In this week's episode, we spotlight the ancient but absolutely adorable Runner Duck. Lisa Steele joins us to explain her safe and easy methods to ferment feed and to create rich compost using the deep litter method in your coops. We share our recipe for Heart Shaped Chocolate Mini Cakes, and some retail therapy with our ideas for last minute Valentine's Day gifts for chicken lovers.Grubbly Farms - click here for our affiliate link.https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100963304-15546963New Omega Mix!Bantam Coffee Roastershttps://bantamroasters.com/Use code FLUFFYBUTT for 10% off all items!Chicken Luv Box -  use CWTCL50 for 50% off your first box of any multi-month subscription!https://www.chickenluv.com/Strong Animals Chicken Essentialshttps://www.getstronganimals.com/Breed Spotlight is sponsored by Murray McMurray Hatcheryhttps://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/McMurray Hatchery  - Runner Duckshttps://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/blue_runners.htmlNestera UShttps://nestera.us/cwtclUse our affiliate link above for 5% off your purchase!Roosty'shttps://amzn.to/3yMDJECONourish Calci Wormshttps://econourish.co.uk/Lisa Steele's Fresh Eggs Dailyhttps://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/Study - Benefits of Fermented Feed for ChickensXu F, Wu H, Xie J, Zeng T, Hao L, Xu W, Lu L. The Effects of Fermented Feed on the Growth Performance, Antioxidant Activity, Immune Function, Intestinal Digestive Enzyme Activity, Morphology, and Microflora of Yellow-Feather Chickens. Animals. 2023; 13(22):3545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223545Studies on Litter and Deep LitterDhaliwal, A. P. S., Balwinder Singh Dhillon, and J. S. Brar. "Effect of various deep litter systems on the performance and profitability in egg laying birds." Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7.6 (2018): 433-436. Heart Shaped Mini Chocolate Cakeshttps://coffeewiththechickenladies.com/farm-fresh-egg-recipes/heart-shaped-mini-chocolate-cakes/CWTCL Websitehttps://coffeewiththechickenladies.com/CWTCL Etsy Shophttps://www.etsy.com/shop/CoffeeWChickenLadiesAs Amazon Influencers, we may receive a small commission from the sale of some items at no additional cost to consumers.CWTCL Amazon Recommendationshttps://www.amazon.com/shop Support the show