PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[emarble]

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Yep gotta put all the good stuff back in to replace everything you got rid of!! I do hate the BIG C word! I had one of those a few years ago and the cleanse is worse than the colonosopy !!

Ernie

 

[vmdanielsen]

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Yep gotta put all the good stuff back in to replace everything you got rid of!! I do hate the BIG C word! I had one of those a few years ago and the cleanse is worse than the colonosopy !!

Ernie

EEEWWWW! So I have heard!!!

 

[emarble]

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Yep gotta put all the good stuff back in to replace everything you got rid of!! I do hate the BIG C word! I had one of those a few years ago and the cleanse is worse than the colonosopy !!

Ernie

EEEWWWW! So I have heard!!!

They call it twilighting when they give you the stuff to relax you! I was so relaxed that I didn't remember anything for about 12 hours!! LOL
I remember the nurse telling me you can watch on the Screeeeeeee! Bammm Out like a light woke up in recovery with the nurse asking me questions like do you know where you are and at that point it was just give me some more of that stuff in the IV agan and let me sleep LOL

The 24 hour colon cleanse NOT SO Great Tho! Starving after the Colonoscopy but didn't stay awake long enough to eat much thou! Lost the better part of a whole day

Ernie

 

[vmdanielsen]

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EEEWWWW! So I have heard!!!

They call it twilighting when they give you the stuff to relax you! I was so relaxed that I didn't remember anything for about 12 hours!! LOL
I remember the nurse telling me you can watch on the Screeeeeeee! Bammm Out like a light woke up in recovery with the nurse asking me questions like do you know where you are and at that point it was just give me some more of that stuff in the IV agan and let me sleep LOL

The 24 hour colon cleanse NOT SO Great Tho! Starving after the Colonoscopy but didn't stay awake long enough to eat much thou! Lost the better part of a whole day

Ernie

I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!! no i didn't have the cap lock on

 

[Miss Lydia]

The last one I had which was 2 years ago the stuff they gave me was out of my system by the time I left the office. A friend went with me so my dh wouldn't have to take off work she was surprised when I said lets go shopping after it was over...

I have to go every 3 years to get one since my mother had colon cancer. But have to admit the stuff I had to drink this last time wasn't near as bad as some I've had, but the results were the same.

 

[leenie]

Wow. . . this stuff is amazing!

Because of this tread, THANK YOU, I am drinking "milk" for the first time in my life w/o someone making me.
I hate milk

I mean really, really HATE milk

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It's in my coffee, that's the extent of my milk consumption since my mom gave up on me ingesting milk when I was 5.

I decided I had nothing to loose trying this Kefir method. Ordered my grains and started the process 3 days ago. Drank my initial 48 hr and "aged 1 day" batch this afternoon.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This stuff was sour coming out of the batch but aged into something absolutely amazing. I have consumed the entire first batch, just age jarred my second and started my third batch of Kefir just a few minutes ago.

If what everyone says, "the first few batches are yucky" then I'm in trouble because I may become a Kefir Milk junky in a matter of days if it only gets better from here.

I'm gonna go ahead and get a scoby and try the fermented tea thing.

Thanks to everyone who chimed in here. This is truly a find!

My dog, chickens, kids and DH thank you too!

 

[emarble]

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The Kefir will definitely get better the longer you make it! It really does get much mellower the more times you make it! The aging process has a lot to do with it Plus the older your grains get the better they get! I only grow mine 24 hours and age in the refrigerator for 48 hours! I found out that the shorter growing time made a mellower kifir and has the same effect but the texture and flavor is to die for! Also the more grains you have the faster the brew time! I have not split mine off yet as I have some promised out and am sending out on Monday here in Missouri! I have about 1 cup of grains in a quart of milk and MAN YOU TALK ABOUT SMOOTH KEFIR!!! It is to die for! Well I say I haven't split any off yet (Not Many) I ate a few spoonfulls to try and they were good too! Whereas with cottage I use salt and pepper NOT with the kefir it is straight out of the jar! MMMMmmmmmmm GoooooooDDDDD!

Heres to all Kefir and Good Health!!

Ernie

 

[Ukyou]

Something easy to try and is often recommend if the detox with kombuchu is too much at first is Beet Kvass. I use a 1 gallon jar for this. Take 6 medium or 4 large RAW beets. Peel them and chop up coarsely (do not grate). put in jar. Add 1/2 cup whey and 2 tablespoons salt. Then fill the jar with unchlorinated water. Let it sit out for 2 -4 days with a cloth covering it. I then move it to the fridge (leaving the juice with the beets still in)and drink some each day as well as give some to my dog who has had problems with kidney stones in the past. When most of the liquid has been drunk up, you can refill it with more water for a second batch. After that batch I give the used up beets to my chickens which they love.

 

[WisconsinChickenWhisperer]

Thanks, everyone! Today I am actually 48 hours nicotine free! I almost asked a friend of mine to borrow me one when I stopped to have a drink with my son after I got off of work-but I didn't! I also noticed that my sense of smell is already coming back somewhat.........got the email today saying that my cultures will be sent out tomorrow, so by the end of the week I should be making Kefir and fermenting tea. I think I will bring home some water from my one part time job to brew with, though. That water comes from a private well, while I have city water at my home. Has anyone here tried the water kefir?

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

Well ,I guess I must be the dumbest kid on the block.I just don't know a thing about that kefir.I see it called kefir grains but it seems like it is some sort of milk curd or something.I do know that probiotics are very important.
About 15 yrs. ago I tried the kombucha tea deal.Maybe I did it wrong but my stomach (acid reflux) couldn't handle it.I forget how long I tried it but it was for a while because I wanted benefits.I do remember those crazy "mushrooms"and I ran out of ppl to give them to.
All this sounds great but I would need another frig as mine is full of eggs and needs to be purged again. I wanted to make it to my neighbor's house today with dozs. of eggs and beg them to please take them and find the eggs a home but I never made it.
I do give boiled eggs to my Mastiffs and chickens at times but even they can only have so many or their diet won't be balanced.

I have enjoyed this thread and hope to make some of this in the future.