Poultry and Homebrew 'don't mix'...

[JacktheKnife]

Howdy Ya'll,

I have been homebrewing for 15 years,
and my brewing skills have evolved to where
my 6-7-8 Lb Hammerbier is a masterpiece.

More recently, since my last near fatal motorcycle wreck,
I have gotten into poultry again.
Clean legged silver Marans, OEG Bantams and Gunieas.

Now my problem is that my homebrew is,
of course, brewed, reracked and bottled in my kitchen.
But my 'egg incubator' is under the kitchen table.
And I have a new one for when #1 gets full in the spring.
A cardboard box, a 'homebrew brooder box',
is by the door and I need another.
My poultry empire is expanding, as the weather gets colder,
into my brewing space.
Now this is not funny.
I lost a young hen outside this morning,
she was alright, if a little cold looking this morning at 7:30,
and by 8:00 was dead.
Dern.
They get cold too, and the kitchen is nice and warm,
but what is the end result of bringing poultry 'in for the winter'
as it were, and into such close proximity to ones special precious homebrew, specifically the airborne spoilage micro-organisms,
into the place where I don't even like my friends to come into.

What do ya'll do about such?


Thank you


J. Knife

 

[boo boo]

Maybe it's just me but poultry don't belong in the house unless it's a chicken house. I take it that certain breeds of poultry need more heat to survive than others as the laying hens we have around these parts are out all winter long and winters here I imagine are colder than they are in Texas.

 

[JacktheKnife]

Sorry about your hen, Jack. We folks here in the Arkansas hills haven't had any freezin weather yet, so i don't know what to tell ya. I'm a poultry freak too, but i'm fortunate enough to not keep them in the house. Well best of luck to the flock.

Old Farmer,

Howdy, it has not 'froze' down here either yet.
I wrote the 'Poultry vs Homebrewing' article last year and just re-posted it.
Trying to get my brewery going as well as writing more stories.
Last year I had 517 12 oz bottles of my homebrew
all at the same place and at the same time.
I brewed about 2,000 ales last year.
6 months brewing Nov-May, 55 Lbs of D.M.E. per month,
7 batches of '8 Lb Hammer' per 55 Lb sack, = {322 bottles.}
x 6 months, ie. 6 sacks. 2,000 beers! {Or ales}

Where bouts in Arkansas are ya?
My poultry empire is coming along, but I am building coops with tops on them because of hawks and owls. I was just raising chickens for the hawks and owls to eat. I could use 600-800 dollars worth of wire and tin, posts and such. And all that is really holding me up is money.
I'm building 2 tin coops, one 9'x9' and the other 12'x12',
and the run will be 20' x 80'.
I build 'grow out cages' 4' x 3' with scrap 4"x4"'s for legs,
and 2"x3"'s so they are lighter and more easily moved.

I also like those cages made from 100% wire,
put together with those 'clips and pliars' sold at feed stores.
Except my horse Sugarmay knows how to knock them over so she can eat all the chickens feed, dern.
I have Rhode Island Reds, O.E.G. bantams, {fawn duckwings}
and royal purple Guineas.


Lets git ignert and go coon hunting!

jacksknifeshop.tripod.com

 

[Special Ed]

I agree, they don't mix!
http://hbd.org/brewery/cm3/recs/13_23.html

 

[Evan!]

I agree, they don't mix!
http://hbd.org/brewery/cm3/recs/13_23.html

Procedure:
"Take 10 gallons of ale and a large cock..."

Sounds like what's on the menu for SWMBO every night.

 

[Nealie]

a fellow homebrewer made a variation of the cock ale recently. it tasted ok but the finish was a bit greasy. others said it tasted like balls. hooooo!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Sounds like what's on the menu for SWMBO every night.

Yeah? who comes over and takes care of that for ya????:cross: