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    Growing fodder for chickens

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    Growing fodder for chickens

    If they are hungry...they will eat it :) We had to bribe our horse to eat it. We would put her horse pellets on the fodder so she would get a taste of it. Then we would give her the pellets after she ate her fodder. She would only eat the green top at first. Now she eats the entire biscuit with...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I sprout Barley and let them free range. It is more than enough nutrition for them. They come running when I bring out the fodder tray. They love it! During the winter I give them a little bit of scratch since there isn't much for them to find when we have snow. We are looking into raising...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Here is what we do and our trays average 13lbs each. 1200lb Horse: 1 tray/day + hay (a quarter of a flake) + 2 scoops of horse pellets (she is a hard keeper in the winter) 150lb Buck Goats (2): 1/4 tray/day + hay (just enough for them to snack) Pilgrim Geese (3) + Muscovies (8): 1/2 tray/day +...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    So I have been trying to find the nutritional values for the barley fodder. Here is a bit of what I have found... http://www.sproutnet.com/Nutrition/Research/nutrient_content.pdf http://www.foddersolutions.org/nutrition...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    The water that comes off of ours is so full of starch I cannot reuse it. I use the water for my garden so technically it is being reused just not in our fodder setup. I have heard that people have tried to do an aquaponic system using the water and it failed due to the amount of starch. Now i am...
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    Hi! I am the on that has the fodder system. I wanted to make sure that you buy seed not feed when you purchase your barley/wheat etc to grow. The germination rate is higher and sometimes they are de-hulled and will not germinate at all. Temperature is the most important factor. If it is too...
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    California - Northern

    I would love to hear about the processor. I have hear good things about them. Did you take them in? Do you get a choice of how they processes them? Do they do ducks? What was the cost? Thanks!!! Teresa
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    California - Northern

    We have had rain, hail, slush and tornado warnings! Fun times here on the divide. I hope that we get a bit of a break for the animal's sake. The kiddos and I are warm in the house. Nothing like a quick kick into winter!
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    For my chickens they get fodder morning and evening and then the milk soaked scratch grains for a treat. For my American Guinea Hogs they get mostly fodder, some hay and a little bit of milk and scratch grains as a treat. They are plump but not overly fat. My horse gets fodder and some hay. I...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Since this is done hydroponically you have to put your ideas of sprouting seeds in soil away. You soak the seeds for 24 hours before you place them into the tray. Since there is no soil, you have to water them multiple times a day to keep them moist or they will not germinate and sprout. It...
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    Quartz Ridge Ranch Fodder System

    This year with rising feed prices and the push to move away from commercial feeds we decided to research fodder systems. We started looking at the all-inclusive trailers but the cost was too high for us. When we had the chance to check one out we knew we could take the same idea and make it work...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    We have finally got our fodder system up and running. It is working great but we still have some things we need to add like a heater for winter, a a/c unit for summer and an auto-water system. We originally were looking at the Fodder Trailers but we could not justify the price on something we...
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    messy messy??????????????

    We have 7 runner ducks in a 15x30 foot run that includes a hillside, the flat part is about 8x30 feet. We placed DG on one third of the lower part, Sod on a third and the pond takes up a third. They ruined the grass because that is where they lived most of the time. I could keep up with washing...
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    Is this a Dominique Rooster?

    Thanks!! I will now be on the lookout for a true Dom rooster. I didn't get run in my last shipment of Doms. Hopefully I can find one before spring!
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