The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[jendodd79]

1/4 cup of ACV is still too much. A glug is good for making in a 5 gallon bucket.
once you add the ACV you do not have to add anymore of it.

Oh ok, I have a 5 gallon bucket and the pellets have swelled up now to take up about half of the bucket. Should I add more pellets and water? How full should the bucket be?

 

[delisha]

Quote: I would add about 4 more cups of dry..and cover with water..

 

[jendodd79]

I would add about 4 more cups of dry..and cover with water..

Thanks!

 

[delisha]

Quote: I would add about 4 more cups of dry..and cover with water..
OK..back up

sorry..you used 4 cups and got 2 1/2 gallons of feed?

do you mean scoops ..not cups?

 

[delisha]

Everyone measure differently and i should have asked questions before assuming..
to me a cup is an actual cup measurement and 4 of them fermented would make about a gallon an a quarter with pellets

if you have 1/2 a bucket of feed you should be fine just adding one more of your ...cup measurements and make it 3/4 of a bucket of FF.

Sorry for the confusion

 

[jendodd79]

Thanks!

I just realized that the thing I used to scoop the pellets was 4 cups, not 2 cups - so I actually had 8 cups in there to begin with. Added a little bit more for safe measure. Now the fermenting begins

 

[jendodd79]

Everyone measure differently and i should have asked questions before assuming..
to me a cup is an actual cup measurement and 4 of them fermented would make about a gallon an a quarter with pellets

if you have 1/2 a bucket of feed you should be fine just adding one more of your ...cup measurements and make it 3/4 of a bucket of FF.

Sorry for the confusion

Lol! Can I blame it on being Canadian?

I actually used 8 cups of dry feed in the beginning. I thought my measuring cup was 2 cups, but it was actually 4 cups.

So now I will have 3/4 bucket of fermented feed with a 1/4 cup-ish of ACV in there Sound right?

 

[Sally8]

I just started my fermented feed!  

a mug of ACV, 4 cups of 16% pellets and some water.  Will keep stirring over 48 hours -

So, do I feed them straight pellets, or should I be feeding them something else as well?

Thanks!

Did you hear that sharp intake of breath by many as I did? Ha! I laughed right out loud, sorry. When I first started with ACV my glug must have been too much because they wouldn't eat it, if they won't just back off a little, then increase it slowly. Your's will over run you like all ours do!

I'm a big wimp. I do want to learn to cull my own but at this point I call this number and say "Chris, your mother needs Bruce the roo to go now!, I"ll be back this afternoon, leave him hanging on the clothesline". And they always are. I want to learn but I think both my husband and son enjoy this sort of thing too much. I would be an axe sort of girl. I chop all our own wood, I just need to figure out how to get them to lay with their heads across the chopping block. lol

I'm on my way over to that thing before it's gone. I've learned to write down or copy anything I might need reference to.

 

[delisha]

Quote: Perfect..now you are all good to go..You birds are going to love it.

 

[rollkeeg877]

$30 for a bag of feed I'm sorry but omg thats a lot for a bag of feed well for organic jw could you always just let them free range and let them eat everything they can find then feed them there normal feed if they need it