Tuesday 16 August 2011

On Using Pro-biotic


The one-galoon waterer placed on top of a training potty that was turned up-side down. The drinking water is brownish in color because of the FPJ. 

We give our chickens pro-biotics called FPJ ( Fermented Plant Juice) which is mixed in with their drinking water to help them stay healthy. We also use this FPJ as spray in their litter to fortify microbial activity after diluting it with water. We collect the young shoots of sweet potato plants, kangkong or watercress then chop them and mix them up with crude sugar. For every three kilos of chopped shoots, we add one kilo of crude sugar and mix them all up in a basin. Then we put this mixture in a net bag so it is easier to take the whole thing out when the fermentation is done. We put the net bag with the mixture in a plastic pail and put an aluminum pot filled half way with water and put this on top of the net bag to weigh it down. We cover the pail with an old thin cloth and tie it around the mouth of the pail so no insects can get in and set this aside for about three days. After three day, we take off the aluminum pot of water and cover it back again and let it stay for a week in which time the fermentation should have been completed. We remove the net bag and let it drip to extract the juice. We keep the collected juice in a 1-litter plastic soda bottle with a cover and keep this in the refrigerator. We use two tablespoons of this FPJ concoction and mix it with 1 liter of non-chlorinated water and give this to the chickens as a drink. The fresh water in our place by the way comes from a natural spring so it is not chlorinated.

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