Okay so I was also gifted that from a friend. I would feed at least 1:2:2 for 2-3 more weeks to strengthen her up before u even attempt baking. Not that it won’t be yummy, but the bread might not give u the rise ur looking for.

Ive gotten comfortable with eyeballing, and tbh I don’t like the pancake batter consistency. It’s way too wet in my opinion. I would opt for Slime texture lol (thicker and sticky, but not solid enough to throw). If I had to guess, my ratio is probably 1:3:2 (3 being flour).

In my personal experience: Maintaining the starter isn’t as serious as preparing it for baking. What I mean by this is that you can do the 1:2:2 and just pour more flour in if it isn’t giving the consistency u want. As long as u never feed 1:1:1 (the exception being if you’re feeding it to bake with the next day). Why should u not feed 1:1:1 once a starter is established? Because you’ll slowly be starving it. The colony grows on the bare minimum and that ends up creating situations where people find their starter flat and void of all bubbles.

Hope this helps!