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Looks good. Is that a specially bought container for your fermenting? I see all the venting stuff...
It's nice.
It's nice.
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Thanks, Mini. I'm looking forward to my first bowl of that sauerkraut. The jar came from Walmart. It's called a "cracker jar". It comes with a metal lid, that rusts, if you use it for acidic liquids. So I bought some plastic lids (online). Next I bought the airlock and a grommet. DH drilled a hole in the lid and put the airlock in.Looks good. Is that a specially bought container for your fermenting? I see all the venting stuff...
The cool thing about the airlock (which has water in it), is that it prevents oxygen from getting in, and allows the carbon dioxide, produced by the good bacteria, to vent out.
WIN-WIN!
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@Devonviolet, I saw this on Amazon www.amazon.com/masontops-com-PPI4W-masontops-Waterless-Fermentation/dp/B01LWS63OF/ref=pd_sbs_79_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01LWS63OF&pd_rd_r=SQVF1TWA6NMVMNDX3T9Q&pd_rd_w=QfKcE&pd_rd_wg=rZuBh&psc=1&refRID=SQVF1TWA6NMVMNDX3T9Q .
Picture looks stretched out, but it is a silicone insert for any sized wide mouth jars that creates a one-way valve... nothing goes in and gasses go out. Suppose to eliminate the need for the water airlock. What do you think?
Picture looks stretched out, but it is a silicone insert for any sized wide mouth jars that creates a one-way valve... nothing goes in and gasses go out. Suppose to eliminate the need for the water airlock. What do you think?
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Hi @animalmom! I have seen these but never really thought about getting them. $23.94 is a bit $teep, at $6 each. I think I can make my lids for (I'm guessing) about $2.00 each.
I see that they are for "waterless fermentation". I add a 4% saline solution to mine, along with 1/2 pot of culture for vegetables. I may have added too much liquid, though, as I have had to open the jar and ladle out some of the brine, because the gasses were expanding the volume, causing the brine to fill & overflow the airlock.
Of course I couldn't let the brine go to waste. So, I drank it. It was slightly carbonated with a mild sauerkraut flavor. A good sign that my sauerkraut is going to be yummy!!!
I see that they are for "waterless fermentation". I add a 4% saline solution to mine, along with 1/2 pot of culture for vegetables. I may have added too much liquid, though, as I have had to open the jar and ladle out some of the brine, because the gasses were expanding the volume, causing the brine to fill & overflow the airlock.
Of course I couldn't let the brine go to waste. So, I drank it. It was slightly carbonated with a mild sauerkraut flavor. A good sign that my sauerkraut is going to be yummy!!!
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I just have to tell y'all about what DH & I saw today!!! 
We stepped out on the back porch and noticed the Pekin drake was chasing one of the Barred Rock chickens, trying to mount her.
They ran around the yard for a minute and then the chicken must have seen us on the porch, because she bee-lined it to the porch at high speed, forcing the drake to fly to keep up with her.
When the hen got to the steps, she ran up them, without even slowing. The drake skidded to a stop at the bottom, giving up the chase. He turned around and walked away. 
I was laughing my head off.
The ducks & chickens are so funny!! It's like they constantly watch the back door. If we even walk by the door (which is full glass), they come running across the yard en'mass! If we open the door, they fly low across the yard. Heck, they do it if they see us walk past the living room window.
In the afternoon, at feeding time, the four Barred Rocks & the Buff Brahma hen are quick to run up the steps, onto the porch, even before we walk out the door.
What a stitch they are! The Bible tells us, a merry heart does good like a medicine. Well, our animals keep us laughing throughout the day. Maybe that's why we don't get sick very often.
We stepped out on the back porch and noticed the Pekin drake was chasing one of the Barred Rock chickens, trying to mount her.
They ran around the yard for a minute and then the chicken must have seen us on the porch, because she bee-lined it to the porch at high speed, forcing the drake to fly to keep up with her.
When the hen got to the steps, she ran up them, without even slowing. The drake skidded to a stop at the bottom, giving up the chase. He turned around and walked away.
I was laughing my head off. The ducks & chickens are so funny!!
It's like they constantly watch the back door. If we even walk by the door (which is full glass), they come running across the yard en'mass! If we open the door, they fly low across the yard. Heck, they do it if they see us walk past the living room window.In the afternoon, at feeding time, the four Barred Rocks & the Buff Brahma hen are quick to run up the steps, onto the porch, even before we walk out the door.
What a stitch they are! The Bible tells us, a merry heart does good like a medicine. Well, our animals keep us laughing throughout the day. Maybe that's why we don't get sick very often.
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While I was writing the above post, about the drake chasing the chicken, the Gander had flown out of the chicken yard & couldn't figure out how to get back in. He was running back & forth, trying to get through the fence.
It reminded me of when we had the guineas. They would be trying to get into the chicken pen - right next to the open gate, and run back and forth (along the fence) trying to get from the yard into the pen.
So DH opened the side gate, just down the fence from where that silly goose (um, gander) was, and tried to chase him through the gate.
He went everywhere but through the gate.
So, DH called me and I went out to help. I had DH stand outside the gate. I took the tree branch "staff" that @Baymule suggested for herding chickens when we first started here, three years ago. It worked like a charm! I guided him from behind, and he ran along the fence, right in through the gate.
It reminded me of when we had the guineas. They would be trying to get into the chicken pen - right next to the open gate, and run back and forth (along the fence) trying to get from the yard into the pen.
So DH opened the side gate, just down the fence from where that silly goose (um, gander) was, and tried to chase him through the gate.
He went everywhere but through the gate. So, DH called me and I went out to help. I had DH stand outside the gate. I took the tree branch "staff" that @Baymule suggested for herding chickens when we first started here, three years ago. It worked like a charm! I guided him from behind, and he ran along the fence, right in through the gate.
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I've heard of Turducken. You would be 2/3 the way there if the drake successfully mated the BR hen
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Boy! Wouldn't THAT be a sight!!!I've heard of Turducken. You would be 2/3 the way there if the drake successfully mated the BR hen
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@animalmom, I have two similar sets of graduated silicone lids to what you posted above.
Mine range in size from 4" to 10". The 10" lid is perfect for covering the 2 gallon stainless steel buckets, that I use for making cheese.
Mine range in size from 4" to 10". The 10" lid is perfect for covering the 2 gallon stainless steel buckets, that I use for making cheese.
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Actually, if the drake mounts and mates with the hen, it can result in internal damage to the hen. A drake has a long corkscrew penis, which is fine for a duck, but could be lethal for a hen. To put it in perspective, when a rooster mounts a hen, they "Kiss vents". Roosters probably wish they were hung like a drake. Hens are glad they are not.
