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👍🤗🐖🐷

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.

@diaryofaghanaianpigfarmer565

2 жыл бұрын

How different was the final meat quality Sir? Do you mind updating us?

@KB-2222

Жыл бұрын

@@diaryofaghanaianpigfarmer565 don't think he made it...some strong chickens took him out that caught Covid lol

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

@judywilson5183

Жыл бұрын

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 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

@trulylynn9941

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@rdnkrfnk

3 жыл бұрын

@@trulylynn9941 once I get a bucket fermenting I will reuse the juice left in the bottom of the bucket

Down in NC.. we call that "mash"...;)

It’s similar to making a sourdough starter. Interesting thanks for sharing

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

Interesting. I had no idea you had to put alot of thought into the feed. Great video Chad, thanks.🤠🖐️

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....

Thank's! Learning!

Thanks for sharing brother

Nice video thanks. Lots of good info

Thanks Teaching !

awesome share dear! Like101, thank you!

Reminds me of the time I made apple beer with corn meal very tasty but the lids kept blowing off. Hens loved it LOL!

Soaking up the knowledge!!!

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 love the smell of that fermented stuff. I like fermented corn too, silage I think it's called

Lots of great info here brother! What kinda mix you feeding?

😂😂😂. Just as funny second time around!!😂😂😂. When’s the moonshine coming??🤔

I used to ferment my chicken feed. I should start doing it again.

Beautiful ❤️please can you list the mixture you used the feed?

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?

Im about to try this with barley for my cows sheep and pigs hopefully it turns out

Nice!

Hey Chad what do you mix for there grain ? Thanks love your videos

LMAO!!!! Epic shot!!!😂😂😂. Now I can watch the vid😂😂😂

You should put a faucet on the barrel with a screen inside to keep from plugging the faucet .to drain the water

What kind of grain is it? Good job.

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

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Not-telling yeas that’s what I was trying to think of , good idea

@seannot-telling9806

5 жыл бұрын

@@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 love thaht lead some day i'll take the step

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. 👍

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

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

What grain mixture are you using?

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.

Thinking of trying this do you put anything into the mix to start the mix fermenting?

I wonder if adding a bubbler would help that? Like they use in wine and mead.

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!

Can I do the same sort of fermentation for my broilers??

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!

Can you use mill mix for this?

What's in your grain mix? I see peas, but what else do you use?

Ever think about putting a bubbler (aka: airlock) on those barrels?

hello, what kind of grain are you fermenting? thank you

It's funny hearing the pigs asking for breakfast...

What grain mix do you use?

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's the biotic do you use to fermented?! thanks

great video, make some good moonshine too:)

hi, don't you give starter bacteria for that fermentation process?

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?)

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.

@arnoldromppai5395

5 жыл бұрын

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

@120acrewood7

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

@arnoldromppai5395

5 жыл бұрын

@@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 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.

Does it make good sprits

Get a good quality brewer’s lactobacillus to inoculate grain and a low temperature alpha amylase to liquify starches.

HAHA... you did that in slo-mo... classic!!! Love it.

Awsome info. Drunk livestock=Happy livestock Lol. I bet we are not to far, I'm Just in Spokane.

Once its fermented, you feed from it for about a week?

As Sean not-telling said get some rubber bung airlocks, stop the gas build up x

what was the grain used? It was never mentioned. Really starting from scratch so I need to know these things!! I appreciate the video!

@shadynail4723

Жыл бұрын

Looks like Corn meal. Personally I'd go with Barley.

Can you add fruit or vegetables to the feed.???

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.

Please can I ferment just corn the mix it with cowpea, soya

What kind of Grain do you use?

If you take a bucket of the already fermented grain you can jump start the ferment on new barrel.

I just realized what noise they use with the lion roar to make t-rex dinosaur sound! Always wondered! Hungry impatient pig noise!

"It exploded!" Makes me think of Galaxy Quest.

BTW, are you gonna be makin' mead once you get some honey?

How many pounds of feed per barrel?

How many months are those pigs ?

Fermented grains become more soft juicy and easy for digestion. I am write or wrong....

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??

Could you not put an airlock on it?

Happy World Bee Day! (May 20)

What's the grain?

so I hope you have taken them to the weekly A.A meet lol

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

@edwingikura2057

2 жыл бұрын

Try fermenting nappier grass with brewer's mash you can also add bracaria grass Also try hydroponics for pigs its on youtube

We used to ferment and feed wheat shorts/middlings for hog feed wet fermented feed is best....I always fed wet not nessarly

check out Koen farms in Canada, they have a great mrthod of fermenting..

how's the blacksmith shop coming along? hmm, I smell BBQ !!

Chad, what grain do you use.

@fredsmith1553

4 жыл бұрын

My question too

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.

@9wenwilson210

5 жыл бұрын

Tomoko's Enterprize yeah, definitely keep shaded once ferment starts

Sir it's paddy ? Please

Num Num! Now I am hungry.. LOL

Never knew any of this. Hmmm Will this work on my breakfast oatmeal? And will I be able to drive safely after a bowl 🍲?

Hello y’all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼

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.

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

Brother, you need to run that through your still

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 distill the water and you'll have moonshine.

Does anyone feel like this is beer fermenter? Haahahah

@Boo-pb4cn

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info man. This is really useful for me

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

@springerranch3178

7 ай бұрын

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.

I, see the pigs , jonesing 4 the feed ! What ,About potatoes ?

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FOR WHAT ITS WORTH YOU CAN MAKE SOME GOOD SHINE LIKE THAT