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RE: Fermentation of chicken feed to save costs and improve uptake of nutrients for the birds
Wow! That's hard-core on the maggots experiement! But yes utilizing all the natural ways of achieving food production is great. I love hearing all you do on your farm/homestead. Awesome. Fermentation is such a great idea and its a good testament to the health of your hens that they were able to adapt to the fermented food so easily. Very cool idea.
We bought our feed for a long time. We finally found a neighbour who makes a feed mix of wheat, oats, barley, alfalfa and hemp. We will try it out. I would rather support my neighbour than a multi-national corporation who bought up all the feed mills in the area. I pay a bit more, but it is worth it in my view. The industrial feed mill never could offer organic, non-gmo products. So good for you for finding something like that. Cherish it as it is rare to find.
I sure know it. I had to look long and far to find this product and I am sooooo thankful for it. Are your neighbor's grains non-gmo? I agree 100% on supporting local, especially people who's names and faces you know! May your chickens thrive!
Yes, non-gmo. <3
Have you considered growing your own feed? How many pounds of feed do you go through a year? I'm just wondering if it's a practical endeavor. You would get bedding and feed for the chickens with the grain/seed and straw.
I don't have the space as most of the land we steward is bush. However, during the summer they run around and feed themselves with what ever they can find. Grass, bugs, mice, etc. Winter is the tough part. So we trade with neighbours the best we can.
I had a similar situation when I kept chickens. Most of my land is forested. During the summer we didn't need to buy feed, but winter came and they seemed to eat more than we did! They also needed all those extra calories to keep warm.