Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

Maybe no understanding yet, but it sounds like spouse bothered to learn about fermented feed, so paying attention and being interested is a good start. All these years with goats and chickens and ducks. Maybe it is starting to rub off.

I think not..... but I guess possible.

 

[Finnie]

I think not..... but I guess possible.

I don’t think it will rub off on my spouse either. But he does like to pretend he’s a chicken expert and he can parrot some of the things I’ve said. Just in mockery though.

 

[Alaskan]

I don’t think it will rub off on my spouse either. But he does like to pretend he’s a chicken expert and he can parrot some of the things I’ve said. Just in mockery though.

Exactly!

 

[Ridgetop]

Can you return the feed since pigs won't eat it? And get regular feed? Or return feed and just slaughter now. Wont be much change in meat flavor if the pigs won't eat the feed! LOL

Meat and milk can take on the taste of what the animal eats. But I am not so sure that fermented feed would change the taste that much - did you read the article? And what does it change the taste to? And is the fermented feed a lot more money? If it is more expensive does the change in taste warrant the cost?

 

[Baymule]

I don’t ferment the pig feed, but I ferment the whole corn. I finish them out on whole fermented or soured corn.

 

[Ridgetop]

When we had the dairy goats we used a pail of rolled corn and covered it with goat milk after each milking. Corn soaked from 7pm to 7 am and next batch soaked from 7am to 7pm when it was fed 2x daily to pigs. I don't know if that is fermented feed, but our Poland Spot pigs put on a layer of fat that provided tender pork. Other Fair pigs we bought were never as tender.

Instead of special fermented purchased pig feed, why not soak corn in your goat milk and feed that?

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on,
VBS is going well. Next week will be a slow week, looking forward to it. Need to think about school, ordering a few more books. Meet with co op leaders, finalize that.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee. Been playing with granddaughters all week, we meet their parents on Saturday in Dallas. We went to Splash Kingdom yesterday, today we’ll go to the city park, there is a splash pad there.

 

[Alaskan]

Can you return the feed since pigs won't eat it? And get regular feed? Or return feed and just slaughter now. Wont be much change in meat flavor if the pigs won't eat the feed! LOL

Meat and milk can take on the taste of what the animal eats. But I am not so sure that fermented feed would change the taste that much - did you read the article? And what does it change the taste to? And is the fermented feed a lot more money? If it is more expensive does the change in taste warrant the cost?

I have no idea... to any of that... I just wanted them slaughtered.

 

[Alaskan]

I don’t ferment the pig feed, but I ferment the whole corn. I finish them out on whole fermented or soured corn.

Can you tell a difference?

Only feed thing i ever did was with a flock of geese...the first one was too lean, so I locked them in their pen, fed them for 2 weeks then butchered the rest.

Nice and fatty.