Single hen

[Mutrix Farmers]

Just checkeed the omlet shop and it still says 1kg on the Bokashi Bran - cost £4.10

[helenc]

I bought some from the omlet shop a couple of weeks ago and it said 1kg on the info but when added to basket showed as 0.6kg. When the bag arrived it was a wiggly wigglers bag and it said 1kg on the front of it, I had used some before I saw this thread or I would have weighed it to check.

 

Anyway hope that helps

 

Helen

[james]

Hi ,

 

Thanks for letting me know about this. Sorry for the discrepancies. Steph going to look into this and we will get it sorted

 

James

[bokbokbok]

Egluntine - mine has arrived here this afternoon. The instructions seem complicated enough Have you made your batch? Was it easy?

 

I'm going to have a bash at it tomorrow.

[Egluntyne]

I have made my first batch. It is half way through the fortnights fermenting.

[E4eggs]

Egluntine, how eggciting!! Do keep us up to date. Also have you thought of working out postage and packing, undercutting your rivals and starting up your own cottage industry Instead of just selling locally you could go global

[Egluntyne]

I have allowed my thoughts to wander down that route I must admit!

 

Don't know about going global though!

 

Let's see how it works first!

[farmerJules]

It helps their digestion and firms up their poos really well. You can add it to their food.

 

 

how much should be added and when??

 

thanks

[redfrock]

5%of the weight of their feed, in with their feed

[bokbokbok]

I think we may have a need for a 'WE HAVE BOUGHT THE KIT AND NEED TO DISCUSS THE METHODS OF MAKING OUR OWN BOKASHI" thread

 

I am wondering if the bran is just the *medium* to grow it in so it can be fed to the chickens and am thinking that if we were to produce this magic stuff for the likes of soil conditioning and for the compost heap etc then we could use some other *medium*. . .

 

I gather the used coffee grounds from the local Starbucks on occasion and from the shop next door to us in work on a (now) weekly basis.

 

What think ye experts, could we use coffee grounds rather than bran for the production of non-edible bokashi?

 

I put my first batch of bran in the hot press this evening. So far so good.

[The Dogmother]

5%of the weight of their feed, in with their feed

 

I am never that scientific Claire - just a handful in the 1 litre containers that I mix the feed in.

 

(Good to see that you got home OK Hon, wat a lovely day we hadxxx)

[farmerJules]

5%of the weight of their feed, in with their feed

 

I am never that scientific Claire - just a handful in the 1 litre containers that I mix the feed in.

 

(Good to see that you got home OK Hon, wat a lovely day we hadxxx)

 

 

thanks all...I think i will go for the 'dont need a calculator' method

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Sorry Jules, never noticed your question . Glad it's been answered anyway . I also use the scientific "chuck a few scoopfuls in" method (I keep the pellets in a fairly large box in the kitchen).

[The Dogmother]

Interestingly, when I took Redfrock and her OH to a local supplier, she smelled the Boakshi they had there (the kosher stuff from Wiggly Wigglers) and said that it smelled different from the one that she'd bought. I wonder why that is... might it have different ingredients?

[Egluntyne]

*Update*

 

My first batch has "brewed".

 

Not too sure about it thb.

 

1. It smells pleasant enough....neither vinegary or malty.

 

2. A bit alarmed that there were tiny white pinprick dots of what appeared to be mould around the edges.

 

3. There were also 3 or 4 tiny patches of what appeared to be green mould.

 

I contacted the seller who assures me that all is as it should be and to just remove the worrying bits.

 

I am not certain about feeding it to the hens at this stage, so I well reinstate my bokashi bins and see what happens.

 

Will update again.

[bokbokbok]

My first batch is ready too methinks. It is quite moist at the moment but I'm leaving it out overnight to dry out a bit. Meant to test it with the girls this evening but there is a sleepover on the go here this evening and I got a tad tied up with that.

 

Will try them tomorrow and see how it goes. If it works, this will be a loooooot cheaper than buying the official stuff, very easy, and not that smelly.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Hi Bokbokbok,

 

How did your chooks like the bokashi? I had noticed this thread a few weeks ago & forgot to follow it up !

 

I would like to get a batch & make my own, but if it's not been a success for you I shan't bother!

 

Sorry "heath robinson" quote method here, from Egluntine 27/9: "I am not certain about feeding it to the hens at this stage, so I well reinstate my bokashi bins and see what happens."

 

Egluntine, yours seemed to be sort of successful, were you happy enough to feed it to the chooks in the end? And what are your bokashi bins you reinstated?

(Probably a daft question, but I seem to ask lots of them...!! )

 

Sha x

[bokbokbok]

Hi there,

 

I *believe* mine turned out the way it was supposed to but am in two minds at the moment as to whether it was a success as far as the chickens are concerned.

 

I mixed it with a bag of layers pellets (they are used to Bokashi Bran Layers Mash) and it took me a couple of days to realise they are not eating it - so much so that I think they are *going downhill* and I have had to quickly reinstate the BBLM which I thankfully still had a bag of. I don't know if it is the bokashi they don't like or the pellets. I did mix up a porridge and they seemed to eat that ok. . .

 

The *realisation process* has not been helped by the change in day-light and the fact they generally have put themselves to bed by the time I get home so I am not seeing them up and pecking about that much.

 

I am in the middle of getting them *fed-up* again in order to experiment with my bokashi and Jolleys Layers Mash rather than the pellets in a while.

 

If they genuinely don't eat it - I will still make it for the compost heap and the wormery. It is supposed to be good for the soil too - we'll see how the chooks go with it with the mash first but this experiment wont be for a while until I know they are back up to full strength again.

 

I wish I could spread more favourable news.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Have you tried mixing some of your "old" food with the new mix to they get used to the taste & reduce the amount of old whilst increasing the new over time?

 

I know I was recommended to do that with my dogs' food when I changed it - like labradors would notice a change of food!!

 

Might have a go for the garden at least as you say, & if the chooks eat it too, then so much the better!

 

Thanks for answering so quickly!

 

Sha x

[Egluntyne]

Good idea. I thought I'd try it out in the Bokashi bin first before risking it on the hens. though.

[bokbokbok]

Egluntine - I should have listened to your advice - I think you are going about it the right way.

 

Wild Mum, I didn't want to open a fresh bag of LMBB if I didn't need to. Shoulda though huh?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

And what are your bokashi bins you reinstated?

 

I've got bokashi bins too. This'll tell you about them. I had 2 work brilliantly then 2 that didn't and I haven't had the heart to try again in case it fails .

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Thanks ANH, I have seen these in the past & decided against them, as we have a compost heap (several actually! One of which I've dug out today - feeling very virtuous and sore !) and a green cone. I assume the bokashi will work with the green cone won't it?

 

We also have an empty wormery in the garden, which I keep thinking I should get going again, but when we first had it, it was indoors (we were gutting our house, so no different indoors than out!!) and all the worms escaped! Lovely to find them crawling up the walls & windows of a morning ! Restocked & it happened again - we were following the instructions to the letter too! Haven't tried again since - may give it one more go, but outside this time, house is slightly more habitable now!!

 

Sha x