Why fermented?

[sloanbychoice]

I’m just curious here... It’s doubtful that I would do it... but I’ve been seeing people go on about fermenting chicken feed. What is the purpose of this?

 

[SueT]

Here's a thread asking the same question from last week:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/why-ferment-feed.1348565/

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The main reason I ferment is that it seems to save on feed. The chickens don't waste any, plus the nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) added at milling are added as powders.
Fermenting, or just wetting the feed binds up those nutrients so they aren't lost as powders in the bottom of the feeder. The result of that is a higher nutritional intake.
If you are adding any other supplement, whether that be more vitamins, fishmeal, herbal wormers, etc., they can be mixed into the feed better than just mixing with dry feed.

 

[Molpet]

I use this method and she listed some of the reasons .
https://tikktok-wordpress-com.cdn.a....wordpress.com/2014/04/13/fermented-feed-faq/