We feed a mix of fermented grain to our chickens and they LOVE IT. It has made a huge difference in the feed costs, as well as the growth of our chicks. PHENOMENAL roosters. We are looking forward to seeing the difference in the final product this autumn when we process them.
Dang you know you got the right mixer when you see them pigs go crazy over the smell,,my goodness that one was standing tall over that fence he really wanted that food👍👍👍good information never knew this,,Great Vlog👍🤗🐖🐷
I live in Texas and during the colder months I add a cup of apple cider vinegar to a 5 gallon bucket of grain to help begin fermentation of my grains for chickens
I also use apple cider vinegar and it really helps. I only do it in the winter because it gets really hot here in N. E. Jackskonville Florida. My chickens love it and are so healthy! I started doing this after I lost many of my sweet chicken from a serious yeast infection. I had to heal some of my girls with Nystatin before I knew I can keep them healthy with fermented feed!
Only difference we do is we dont cover tightly. We only cover with a plywood. Been doing it for years. My dad was brought up feeding all the farm animals on fermented feed. Even chickens rather have it dermented. When we run out for any reason and have to feed the grain dry the animals usualy dont eat it right off they look all lost looking and waiting for the fermented. We also only get whole grains and mix our own feed. If you drill a few drain holes at the bottom of a barrel and put a peice of cardboard as a filter at the bottom and fill it 1/2- 2/3 full and pour a pail or 2 of water over the top once a day and leave the barrel in a warm spot in the sun the grain will sprout. When you see the grain on top sprout about 2-3 inches long and the amount in the barrel has increased alot you can either feed it directly as sprouted grain or dump it in a barrel thats not drilled and ferment it we do this as much as we can cause we find that scoup for scoup we get the best bang for our buck by not only fermenting but growing the grain into sprouts. We also noticed that on fermented sprouts and giving the same amount of scoops per pig they tend to get fuller and leave more of the sprouted
I’m so glad you shared this. I was thinking of sprouting whole grains for our 2 milk cows this winter (which may be pregnant). It would bulk up the feed, make the nutrients more bioavailable to the cows, and increase the protein if allowed to grow grass a few inches. Your method sounds like the way I sprout broccoli, etc. in a canning jar to add to salads or sandwiches. I can do this, thanks!
i am new at fermenting , have not tried grains just yet, but have done the blue barrel and fermented left over cabbage from the market, it helps to make your own airlock you will not mess up the barrel
Chad why not get a food grade top that has a threaded bung and install an airlock like you would do when brewing? That way you would avoid the risk of blowing the top off.
@@SunnySlopeHomestead Two things I can think of right off the top of my head. The airlock will keep any bad things from getting back int othe drum and no more having to scrape the pigs's food off you shirt after a top comes off with a bang.
I also used a drywall mixer to mix the water and grain using an electric drill.. or you can use a portable concrete mixer to mix it.... Our old containers we used to ferment grain in did get pretty rank in the summer we covered them with plywood to keep the flys out....
Hey Chad nice video… I just moved to Sandpoint about a year ago and I have 19 hogs.. Where do you get your food grade barrels? What kind of hogs do you raise?
Is it possible to ferment it too long? Will it start to turn into alcohol after so long? When its about 75% finished, can I just add more feed and water to make the new feed ferment faster? My last question, would it be possible to put an automatic waterer with a float valve inside about 75% of the way down in order to ferment with the lid off? That way the water would always be topped.
i been doing that on a much larger scale, but i add a tin of yest and sugar to each batch, the turkeys, chickens and meat birds also get the same feed, i run some though a big stainless cooker i built moons a go
Oh yea ..Chad..there is a video called "brotherhood of the broad axe" and it is the BEST tutorial of how to make "Hewn logs"!!!..I think you'll really like it..Bless Y'all
Great information. We keep considering doing this but the temp extremes worry us. Wyoming seems to be either freezing or extremely hot most of the year.
like here in north western Ont. our winders are 40 below, i have a small shed that i heat in winter that holds my stainless tank, in order for it to work it has to fit at lest 72F, below that it stops
@@arnoldromppai5395 good information. We don't have any source of power out on the ranch yet, hopefully by end of the summer we will have some solar set up and tiny temp house for us
@@120acrewood7 i dont heat with hydro, i use a fuel oil, space heater, one like you see in old farm homes or job site trailers, they dont use any power,, but the trow lots of heat when needed, and the pipes never get dirty, i have to get some how a new building to live in before winter as living like i have the past 14 years freezing cant take it any more at my age, i dont know how yet..
