Ferment chicken feed with IMO 2?
The answer
From the KNF library
Drake's basic feed ferment uses IMO4. He mixes half pellets and half scratch grain in a 5-gallon bucket with a heaping handful of IMO4, 1-2 oz of maintenance solution, and water or milk. It ferments 24 hours. (Office Hours Jun 2025, 4:43)
IMO4 can be up to 10 percent of the feed. (Office Hours Ep. 35, 43:30) (Office Hours Ep. 9, 50:26)
The library lists IMO2 as the stable storage stage. (Cho's Solutions, p. 11) Cho names fermented feed among the uses of IMO #4. (Cho, Recipe, p. 20) For pigs, where U.S. rules may limit soil-based IMO4, the library says to use straight IMO3 instead. (Office Hours Ep. 9, 59:35) Cho also lists leaf mold fodder made with IMO among pig feeds. (Cho, Theory, p. 176)
The library does not say whether IMO2 or leaf mold alone will ferment chicken feed, or at what rate.
Sources
- 50:26 Office Hours Ep. 9 (Nov 2021) — OHN Extraction, Salted Land Remediation, Foliar vs Drench Rates · “Master Cho's rate is up to 10 percent, fermented 24 hours in a bucket.”
- 4:43 Office Hours (Jun 2025) — Fermented Chicken Feed, IMO4, and Seawater · “Half pellets and half scratch grain in a 5-gallon bucket, a heaping handful of IMO4, 1-2 oz of maintenance solution, water or milk, fermented 24 hours”
- 59:35 Office Hours Ep. 9 (Nov 2021) — OHN Extraction, Salted Land Remediation, Foliar vs Drench Rates · “though U.S. rules may limit soil-based IMO4; use straight IMO3 instead.”
- 43:30 Office Hours Ep. 35 (Jun 2022) — Gray IMO, Protector Overuse, Chicken Feed Ratios · “IMO-4 can be up to 10% of the feed.”
- p. 11 Cho's Solutions · “IMO2 Stable Storage High School”
- p. 176 Cho, Theory · “mold leaves fodder that utilized Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO)”
- p. 20 Cho, Recipe · “for making the soil foundation, fermented mixed compost, fermented feed, managing pigpen floors, henhouses, etc.”
