Whole grains for duck feed - Fermented Feed

[Miss Lydia]

Oh yes I start out with jars for any babies I have in the house. I paid 1 dollar for the buckets I got at the grocery and they have nice lids for storing too. Anything other than ff no lids on the ff.

 

[PirateGirl]

You can use Pearson's Square or Metzer's Feed Calculator to help you figure out the nutrition that is in your feed as you play with the different ingredients.

 

[PirateGirl]

http://www.metzerfarms.com/FeedConversion.cfm?affiliate=undef&CustID=23775119

 

[MerryMeridional]

You can use Pearson's Square or Metzer's Feed Calculator to help you figure out the nutrition that is in your feed as you play with the different ingredients.

Got a link or two handy? That sounds useful!

Edit You're fast, there it is!

 

[PirateGirl]

This feed calculator accounts for many more nutritional variables.

https://www.gardenbetty.com/garden-...culator-for-determining-your-protein-content/

 

[Duckiechickmama]

So we leave the feed out fermenting, I'm trying to figure out why we can't leave it in their bowl fermenting. Not like they don't already have any germs in it all over them from the pen, water bowl, mud puddle, whatever. My babies scarf it down, and it takes me all of a minute a day to maintain it. Just part of morning chores.

The reason is because when you’re fermenting it really should be covered, open air can create the good bacteria to go bad . Fermented feed for birds is a great probiotic just as yogurt or kimchi or something like that is for us humans . Never feed anything that has molded or sat out in the air for more than an hour . That’s why it’s recommended to only feed as much fermented fed as the birds will eat in one sitting .