Why You Need to Soak

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Because fermented and soaked feed is digested easier, your chickens will naturally eat less chicken feed than if you didn’t ferment or soak it.

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What you need: – chicken feed – lay pellets or lay crumble – container to hold feed – water – spoon

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Measure out your chicken feed, how much they can eat in a day you want to do at a time.

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They say 1/2 cup of lay pellets for regular-sized chickens.

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You want to cover this with water, I use cold water, having about 3 inches above your feed.

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You might find there to be some trial and error for you and your birds to see how much they eat in a day. If there is feed left over at the end of the day you will want to do less the next time.

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