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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I feed mine wheat and barley s prouts and the grains that did not sprout that I put acv on started at about two weeks and have have Ben doing for a year with great results they also get ff and have layer feed avail. All the time got 4/5 eggs a day all winter out of 16 hens here in co with no...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I use wheat barley boss to make fodder for horses but the chickens get the seed that did not sprout and a little fodder I pour a little act on top of the horses fodder and the chickens sprouts they all love it I use a tray system that drains into 5 trays angled front to back and use a pump to...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    the most economical way for me to feed is ff i can add many differentgrains to it plus ican use layer crumbles to keep protein high enuff i also feed fodder left over from horses along with osyter shells grit meal worms for treatesmine are healthy happy and we get great eggs
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    i have 17 c hickens and use 2 5 gal nipple waters one in coop other in tractor tractor is 8 by 10 and has to be moved every three days coop built on trailer and can be moved with 4 wheeler but as soon as i get time will build another tractor for front of coop then i can move front tractor than...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    i used 3 inch street elbows 1 inch from bottom no waste but put a 4 inch pvc feeder with a feed gauge so i know at a glance that they have dry food but they get ff once a day they dont eat much dry food unless i feed later in morning love ff and get great eggs
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    i use fodder for horses built rack for trays with 1 inch slop front to back alternating slop and holes in oppiste ends pump water with pond pump to top trays and let water drain down through 5 trays to catch pan i dont reuse water or i get a bad smell i soak with bleach and spray with acv before...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    my home depot has the street elbow but you could use a regular one and a 2 inch pice of pipe i think lowes also has street elbows pliming supply places hardware stores some ranch supply stores i call cowboy k mart i made mine from street elbow and did not glue at all slid on tight and not...
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    FOGHORN LEGHORN~ "Lookit here son, I say, I say son, did ya see that hawk after those hens? ....

    feed them garlic and acv those seem to work dose depends on weight we have used garlic tablets on dogs for ticks fleas mosquitos use acv on horses for flys and mosquitos about two three oz per day on their grain or hay hope it helps
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    instead of sprouting try fermenting much easier less time more consistence i do both the horses get fodder the chickens get ff and some fodder and the unsprouted grains they do love it so i might up their fodder in winter so they get greens all year, fermenting isless time and space consuming
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    Hay reaction

    try a different type of hay sometimes you are allergic to one type of grass but not another i am fine with grass hay but alfalfa bothers me some worse than others
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    Dandelions

    mine love watermelon but the first day igive them the end the next day i use thebowl as a feeder for their ff and use it till they get it down to the skin they also have eaten mealworns from three days old iferment their feed with wheat barly corn oats and black sunflower seeeds they inhale...
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    LOTS of feed being wasted

    i use fermented feed and i have no waste or you can make pvc tube feeders that have little waste but fermenting is easy better food value and no waste and you can mix your feed the way you want i use layer crumbles oats barley wheat corn black sun flower seeds they love it
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    instead of using 3 inch elbows use 2 inch you can also trim the length to fit the size of bird on the out side if still to big you can put a vertical half inch pipe through yhe elbow I use this in my 4 inch pvc feeder in my coop tokeep them from throwing feed out try fermenting their feed and...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    you could put notches on the in side of pvc next to bottom of bucket to make the feed flow or cut of bottom of elbow but should be a one half inch off bottom of bucket for crumbles i beleive
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I ferment blk sun flower seeds and they eat them first and if I over feed the only thing they leave is the wheat I throw it on the ground and they clean it up later
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