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[Bettacreek]

Betta can you find a pic of the brand you use? how much do you add a day and initially?  I will have these ducks hatching soon, so that counts as niacin for ducks too correct?

I use Fleischmann's. You have to get it from bulk stores, because even Wally world charges $4 for the little 4oz jars of it. It comes vacuum packed in 1lb foil packs and two are packaged together. I use maybe 3 tablespoons on the bottom of the bucket, add a gallon and a half of hot water (yeast first, water second helps dissolve it), then I do 7 overflowing scoops of mash. My scoop is the plastic 2 cup dog food scoop from the Dollar Tree.

 

[Bettacreek]

http://m.samsclub.com/ip/fleischmanns-instant-dry-yeast-2-16-oz-bags/164800

That's the mobile version. It should still work on a computer though.

 

[fisherlady]

Franklin County here looking to acquire a few naked neck pullets if anyone has any info please message me!

Welcome aboard! Pull up a chair, grab a notebook and have some fun!

Oh good, thanks! I know the girls love when I give them spent grains...so figured they'd love the FF too. And I'm tired of going through 200-300 lbs of feed a month!

Looking like we will give this a try, the coop cleaning benefit alone is enough to get me to give it a shot!

I wish I could say I only used that. But I have cut the bill in half with FF, my eggs are HUMOUNGOUS don't fit in a carton! I have to tape lids shut!
I was tired of cleaning coops and mostly cleaning all that wasted feed! with dry feed they PICK through it!

Ours don't pick through the feed or throw it out of the feeders, so I guess we are lucky with that.... but since we can feed it most of the time and still take breaks when we go for a weekend it makes sense to give it a shot and see how they like it.

Betta... when you use the yeast instead of the ACV/mothers how much do you use per 5 gallon bucket?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

FF HOT WATER NO STRAIN METHOD....

I will add that DH wasn't happy about helping me to video and I also grabbed the first audio on the list!
And DH made me take out the comment about why I don't use whole grains,
you know that whole ever eat corn and see what comes back out? LMAO!

This is a question from another thread "Today I need to add more feed. I swear I read you need to leave 1/2" to an inch of water on top. I guess not."

my comment.....
REMEMBER this is the HOT WATER, NO STRAIN method! instead of all that water on top, it settles at the bottom because of the "loaf" on top! so the bottom of the feed will always be wetter than the top and hold some of the brewing juices needed for next batch! Just always leave about 4" in the pot after you pull your feed to use for your next batch!

Video taken 12 hrs before these photos

 

[missydcpc]

I ran a heater on mine all winter too because our basement is COLD. It's pretty fermented this way. As long as mine stays above about 50F I get a pretty good reaction. I just sit a feed sack across the tp of my buckets to keep dirt & stuff out. It doesn't fir tight at all, just covers to keep stuff out. I wish that's all I went through.

Yes, but I have a tenth of the amount of chickens you do.

I wish I could say I only used that. But I have cut the bill in half with FF, my eggs are HUMOUNGOUS don't fit in a carton! I have to tape lids shut! I was tired of cleaning coops and mostly cleaning all that wasted feed! with dry feed they PICK through it!

I'm lucky in that they don't pick through or waste feed. Funnily...I emptied the brooders...and dumped the crap in the compost pile...to find the big birds happily going through it and eating that feed too.....pigs.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Mine were used to getting spoiled with warm oatmeal so they took to it like flies to $%^&

 

[Gardeningmama]

ATTENTION BLARNEY: THEY'RE COMING!!!!

The eggs are rocking and I hear peeping!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!! My babies will be here soon!!!
YOU'RE GONNA BE A GODMOTHER!!! TEEHEE!

3 eggs rockin and rollin!!!

Oh good, thanks! I know the girls love when I give them spent grains...so figured they'd love the FF too. And I'm tired of going through 200-300 lbs of feed a month!

Wowser! I guess I don't have enough birds yet.

Oh good, thanks! I know the girls love when I give them spent grains...so figured they'd love the FF too. And I'm tired of going through 200-300 lbs of feed a month!

Looking like we will give this a try, the coop cleaning benefit alone is enough to get me to give it a shot!

I wish I could say I only used that. But I have cut the bill in half with FF, my eggs are HUMOUNGOUS don't fit in a carton! I have to tape lids shut!
I was tired of cleaning coops and mostly cleaning all that wasted feed! with dry feed they PICK through it!

Ours don't pick through the feed or throw it out of the feeders, so I guess we are lucky with that.... but since we can feed it most of the time and still take breaks when we go for a weekend it makes sense to give it a shot and see how they like it.

Betta... when you use the yeast instead of the ACV/mothers how much do you use per 5 gallon bucket?
I'm going to try it too! But I do need to figure a few things out first. Like, how often do you give it to them? My birds have access to their food all day. Should I leave it this way in addition to the FF. They are temporarily on lockdown so can't get out to free range. Is Mash the same as crumble?? Anyone feel free to answer

 

[mama2my4]

Missy I actually don't cover it at all, but if I see flies starting up I will throw a cheap pc of cheese cloth over it!  IT NEEDS as much air as possible! Some people use a pair of nylons!

I have been covering mine with an old woven feed bag.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I only feed in the morning, but when summer arrives I may do it before bed too, because of bug issues with heat.
Time will tell with summer heat.

 

[Bettacreek]

Mash is basically the same as crumble and pellet. They make a mash, add somewater or whatever to make it stick together, then use an extruder to make pellets (like making spaghetti noodles), then these are gently crushed for crumbles.
The difference is that mash is typically locally grown grains and it's much cheaper.