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Fermented Feed
There are many benefits of ferment grains, which includes:
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More digestable, therefore requiring less feed
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Less waste by "billing out" of feeder onto the ground
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Chickens are generally healthier, making eggs better
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Better formed poop & often less of an odor
Two great articles about fermenting feed:
Natural Chicken Keeping: Fermented Feed
The Chicken Chick: Fermented Feed
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Easy 2-Bucket Fermented Feed System
1. Add Feed to (2) Buckets
2. Add Water & Stir
3. Ferment 36 - 48 hrs
4. Feed Bucket #1, but leave
some liquid & wet feed in bucket
5. Repeat steps 1-3 for bucket #1
6. Next Day - Feed Bucket #2
7. Repeat steps 1-3 for Bucket #2
(Alternate buckets every other day)
We soak our whole grains as this point, rather than going the
extra time to "sprout" them or grow into "fodder".
It's a simple add water, soak 24 hrs, strain rinse, then add to the fermented feed bucket.
Our custom whole grain mix includes black oil sunflower seeds,
whole oats, cracked or whole corn, organic peas, organic small grains mix (triticale, wheat, barley, peas, etc)
Below are Actual Photos of the Supplements Added to our FF:
Organic Flaxmeal
Organic Sunflowermeal
Organic
Kelp Meal
Brewer's
Yeast
Fertrell
Poultry
Minerals
Alfalfa Meal or Pellets
"Old" Bread/Pastries
Fertrell Fish Meal
Bonus Photos
of our
Fermented Feed
Process in
October 2015
We use a
dolly to haul the buckets &
a walk-in
shower to fill
the buckets with water.
Bonus Photos
of our
Fermented Feed
Process in
October 2015
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