Wow! Thanks, Kilsharion and Peeps for all the great information! I needed that, especially on the fermented feed. I read some about it earlier, and they made it seem so complex, and I know people through the ages doing it had to have had a simpler method or they never would've done it. Thank you for making it so simple!
I have a degree in Biochemistry, and am a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom to 6, so I joke that I use my degree to put Neosporin on cuts and teach. Now I can add "fermenting", lol.
Seriously, I have wanted to get into more fermenting because of the health benefits, so this is a nice, easy way to start. Have you ever read "Wild Fermentation?" I started to buy that a couple of times and haven't, but I wondered if you know of a good beginner's resource book for fermentation in general?
I LOVE the old west theme of your coop, Kilsharion! Too cute! I was reading some Louis L'Amour books recently, and it made me laugh to see that. I'll have to show my husband. We are supposed to move to a bigger place for the animals, and we're not building big coops yet. We have converted our shed and green house into chicken and duckville to keep out the predators, but no proper coop yet. I hate being in limbo. Until we move I'll have to do chicken tractors and free range.
I love the pics of the babies, makingshift! Cute!
I have poor impulse control, evidently. I just bought what I think is possibly Blue Swedish at the feed store yesterday. It was just so cute. Thankfully I kept my sanity and said no to the rabbits. We started with 8 chicks when my husband went out of town, (he he), and it has grown into the guineas, geese, ducks, chickens empire that we have today. I love them all.
Here's the new duckie! What do you think for the breed? It is a bit larger than the other duck baby we have that is a mallard. I tried to sex it at the feed store in the hopes that we got a girl for eggs. I used the Metzer Farms video on You Tube to try it, so I hope we did it right. The video was great!
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