.

 

[pigeonguy]

All of my birds, Turkeys, Chickens, geese and ducks love Rabbit feed, but rabbit feed cost the most around here. Over $18. a bag plus 9% tax, so only the rabbits get it. Rabbits can't eat corn or feeds containing it or they will get Bloat and die.

WOW 10.99 a 50 lb bag here.

 

[Celie]

I have Delawares for my meat project. I am very pleased with the results from feeding the ff. We ate one Delaware a few weeks back and boy did it have some flavor! Nothing like the mushy stuff from the local grocer! I don't generally like breast meat because it just gets too dry. Well, we had breast meat in this one meal... my daughter sauteed the meat then added marinara sauce and cheese to it. I specifically wanted to taste the meat, so after eating all the goodies off, I tasted the meat. WOW is all I can say. I don't know if it was from the ff or just because they are Delawares but it was fabulous! Loads of flavor and not at all dry! Absolutely scrumptious!

I have always raised my extra duel purpose roos for meat and the birds you raise at home always taste better than the ones in the grocery stores. There are just no comparison. I hope the FF improves the taste even more.

 

[pigeonguy]

I saw sweet 16 at Big R, what's in that?

It is a all purpose feed with a lot of vitamins and mineral in it mostly used for horses, cows things like that. I feed it to all my critters, Keeps them really healthy IMO.

 

[Celie]

WOW 10.99 a 50 lb bag here.

I can see why you use them at that price! Do you have rabbits too?

 

[pigeonguy]

All of my birds, Turkeys, Chickens, geese and ducks love Rabbit feed, but rabbit feed cost the most around here. Over $18. a bag plus 9% tax, so only the rabbits get it. Rabbits can't eat corn or feeds containing it or they will get Bloat and die.

Had to look at this again. Never new rabbits could not have corn. The wild rabbits here eat it right out of the field. I also put field corn on the cob in with mine to keep them occupied. I feed them sweet 16 once or twice a week and it has corn. My niece feeds an all grain feed to her lionhead and it has corn in it.

 

[Celie]

GOOD ONE!! Very simple solution, my favorite kind! I have to buy feed tomorrow, any recommendation on which whole grains to use? I believe I can get 3 50# bags in my storage bin, so I was going to go with 1/3 crumbles or pellets, 1/3 some whole grain, 1/3 some other whole grain. Thoughts? Thanks for the help

I am using Race horse Oats, The flocks love it and it really swells and increases in size, so I am letting it soak overnight and feeding in the am and pm and then adding back to the bucket.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Had to look at this again. Never new rabbits could not have corn. The wild rabbits here eat it right out of the field. I also put field corn on the cob in with mine to keep them occupied. I feed them sweet 16 once or twice a week and it has corn. My niece feeds an all grain feed to her lionhead and it has corn in it.

Is this the same as Sweet feed that TSC carries?