And it's not even religion itself (I am a person of faith myself), but religious adherence to a chicken feeding practice that is not what they say it is and is hardly worth fighting for and being a horse's patoot about, plus they're the blind leading the blind. It's still CHICKENS. Why are they being such JERKS over this?
Aside from the dangers of it, I put it in the Yuppie Chicken Keeping category, folks who have way too much time on their hands and look for more labor intensive and fussy ways to feed their flocks. I'm looking for ways to work smarter, not harder. This ain't it.
I got this comment on one of my FF videos from a lady who is one smart cookie. She is all about natural anything...as long as it works, a common sense kind of person. This was her comment:
[QUOTE]This is a wonderful video. There are so many people that are promoting fermenting feed. My research shows that it increases some vitamins, but causes a deficiency in others, such as the B vitamins. I also saw where others claimed it caused death in their birds. The big promotion for this is more about how much money it saves on feed. So of course, I tested it (the lacto version) just to see what all the fuss was about. The birds ate more of the fermented feed than regular feed (they overate and it didn't save money), I found it molded very quickly causing me to throw some out (waste), and I just hated the process in itself (messy slop). I am of the party you are...no fermented feed.[/QUOTE]
LOL, "messy slop", yup, not making messy slop. It reminds me of the way my grandfather saved up food for the pigs. He had a 5 gallon bucket in the pantry. All scraps went into it, liquid and solid, had a wooden plank over it. It sat until full and then, he slopped the pigs with it. I know not the same exact thing, but that's what it reminded me of from my childhood. He did NOT slop the chickens! He bought laying mash and they gleaned from the feed the mules and cattle ate.
Good thing he doesn't pay any mind to what I'm up to most of the time.
