Fermenting Feed

[MeoWusical]

Hey y’all, I have a flock of ducks that I have accidentally been over feeding simply by feeding via auto feeder. I’d like to make the bags last longer and I know fermented feed is really beneficial and easy on the wallet. However, I'm not sure if this bag will do. I attached a picture of the ingredients.
I was wondering if I’d be able to feed them this for the morning and give them egg layer at night. Is that a good schedule if this feed is fermentable?

 

[nuthatched]

Unfortunately, that's a scratch, a treat. It's not a feed, as it states on the bag, so it shouldn't be make over 10% of their diet or their health will go down hill.
Fermenting feed is only slightly beneficial (it makes the nutrition slightly more bioavailable) and not really cheaper. It's been overhyped to death.

 

[Debbie292d]

We ferment, and have both ducks and chickens, but it isn't a meal per se.

You could ferment half of that with half feed and bring up its nutritional value.

What we ferment here is 1/2 Kalmbach's Henhouse Reserve (a layer feed) 1/4 hard red winter wheat, 1/4 whole oats, a little bit of chia seeds and flax seeds. They'll get that once a day, but it's not enough to fill any of them up.

We do it mostly so they're getting something different, and it's a good source of prebiotics, probiotics, and nutrients. More of a treat than a meal though.