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I use crumbles and mash because that is what I have I feed it to my ducks too but I also use it with my pig pellets and corn for them
Ok from what i read fermented feed is easy. Keep it wet when you remove some put more back in and mix it up. You can ferment anything regualr feed, scratch, ect. One post said you don't even have to add mother it just takes longer for the enzimes to build up. You want it to smell sour but not like alchol. There is the thread linked and another thread on feeding called fermenting feed does anyone use. Or somthing like that.
I've read about it before but thought was for whole grains only. Today i saw someone saying they do chick starter crumble. Try googling "fermented chick starter" it should link you to the other thread here on byc.
I use it on my chick starter too. Also you feed them what you normally feed them and when you start seeing left overs the next time you feed them you cut back. My babies are eating 1/3 of what they were eating before are growing like weeds and feathering out pretty quick too. The only ones that took a while to eat it were my orpingtons but when you give it to them don't feed them anything else they will eventually eat it took 2 days but the orpingtons finally gave in now they are waiting right there for it .
Ok I have to go give a midterm.
For some reason I haven't been getting the NY thread. I also tried fermented feeds. I used whole oats instead of mash or pellets. Yes, It was less expensive, but in the winter, unless you have a heated place to keep it, it will freeze. I didn't like using pellets or mash as it was a huge mess. My birds had wet heads, maybe it was just them, but it was ugly....LOL I appreciate doing fermented feeds, but it proved to be too much work for me and time consuming. I have 13 coops. Just more time than I wanted to spend.
