Spoiling Chickens with Rustic Organic Sourdough bread

in #hive-1143083 years ago

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I've been reading more about how to be self-sustainable with our little flock so that I don't have to be purchasing feed for them at the store. The way things have been going their feed might become more scarce at the store anyhow and I may not be able to shop there eventually. One of the things I read was to give them bread but specifically sourdough because of the probiotics. I just happen to make several rustic loaves of sourdough bread every week and sometimes happen to have something that don't sell. I usually end up hogging it down myself or giving it to a neighbor. But after reading how good the probiotics are for the birds I figured it would be much better to reward them with this delicious treat that they seem to love.

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They liked it so much I may have to just start getting some cheaper ingredients to use specifically for bread for them. This is also a bonus because I am starting to Source out my own grains for the bread as well.

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Living the dream my friend. I can't wait until we have our Quinta near Miraflores Reserva in Nicaragua. We will see how this journey continues.


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I know some people ferment the grain for their chickens. I wouldn't have thought of sourdough bread, though. Often they say bread should only be an occasional treat for them, but I guess we're talking about the cheap mass produced stuff, which should be only occasional for us too. Do you know of much of the probiotics are left after baking?

Good question on the probiotics. Not exactly sure. I will say the bread has no preservatives. It's just organic all purpose flour, organic white whole wheat flour, organic rye flour, local spring water I personally go collect and pink himalayan salt. The probiotics work as a natural preservative, combating the growing of mold. I have had last up to 2 weeks before seeing any mold on them. So while I don't know how much are left after baking there must be some good stuff left in there to fight off the mold.

Hope that helps answer your question.

Sounds better than preservatives at keeping the bread well!