First off, Really great video. Very well explained and love the time lapse. That blow up! hahaha! Second, is there any reason other than maybe not knowing how to, why you wouldn't brew some beer and then ferment the spent grains? I know a lot of the sugars are gone after brewing the beer, but you could supplement it with more grains and re-hydrate it all again. Well that's what I plan to do anyway, hopefully. If I can find the time :P Thanks for the laughs when the lid popped off! Great video guys!
Good video. Learned a lot. I see you have a pretty dominant hog in the bunch. I'm assuming it's a boar. The others must wait until he relinquishes the eating position. Thanks and enjoyed a full watch. 👍
Drill a hole and put in a fermentation lock with a rubber stopper. just check the lock for water in it, the lock will let the CO2 out without letting outside air in. Just like making beer or wine. It's how I've fermented my grain in the past when I had animals. Their's more just contact me and I'll give you a number.
What mix of grain is in there? Is this a premixed feed or just straight grains? do you add in vitamin mix? I'm trying to do this with a premix from a feed mill,without soy, so peas oats barley, with or without corn, and then vitamins and mineral premix all done by the feed mill. Any suggestions would help a great deal. I'm new to it all and I have to beat down the feelings of being in over my head everyday.
I did the same things you did; the only difference is that my feed is more fine. After a day of soaking my sows don't want to eat it. what's wrong with my procedure??
Hi bro. Instead of grain wheat barley etc they are too expensive here in our country so the options we have are just some green wild leaves like yam leaves etc. Can you guide me with other options
My pigs go crazy when I pop my kids. I do a minimum of a 3 day ferment (summertime is better) and I mix moringa leaves, duckweed, sweet potato leaves and apple cider vinegar with the mother lastly activated charcoal to control flies & parasites.
Have you ever thought about putting in a vent on the barrels? Drill a one inch hole in the middle of the top, and cover it with screen. Or you could get all fancy with a vent tube, but I can see that would be considered over the top.
A bit of shade will lessen the boom eh, LOL. It happens eh. Sweet feed makes sweet meat eh. The pigs are getting cranky. Just like people do when hungry eh. Great process. I would buy your pork anytime bud.
Doesn't that turn to alcahole after a lil bit ?if so I can see how it would flavor the meat and probley makes it tender as well but just curiouse ...but I noticed your dark colored pig is a pushy one huh lol and the other has a huge belly on it lol looks pregnant or just as you say is a PIG lmao but good info just lil confused on the outcome of it .thx for showing and God bless
Not 'a little bit' those bubbles are c02 excited as the yeast rest the sugar and break it in half resulting in alcohol and c02. Fermenting doesn't break starch into sugar, it breaks sugar/starch into alcohol.
We feed a mix of fermented grain to our chickens and they LOVE IT. It has made a huge difference in the feed costs, as well as the growth of our chicks. PHENOMENAL roosters. We are looking forward to seeing the difference in the final product this autumn when we process them.
How different was the final meat quality Sir? Do you mind updating us?
@@diaryofaghanaianpigfarmer565 don't think he made it...some strong chickens took him out that caught Covid lol
Dang you know you got the right mixer when you see them pigs go crazy over the smell,,my goodness that one was standing tall over that fence he really wanted that food👍👍👍good information never knew this,,Great Vlog👍🤗🐖🐷
I live in Texas and during the colder months I add a cup of apple cider vinegar to a 5 gallon bucket of grain to help begin fermentation of my grains for chickens
I also use apple cider vinegar and it really helps. I only do it in the winter because it gets really hot here in N. E. Jackskonville Florida. My chickens love it and are so healthy! I started doing this after I lost many of my sweet chicken from a serious yeast infection. I had to heal some of my girls with Nystatin before I knew I can keep them healthy with fermented feed!
