…… Fermenting Chicken Feed?

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Barry Natchitoches

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I am thinking about fermenting some vittles for my feathered kids.

Can you ferment 20 year old wheat?

What about dried garbanzo beans? Or lentils?

These are foods I have hanging around. I wouldn’t have to buy them.

If they will not work, I probably will havebto buy something to ferment for them.

What would you folks recommend for fermenting for the feathered girls?


Thank you in advance.
 
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bluelady

Veteran Member
Barry Natchitoches said:
I am thinking about fermenting some vittles for my feathered kids.

Can you ferment 20 year old wheat?

What about dried garbanzo beans? Or lentils?

These are foods I have hanging around. I wouldn’t have to buy them.

If they will not work, I probably will havebto buy something to ferment for them.

What would you folks recommend for fermenting for the feathered girls?


Thank you in advance.
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I hope so! I have grain from Y2K that looks fine, and we're paleo/keto now. You can also ferment feed.

I've seen both fermenting and sprouting recommended, but I'm wondering if it's even better to do both: sprout first, then ferment. But I haven't been able to find any mention of doing it that way.
 
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Barry Natchitoches

Has No Life - Lives on TB
bluelady said:
I hope so! I have grain from Y2K that looks fine, and we're paleo/keto now. You can also ferment feed.

I've seen both fermenting and sprouting recommended, but I'm wondering if it's even better to do both: sprout first, then ferment. But I haven't been able to find any mention of doing it that way.
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Same thing here. I am keto, and my wife eats very little bread. I would love to feed the birds that Y2K grain when the chicken feed gets scarce, or too expensive to keep up with.
 
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utsteve

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Yes, i ferment wheat, corn, oats etc to stretch out what I have to purchase .
The girls are always ready when I get there with their fermented grains!
 
KMR58

KMR58

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bluelady said:
I hope so! I have grain from Y2K that looks fine, and we're paleo/keto now. You can also ferment feed.

I've seen both fermenting and sprouting recommended, but I'm wondering if it's even better to do both: sprout first, then ferment. But I haven't been able to find any mention of doing it that way.
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I do both. Fermented feed and grains and sprouting grains.
 
KMR58

KMR58

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My girls love fermented feed and they eat half of what they do dry because the hard outer coating which makes digestion difficult is processed through the fermentation process. So they are absorbing more and eating less. It cut my feed bill in half. I give them their fermented feed in the morning then in the afternoon throw in some sprouted greens and grains. Yesterday they got sprouted mustard seeds. An hour before bed they get their bugs. As soon as the weather breaks I’m going to start raising mealworms.

There are tons of fermentation feed and sprouting for chickens videos on YouTube. I watched a lot of them then set up my own system.
 
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