Growing Fodder

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seswitz10

seswitz10

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Hi, I want to begin growing fodder and asked the guy at the feed store if he had any good barley, wheat, seed mixture good for Fodder. He gave me Purina Game Bird Chow, Growth and Plumage- has anyone ever mad fodder with this?
 
Welcome to Back Yard Chickens !
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I haven't tried to grow my fodder but by doing a quick search, it looks like a lot of members have. Type "growing fodder" in the Search box and you'll get back a lot of posts about it. The Search box is in the upper left part of each screen under the BYC logo.

You could also ask on the "feeding & watering your flock" forum:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/12/feeding-watering-your-flock

Good luck and thanks for joining us!
 
Hi :welcome

Glad you could join the flock! I'm afraid I too have never grown any but NorthFLChick has left you a great link to check out.
I hope you are able to find all the answers you need.

Good luck and enjoy BYC :frow
 
Thank you all for such warm welcomes. I have to say that the bag the feed store gave me only grew mold. So I have started fermenting that. Plan B is going well, I went to Whole Foods and bought a mix of barley, wheat, oat and rye seeds. I did exactly what I did w plan A and I have started my Fodder! I have little baby sprouts within 24 hours! Yay.

Thanks NorthFLChick for the link, great read.
 
As you have found out unless you have a well stocked feed mill locally getting seeds at a reasonable cost is the biggest issue...

I finally just gave up as I could not find a viable an consistent source of seeds in my area unless I purchased by the ton...

You really want the fast growing grains like wheat and barley, but some people have had success with wild bird feed mixes...
 

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