***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[shelbydog]

Need advice on fermenting grains......

Doing oats, wheat, and corn. I will be adding barley if its in stock on my next trip to feed store. But the oats is last to go. The cockerels I have separated leave oats behind. The pullets/hens and ducks seem to do 100% clean up but noticing this morning traces of oats being left behind but they still got all day to pick it up.

I can reduce the oats ratio or I can eliminate it all together. Is there a bean/legume or another grain I could use in place of the oats?

 

[shelbydog]

Must be rough having more than one addiction.... Chickens and Dr. Who.

LOL

That's me with chickens and corgis.

 

[NanaKat]

Have you looked at peas or lentils?

 

[shelbydog]

Resting from hard work in the garden. I was dismantling it, they were too... one scratch and peck at a time.

It's nice to have garden helpers.

If I created a chicken that ate nothing but crabgrass how much would you all pay for one of those?

 

[bardies]

At least one internal pip (cheeping) from the brinsea! Yay! Small start, but a good one... I'll take it.

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

At least one internal pip (cheeping) from the brinsea!  Yay! Small start, but a good one...  I'll take it.  e

. yay!

 

[Kyzmette]

I have a question on the fermented grain, too. I think mine is smelling a little sour. Is that normal? Instead of rising bread dough it smells like dough that's been sitting too long. Should I discard it and start over? Or is it just well fermented?

Also, I saw somebody mention putting ACV in the mix. Is that better for the mix?

 

[Kyzmette]

@bardies, whoooot! At least you have forward momentum!

 

[shelbydog]

I put it in mine. Mine has a sweet sourdough smell and gets the good grey stuff on top. How long has yours been cooking?

 

[Kyzmette]

Mine has been going since before yours, and it gets the yeasty residue on top. Maybe we just have a different definition of what smells good. I've never been a fan of the smell of fermentation. Beer smells nasty to me.