***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Kassaundra]

I don't remember who the Okie is that does the fermented oats, but I have a question or two. (My girls love it by the way) I am wanting to move my fermenting buckets outside to be more handy for feeding them, will the buckets of stinky fermenting grains attract preditors? Will the cold (freezing) weather affect either the fermenting process or the nutritional content of the grain? Oh and I've stuck w/ oats for this, are there any other grains that work for this, or any reason to add other grains?

Thanks for your insight.

 

[Rexbandit]

Hay everyone been awhile since i was last on. Our great "little" tread here has grown over 100 pages since i last logged on. Well hope everyone has been doing good.

 

[Rexbandit]

Hay everyone been awhile since i was last on. Our great "little" tread here has grown over 100 pages since i last logged on. Well hope everyone has been doing good.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Soaked oats are great for hot weather to increase moisture intake.. As far as other grains you can use just about any grain.. They do loose the advantages beyond 48 hours after sprouting. But Corn, wheat, barley all work well. Oats absorb more moisture and work better in hot weather.

 

[Kassaundra]

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Soaked oats are great for hot weather to increase moisture intake.. As far as other grains you can use just about any grain.. They do loose the advantages beyond 48 hours after sprouting. But Corn, wheat, barley all work well. Oats absorb more moisture and work better in hot weather.

Sprouting or soaking? I was referring to leaving the grain in the water for several days until it got smelly. I also sprout grains for them (mostly in the winter, I'm about to start that up again, but right now they have plenty of greens from the garden still turnip, mustard, radish etc...)

 

[poultryand bees]

Who is planning to go to Newcastle tomorrow night?

The top layer of my decorative sweet potato vines were frostbit this morning, so I pulled them all up this evening and tossed them into one of the chicken pens. I was amazed at the bushel+ of vines from only one small plant that was put into a planter in May. Am I going to regret tossing the decorative vines to the chickens?

 

[sjarvis00]

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Soaked oats are great for hot weather to increase moisture intake.. As far as other grains you can use just about any grain.. They do loose the advantages beyond 48 hours after sprouting. But Corn, wheat, barley all work well. Oats absorb more moisture and work better in hot weather.

Sprouting or soaking? I was referring to leaving the grain in the water for several days until it got smelly. I also sprout grains for them (mostly in the winter, I'm about to start that up again, but right now they have plenty of greens from the garden still turnip, mustard, radish etc...)

Soaked oats, will start to sprout in 5-7 days, if left in the water they will ferment with bacteria or natural yeast present.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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That sounds like a great line-up.. I knew they often where wheaton based and yet reffered to as Duckwing since it was teh males color that it was based on.. All the hens definetly appear wheaton to me.
The Dun's are undoubtedly stunning. In most other breeds everyone want to call them chocolate which I find interesting.. since there is an actual true breeding chocolate as well.

The duns I have seem to be more of a dusky blue/brown color. May be a wheaten version of chocolate? They are quite unique!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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I'm excited about it!

I hope it all goes well

 

[sjarvis00]

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That sounds like a great line-up.. I knew they often where wheaton based and yet reffered to as Duckwing since it was teh males color that it was based on.. All the hens definetly appear wheaton to me.
The Dun's are undoubtedly stunning. In most other breeds everyone want to call them chocolate which I find interesting.. since there is an actual true breeding chocolate as well.

The duns I have seem to be more of a dusky blue/brown color. May be a wheaten version of chocolate? They are quite unique!

That is interesting, they are typically extended balck.. I would imagine a wheaton base would modify the color a bit.. are they laced or solid colored? Do they sun bleach badly?