06/11/2026
**Orders through June 1 are in the mail**
Hi everyone. The grinder broke once again, after three batches… but I finally found an unused set of medium burrs for the big mill. The burrs we purchased for Avian Health Shake are fine burrs but the shake turned out good running it through twice on the medium.
Before using the medium burrs I made silicone molds of them so when needed I can have a foundry help make replacements. This ended up taking by several days to get a good mold due to cure time and I made a two part mold. I did not want to touch those medium burrs until a mold was made after going without and searching for new burrs for so long.
Because the mill had not been used in over two years it was given a thorough cleaning and lubrication before it was started back up and I ran through a bag of corn first as a cleaning measure also. My pigs enjoyed the corn!
Ultimately it would be nice to have fine burrs again for time reasons. I am happy with these right now though cause 90 min of grinding is better than the 6 plus hours it was taking with commercial spice grinders for a batch and the strain on my body that caused.
Anyhow things are greatly looking up for Avian Health Shake. More shake will be made tomorrow, wait times will be much more normal now, the mill itself has never had any operating issues except when the burrs wore out and those are a part that needs replacing as part of normal maintenance.
Thank you all for your patience, understanding and patronage. I tried to respond to text messages and I am sorry if I missed some. I am having to work a second job to make ends meet 6 days a week and I am still undergoing medical treatment for the last car accident I was in at the end of last year.
Julie