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Feed for your chickens! 22 Sep 2013 20:52 #22

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Feed for your chickens! 19 Dec 2013 12:33 #103

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I have been feeding my chickens fermented feed for about 3 months now. They lay larger eggs, the yolks and whites are firmer and tastier! when I started eggs were 2.0oz-2.3 oz. Three days after I started fermenting the feed eggs were 2.6-2.8oz. With an occasional 3 oz egg. And one of the comets laid a 4 oz egg! It was a double yolker but I have never seen a double yolked egg that large!! they look healthier, more energetic. From my experience I have learned the following 1. My hens do not like their feed too wet so instead of draining I use less water and use an airtight lid on my fermenting container. 2. If your feed smells like alcohol DO NOT FEED unless you want a bunch of drunk or dead chickens! 3. Bubbling in you fermented feed is a good thing. 4. I have less loss from birds, evidently they don't like it. 5. I buy feeds with the lacto bacteria already added. 6. If you notice a different smell it may be have switched over to aerobic fermentation and needs to be acidified to resume anaerobic fermentation. Add a small amount of Braggs pure organic apple cider vinegar.

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Feed for your chickens! 19 Dec 2013 13:35 #107

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CDfromKY wrote:

I have been feeding my chickens fermented feed for about 3 months now. They lay larger eggs, the yolks and whites are firmer and tastier! when I started eggs were 2.0oz-2.3 oz. Three days after I started fermenting the feed eggs were 2.6-2.8oz. With an occasional 3 oz egg. And one of the comets laid a 4 oz egg! It was a double yolker but I have never seen a double yolked egg that large!! they look healthier, more energetic. From my experience I have learned the following 1. My hens do not like their feed too wet so instead of draining I use less water and use an airtight lid on my fermenting container. 2. If your feed smells like alcohol DO NOT FEED unless you want a bunch of drunk or dead chickens! 3. Bubbling in you fermented feed is a good thing. 4. I have less loss from birds, evidently they don't like it. 5. I buy feeds with the lacto bacteria already added. 6. If you notice a different smell it may be have switched over to aerobic fermentation and needs to be acidified to resume anaerobic fermentation. Add a small amount of Braggs pure organic apple cider vinegar.

Interesting! I see a great article in your future with some photo's maybe?

Great stuff!

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Feed for your chickens! 19 Dec 2013 14:14 #109

Opabee Opa OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 21 Good Job(s): 3	I would love to hear more about fermented feed. Please share!
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Feed for your chickens! 23 Dec 2013 15:44 #212

CDfromKY Wise Old Gardener OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 67 Good Job(s): 18	I included a site of good information about fermented feed. How Why When Where...... Am working on an article based on my experience with it.
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Feed for your chickens! 24 Dec 2013 09:08 #217

Opabee Opa OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 21 Good Job(s): 3	Thank you for sharing about fermented feeding. I went to the website you posted and researched a few others. I started my first gallon of fermented feed today. I am going to use up the last of my Commercial 16% layer pellets and then try to find a good recipe for making my own no GMO layer feed that I can also ferment.
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Feed for your chickens! 26 Dec 2013 12:44 #232

HFI_Matt ~ Humble Servant ~ OFFLINE ADMIN Posts: 927 Good Job(s): 108	CDfromKY wrote: I included a site of good information about fermented feed. How Why When Where...... Am working on an article based on my experience with it. Vertie written a whole bunch of articles but I'm definitely looking forward to this one!! Ha ha ha:)
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Feed for your chickens! 26 Dec 2013 12:49 #233

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Opabee wrote:

Thank you for sharing about fermented feeding. I went to the website you posted and researched a few others. I started my first gallon of fermented feed today. I am going to use up the last of my Commercial 16% layer pellets and then try to find a good recipe for making my own no GMO layer feed that I can also ferment.

Let us know how this one comes out, maybe even posted to the forum under feeding & watering? It would be cool to see how it turns out:)

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Feed for your chickens! 30 Dec 2013 11:07 #375

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