@@trulylynn9941 once I get a bucket fermenting I will reuse the juice left in the bottom of the bucket
Only difference we do is we dont cover tightly. We only cover with a plywood. Been doing it for years. My dad was brought up feeding all the farm animals on fermented feed. Even chickens rather have it dermented. When we run out for any reason and have to feed the grain dry the animals usualy dont eat it right off they look all lost looking and waiting for the fermented.
We also only get whole grains and mix our own feed. If you drill a few drain holes at the bottom of a barrel and put a peice of cardboard as a filter at the bottom and fill it 1/2- 2/3 full and pour a pail or 2 of water over the top once a day and leave the barrel in a warm spot in the sun the grain will sprout. When you see the grain on top sprout about 2-3 inches long and the amount in the barrel has increased alot you can either feed it directly as sprouted grain or dump it in a barrel thats not drilled and ferment it we do this as much as we can cause we find that scoup for scoup we get the best bang for our buck by not only fermenting but growing the grain into sprouts. We also noticed that on fermented sprouts and giving the same amount of scoops per pig they tend to get fuller and leave more of the sprouted
I’m so glad you shared this. I was thinking of sprouting whole grains for our 2 milk cows this winter (which may be pregnant). It would bulk up the feed, make the nutrients more bioavailable to the cows, and increase the protein if allowed to grow grass a few inches. Your method sounds like the way I sprout broccoli, etc. in a canning jar to add to salads or sandwiches. I can do this, thanks!
Does it ever mold ?
Get a good quality brewer’s lactobacillus to inoculate grain and a low temperature alpha amylase to liquify starches.
😂😂😂. Just as funny second time around!!😂😂😂. When’s the moonshine coming??🤔
Down in NC.. we call that "mash"...;)
How many months are those pigs ?
I would add a P trap style system that release gassed out. Could be as easy a hose with water in the shape of your drain trap.
i am new at fermenting , have not tried grains just yet, but have done the blue barrel and fermented left over cabbage from the market, it helps to make your own airlock you will not mess up the barrel
It’s similar to making a sourdough starter. Interesting thanks for sharing
What's in your grain mix? I see peas, but what else do you use?
Beautiful ❤️please can you list the mixture you used the feed?
Nice video thanks. Lots of good info
Chad why not get a food grade top that has a threaded bung and install an airlock like you would do when brewing?
That way you would avoid the risk of blowing the top off.
Sean Not-telling yeas that’s what I was trying to think of , good idea
@@SunnySlopeHomestead Two things I can think of right off the top of my head. The airlock will keep any bad things from getting back int othe drum and no more having to scrape the pigs's food off you shirt after a top comes off with a bang.
You should put a faucet on the barrel with a screen inside to keep from plugging the faucet .to drain the water
Reminds me of the time I made apple beer with corn meal very tasty but the lids kept blowing off. Hens loved it LOL!
I also used a drywall mixer to mix the water and grain using an electric drill.. or you can use a portable concrete mixer to mix it....
Our old containers we used to ferment grain in did get pretty rank in the summer we covered them with plywood to keep the flys out....
I wonder if adding a bubbler would help that? Like they use in wine and mead.
Hey Chad nice video… I just moved to Sandpoint about a year ago and I have 19 hogs.. Where do you get your food grade barrels? What kind of hogs do you raise?
What grain mixture are you using?
What kind of grain is it? Good job.
if you need to kickstart your ferment ever, you can take some of the water from an old ferment and put it in the fresh stuff.
awesome share dear! Like101, thank you!
