Just a thought. Just to speed up the ferment process or enhance the ferment process you can take the liquid from the the bucket of feed you are feeding that day and use that to help jump start your fresh new bucket for fermenting. It's the same concept when fermenting human food or for making vinegar.
I have 125 meat chicks coming in Sept and I am definitely going to be fermenting their feed. Not only does it save money on feed, it essentially makes for a healthier bird and helps them digest the feed more easily. Meat birds have a way of not digesting everything they eat if it isnt fermented. Who knew 🤷♀️
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm as long as it's not furry fuzzy very colorful stuff, it's ok. If it's a white type of growth a lot of times that's a wild yeast that forms on top. Can usually just scoop that off of wanted. Sometimes happens when fermenting veggies.
Feed here in Hawaii has nearly doubled in price over the last year or so. I am researching this to try it out. Thanks so much for the videos, they really helped me!
I hope it helps…….do you have soldier flys in Hawaii?? You can make a trap and the chickens can eat the larva……also it’s a little gross but maggots are great foe chickens as well, just suspend some rotting stuff and the maggots will fall down and the chickens will get em. On an unrelated note I worked for Aloha airlines and have been to Oahu a few times……love Hawaii! Thanks for watching my video.
@ozarkshomesteadandfarm Yes! We have soldier Flys, and I'm about to build a set up to try and raise them! And how I wish Aloha Airlines was still in operation! They've been gone for a while, so it seems it's time for you to come back for a vacation! No Oahu, though, come to the Big Island! Way less city. Way nicer people!
thanks for sharing brother. and thanks for those with experience on comments. i also wish i was in the Ozarks . somehow i ended up in the Philippines and can not get my beloved kids back. but what the heck we will make the best of it. i have tried some fermenting grain for pigs ( same method ) and have been doing well using same tech. i am getting ready to start chickens soon at least for myself and if i can for commercial sales and need to save all the money i can . on ss disability supporting many people. very limited budget but working on a house for black solider fly larva production. then will add azolla, along with fermented grain. i think i can safly go with just corn as a grain and they will get balanced diet but might add some moringa to the grain and possibly madre de agua.. they big 3 theory greens , grain , and protein. i hope it will work. my dream is to buy land for growing the corn. maybe if i get good results and experience i can make a vid and share. i might add LABS since i have been making some so why not, maybe jump start it i like your suggestion to use a plate to keep submerged. i have seen how important that can be in fermenting when fermenting things like garlic. but now i use a honey ferment for my garlic. it taste much better. thanks bro
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm I bet. Everytime I wear my hat with the socialism distancing slogan I get tons of comments. Especially being out in California
By the way, great video. I appreciate the info. We are looking to finally bring chickens into our urban food forest I've built. With all the inflation across the board, I'm trying to find the best way to cut back on costs with bringing in Chickens to our life.
I still live in Cali but am a resident of Nevada. I’m so disappointed to see what has happened to California since I moved here. We needed to cut costs so we bought property in Nevada and decided to switch everything over to Nevada. Our cali house will eventually become a rental but we’ll see. We’re still looking at a long term homestead. Montana has been high on the list.
I think it was 30 chickens and 12 turkeys oh and 3 ducks….. but I was rotating feed and only feeding half of the flock a day and free ranging the other half which did not get fed that day.
I think those are 2 gallon buckets, I can’t remember if they were full or my number were off. It’s just for reference but the main thing is to make sure the feed is completely submerged. Thanks for commenting!
I’ve never had very good luck with fermenting commercial feeds. I get grains and corn from a local mill (basically what’s swept up off the floor). The birds do much better with the whole grains.
If you have city water the chlorine kills the good bacteria that makes it ferment. You can let the water sit by itself for 24 hrs and the chlorine will evaporate. Then add grains.
if this is any help, i have heard some commercial feed, in the process of making it they kill the bacteria that you need to ferment, so you will have to add something to give it the LAB i make my own LAB if you try that perhaps your store bought stuff will ferment then , lots of vides out there how to make LAB i love the Viking guy
I have a few concerns with this. Commercial food contains a lot of mold spores ians mycotoxins. So adding water to that would just grow mold. Do you not use a starter culture? How do you guarantee that you’re growing healthy bacteria and yeast versus just more of the toxic mold? And you also didn’t mention if your water was filtered. The concern there is with the chlorine but beneficial bacterial growth as well as harmful bacteria and pathogens that are commonly present in municipal water.
If you have city water you can let the water sit in an open container by itself for 24 hrs and the chlorine will evaporate. Then add food you want to ferment. I have been doing this for kombucha for 2 yrs, other foods and now chicken food without any problems.
- How many days before the fermented feed will be ready for use? - how to calculate how much feed they eat in a day and how to determine the quantity to ferment daily? - can I can feed my day old with fermented feed? - Can start using fermented feed from 2weeks?
@@user-cs7vs1xq4w Yes they do! i give my girls that too but I have had 3 girls with crop issues lately so I am not going to ferment anymore. I'll stick to dry food and then add yogurt separately. :) Bless you.
why are you so complicated ..!,fill bucket with feed -ferment for 3days ,next day another and so on for 7days then you set ... why not ferment 2 buckets a day for morning feeding and one for afternoon feeding gee bet that would be a scientific video
