How to store excess fermented feed?

[centrarchid]

Place in squarish plastic ice-cream buckets with lids and freeze it. Squarish stack tighter in a chest freezer.

 

[HAPPYCHICKENLADY17]

Think of it like sourdough starter. Some people claim to have jars of starter they have been adding to for decades. If it gets putrid, toss it and start again.
I do the backslop method mostly because it is easier to just have one bucket going and not having to keep track of different buckets at different stages.

SO WHEN you take some out , you put some in?? and just keep it going,,,,ill try that..ty

 

[BloomBunny]

fermented feed only lasts 5 days

Spoilage is complicated with a living ferment. As long as it's living and growing it's not spoiling. If it's strong and acidic (sour) it's resistant to contamination by non-beneficial microbes. When it's eaten all the food, it slows, becomes vulnerable and can spoil.

 

[BloomBunny]

BUT....i am confused now

If you have a month's feed fermenting, put the extra in the fridge before it's finished. Figure a week in the fridge is similar to a day at room temperature.

 

[momma chickie]

Can you explain the back slop method please?

 

[CatsandCrops]

I ferment a days worth at a time vs backslopping - that way if the batch goes bad, I'm only losing a day's worth of food vs multiple days.

As a side note - I'm not sure what you are feeding the chicks, but you shouldn't ferment medicated feed.

 

[Percheron chick]

Can you explain the back slop method please?

I have only one bucket going. Everyday I replace the FF I fed with fresh dry feed, add water and stir. Let it sit overnight and repeat. For the most part I keep it going for months at a time.