The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

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I am a member of a different board where fermenting feed is being discussed. Is it time consuming? Where do you store yours?

 

[ElitePoultry]

I ferment my feed..I get big eggs..all my birds lay jumbos..some just once in a while blow out a huge one..I guess I wanted to brag..its is nice to have a hard time closing the cover to an egg carton.

 

I also ferment my chickens feed. I absolutely love it!

I am a member of a different board where fermenting feed is being discussed. Is it time consuming? Where do you store yours?

 

No very easy. I dont even have to drain mine. It comes out like oatmeal. I just have a 30 gallon trashcan inside of my garage and i divy it out in a 5 gallon bucket. It is really something good to do for ypur chickens that you will see the difference. And smell the difference.

 

[Don Chandler]

I also ferment my chickens feed. I absolutely love it!
No very easy. I dont even have to drain mine. It comes out like oatmeal. I just have a 30 gallon trashcan inside of my garage and i divy it out in a 5 gallon bucket. It is really something good to do for ypur chickens that you will see the difference. And smell the difference.

I soak whole oats for my birds. I will fed them after they have soaked for 7 days. I also use Red Cell in this. Do you start with rolled oats?

 

[Goose and Fig]

I start raised bed of wheat grass. It grows a bit every time we get some mild weather, plus its nice to see some green out there in winter. Haven't used layer crumble in weeks. Just whole grains.


New girl for our mauve pen, one of Renie's chicks via Contrastphoto.

 

[ElitePoultry]

 I soak whole oats for my birds. I will fed  them after they have soaked for 7 days.  I also use Red Cell in this. Do you start with rolled oats?

I buy bags of the sweet grains from TSC which is rolled oats i believe cracked corn and molasses. Then i add all flock, ultra kibble and oyster shell. Fill it just over the dry food with water, mix then add Braggs Raw Organic ACV with mother in it. Heinz just released a ACV Ith mother in it but i still perfer the original. If im making a fresh batch ill let that soak for about 48 hours. Sometimes less. Its supposed to be covered with a corner cracked to allow air exchange. Stir it once or twice while its fermenting. You start to see bubbles and the lid will have condensation on the bottom. I believe thats alchol? But anyway, once you see the bubbles you should be good to go.

Then i almost always refill the feed in the bucket once ive used about %75 percent of the fermented mash. And that way you dont have to add more ACV. All the good bacteria is still in the remaining mash.


Feel like im talking to much lol

Hope that helps anyone who didnt know


Michael

 

[Rachy]

My mauve Orpington pullet in the snow.


And my Red Orpington. It took ages to find her! She just needs to grow her tail feathers in

 

[aveca]

That red one is so pretty !!!

 

[Elliemae 77]

Sorry, newbie questions again....what is a mauve? What colors are used to create them?

How about chocolate cuckoo? Can a lemon cuckoo be used over a chocolate girl or would a regular cuckoo be better?

FF is great. The chickens really like it...even my day olds clean their plates. I've also noticed larger eggs and shiny feathers. They drink less water and the feed bill is cut almost in half.

 

[Goose and Fig]

My mauve Orpington pullet in the snow.


And my Red Orpington. It took ages to find her! She just needs to grow her tail feathers in

Awwww! Are they banties? What color are mauve chicks at hatch? It will be my first time with the color once we get fertility in order....

 

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My mauve Orpington pullet in the snow.


And my Red Orpington. It took ages to find her! She just needs to grow her tail feathers in

Sweet babies. The red one's color is superb!