Ferment Chicken Feed Safely With These Strategies! 

You will kill the chicks or they will get sick on the long run. You never ferment chick starter

Yes, chlorine kills good and bad bacteria.

No, probably not. It will take just a day or two to mold, unless outside temps are under 40 F. What I usually do in that case is put the feed in a fridge if possible. Fermenting it will help keep it for longer, too.

You can do either. Some people top dress the regular feed 1x daily, others offer it all day long. The only issue with offering it all day long is that some chicks object to the texture and it can get really messy. I personally go with the top dress method. Hope this helps!

@@pamperedchickenmama Thanks! That's helpful.

That is the uneducated talking out of turn. Calculate the feed requirement and make each day’s feed three days ahead.

Fermented feed should not be fed as whole. It is only considered a supplement due to its probiotic enzymes. You still need to mix with other feed

For chick…It should never be allowed to absorb/swell go above the water line. If it does, you didn’t have enough water to begin with. Add water daily as needed to keep feed submerged always. Like she said in the video, feed will absorb the water so weighing the feed down with a plate and keep the water level higher than the feed can swell or absorb will insure the feed is always submerged.

Yes, you can!

Living The Good Life With Backyard Chickens alright thank u so much for the info

Ferment an amount your chicks can finish in a day, after three days of fermentation, for efficiency you need like 4 buckets, that you can interchange, rinse then put in another food to be eaten after three days. Once fermented, soak of the water, feed the chicks. Remember the feed almost doubles in size after fermentation, so slightly reduce from the normal dry feed, adjust accordingly as your chicks grow.

@@JosephsCPF Thanks very much Ma,. Please can I also feed 2 weeks old Broiler famented feed.

@@mtechlinkmusic9ja992 Yeah, trick is to keep it from smelling foul which isn't good by stirring the mix atleast thrice a day, smell should be a non pungent smell, not too strong, you could start with one day, two day, three days, see which one the chickens prefer. Mine prefer two days fermented feed, they didn't like the three days one, lots of left over plus it had a stronger foul smell than the day two. But I come from a hot climatic area, hot areas ferment feed fast.

@@JosephsCPF Thanks Ma

Wow. That’s so encouraging. How about a simple, “thank you.”? Perhaps make your own “perfect” videos!

Some of us LISTEN to RU-vid while doing actual work with our hands, my dear.