Interesting. I had no idea you had to put alot of thought into the feed. Great video Chad, thanks.🤠🖐️
Please can I ferment just corn the mix it with cowpea, soya
Im about to try this with barley for my cows sheep and pigs hopefully it turns out
I used to ferment my chicken feed. I should start doing it again.
what all was in your mix???
Thanks for sharing brother
Can you add fruit or vegetables to the feed.???
From the steam I see rising from the water the son is pouring into the barrel, I take it that it is hot water (what temperature are you using?)
It's funny hearing the pigs asking for breakfast...
Is it possible to ferment it too long? Will it start to turn into alcohol after so long? When its about 75% finished, can I just add more feed and water to make the new feed ferment faster? My last question, would it be possible to put an automatic waterer with a float valve inside about 75% of the way down in order to ferment with the lid off? That way the water would always be topped.
hi, don't you give starter bacteria for that fermentation process?
LMAO!!!! Epic shot!!!😂😂😂. Now I can watch the vid😂😂😂
what's the biotic do you use to fermented?! thanks
Lots of great info here brother! What kinda mix you feeding?
i been doing that on a much larger scale, but i add a tin of yest and sugar to each batch, the turkeys, chickens and meat birds also get the same feed, i run some though a big stainless cooker i built moons a go
Oh yea ..Chad..there is a video called "brotherhood of the broad axe" and it is the BEST tutorial of how to make "Hewn logs"!!!..I think you'll really like it..Bless Y'all
Once its fermented, you feed from it for about a week?
Can you use mill mix for this?
Can I do the same sort of fermentation for my broilers??
If you take a bucket of the already fermented grain you can jump start the ferment on new barrel.
Is there a specific temperature to the water that you are adding to the barrel? I noticed some steam?
Add yeast for a faster fermentation and use a vapor lock to allow gasses to escape!
I love the smell of that fermented stuff. I like fermented corn too, silage I think it's called
What's the grain?
I just realized what noise they use with the lion roar to make t-rex dinosaur sound! Always wondered! Hungry impatient pig noise!
Great information. We keep considering doing this but the temp extremes worry us. Wyoming seems to be either freezing or extremely hot most of the year.
like here in north western Ont. our winders are 40 below, i have a small shed that i heat in winter that holds my stainless tank, in order for it to work it has to fit at lest 72F, below that it stops
@@arnoldromppai5395 good information. We don't have any source of power out on the ranch yet, hopefully by end of the summer we will have some solar set up and tiny temp house for us
@@120acrewood7 i dont heat with hydro, i use a fuel oil, space heater, one like you see in old farm homes or job site trailers, they dont use any power,, but the trow lots of heat when needed, and the pipes never get dirty, i have to get some how a new building to live in before winter as living like i have the past 14 years freezing cant take it any more at my age, i dont know how yet..
what was the grain used? It was never mentioned. Really starting from scratch so I need to know these things!! I appreciate the video!
Looks like Corn meal. Personally I'd go with Barley.
What kind of Grain do you use?
Thinking of trying this do you put anything into the mix to start the mix fermenting?
First off, Really great video. Very well explained and love the time lapse. That blow up! hahaha!
Second, is there any reason other than maybe not knowing how to, why you wouldn't brew some beer and then ferment the spent grains?
I know a lot of the sugars are gone after brewing the beer, but you could supplement it with more grains and re-hydrate it all again.
Well that's what I plan to do anyway, hopefully. If I can find the time :P
Thanks for the laughs when the lid popped off! Great video guys!
Hey Chad what do you mix for there grain ? Thanks love your videos
hello, what kind of grain are you fermenting? thank you
Soaking up the knowledge!!!
Good video. Learned a lot. I see you have a pretty dominant hog in the bunch. I'm assuming it's a boar. The others must wait until he relinquishes the eating position. Thanks and enjoyed a full watch. 👍
HAHA... you did that in slo-mo... classic!!! Love it.
Could you not put an airlock on it?
Fermented grains become more soft juicy and easy for digestion. I am write or wrong....
