I bought barley from a local seed distributor and had started growing fodder. Barley germinates in a week. I threw barley seed down in the dirt in my chicken pen and in a week I had beautiful green grass my flock eats. I keep reseeding it now instead of growing fodder. I had previously...
I live in Tampa Bay area; there are plenty of local feed barns however, none carry barley. I located an online seed distributor who happens to be based in Tampa- but they ship anywhere. They sell Atlantic barley seed by the pound or in my case, 50 lb sack for less than 26 bucks. Seed World USA
HOA in one community I know of inTrinity gives out fines for having rust stains from dripping water on garage doors....imagine what having chickens will do! Gated community and chickens probably not the best match. LOL