Does it make good sprits
Drill a hole and put in a fermentation lock with a rubber stopper. just check the lock for water in it, the lock will let the CO2 out without letting outside air in. Just like making beer or wine. It's how I've fermented my grain in the past when I had animals. Their's more just contact me and I'll give you a number.
Ever think about putting a bubbler (aka: airlock) on those barrels?
Thank's! Learning!
Thanks Teaching !
What mix of grain is in there? Is this a premixed feed or just straight grains? do you add in vitamin mix? I'm trying to do this with a premix from a feed mill,without soy, so peas oats barley, with or without corn, and then vitamins and mineral premix all done by the feed mill. Any suggestions would help a great deal. I'm new to it all and I have to beat down the feelings of being in over my head everyday.
How many pounds of feed per barrel?
great video, make some good moonshine too:)
i love thaht lead some day i'll take the step
Chad, what grain do you use.
My question too
We used to ferment and feed wheat shorts/middlings for hog feed wet fermented feed is best....I always fed wet not nessarly
I did the same things you did; the only difference is that my feed is more fine. After a day of soaking my sows don't want to eat it.
what's wrong with my procedure??
Nice!
As Sean not-telling said get some rubber bung airlocks, stop the gas build up x
Hi bro. Instead of grain wheat barley etc they are too expensive here in our country so the options we have are just some green wild leaves like yam leaves etc. Can you guide me with other options
Try fermenting nappier grass with brewer's mash you can also add bracaria grass
Also try hydroponics for pigs its on youtube
Sir it's paddy ? Please
check out Koen farms in Canada, they have a great mrthod of fermenting..
Awsome info. Drunk livestock=Happy livestock Lol. I bet we are not to far, I'm Just in Spokane.
BTW, are you gonna be makin' mead once you get some honey?
My pigs go crazy when I pop my kids. I do a minimum of a 3 day ferment (summertime is better) and I mix moringa leaves, duckweed, sweet potato leaves and apple cider vinegar with the mother lastly activated charcoal to control flies & parasites.
Have you ever thought about putting in a vent on the barrels? Drill a one inch hole in the middle of the top, and cover it with screen. Or you could get all fancy with a vent tube, but I can see that would be considered over the top.
You can tell if it's getting close to "done" by the volume of the pigs in the background, hehe.
I always fed wet feed to hogs not Necessarily fermented to hogs after bringing to the farm is easier on them after shipping
Looking to feed fermented grain, but what scientific information is there on fermented feed
A bit of shade will lessen the boom eh, LOL. It happens eh. Sweet feed makes sweet meat eh. The pigs are getting cranky. Just like people do when hungry eh. Great process. I would buy your pork anytime bud.
Tomoko's Enterprize yeah, definitely keep shaded once ferment starts
Why did you spill all that beer?
Happy World Bee Day! (May 20)
Can i add Toxin Binders in the mixture
so I hope you have taken them to the weekly A.A meet lol
"It exploded!" Makes me think of Galaxy Quest.
Never knew any of this. Hmmm
Will this work on my breakfast oatmeal?
And will I be able to drive safely after a bowl 🍲?
Doesn't that turn to alcahole after a lil bit ?if so I can see how it would flavor the meat and probley makes it tender as well but just curiouse ...but I noticed your dark colored pig is a pushy one huh lol and the other has a huge belly on it lol looks pregnant or just as you say is a PIG lmao but good info just lil confused on the outcome of it .thx for showing and God bless
Not 'a little bit' those bubbles are c02 excited as the yeast rest the sugar and break it in half resulting in alcohol and c02. Fermenting doesn't break starch into sugar, it breaks sugar/starch into alcohol.
how's the blacksmith shop coming along? hmm, I smell BBQ !!
I, see the pigs , jonesing 4 the feed ! What ,About potatoes ?
Does anyone feel like this is beer fermenter? Haahahah
Thanks for the info man. This is really useful for me
Sorry, guessing now it is only the dust from the dry feed..
Num Num! Now I am hungry.. LOL
Brother, you need to run that through your still
Dang, that last one really passed out