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I've never given it to my chickens but rather watered my plants with it. The year I did that my fiddle-leaf fig grew two feet in 3 months! It's like high-octane crack for houseplants :p

So, I've been at this for well over a month now with my shoe rack cake-tin rain-down setup with 3 rinses per day. Just over a week ago, I tried BOSS. What I found was that the BOSS LOVES to go mouldy! (Barley doesn't - like, at all.) So, after the first few days, I decided to do a tray of just...

Flat. And yes, there were drainage issues with my first hole-punch pattern; it seems to be better now that I have more holes. Someone was saying something about maybe replacing the bottoms with a mesh or screen of sorts (I think it may have been you?); I may build such trays when the snow goes...

Heat is crazy expensive (electric, $300+/month!) so my thermostats are set around 16/17 (I don't know fahrenheit, but it's several degrees below room temperature); maybe that's still too warm for barley? I rinse twice daily for sure, three times most days.

I'm finding that only the top half of my seeds are sprouting while the bottom layer ferments. Anybody else with this issue? I've been adding more holes to my trays and less grain but that's not making a big difference. I'm not overly concerned; saves me from running a separate fermenting...

Um, anybody else have an abundance of fruit flies hanging about the trays? :rolleyes:

Some of the flavour gets in with the colour, btw :sick don't know what yabbies are :hu the prawn shells were an excellent source of calcium, though. As for the diet debate, I agree that it makes sense to stick to the animal's natural diet as closely as possible for optimum health. But, that's...

Carotenoids and other colour-producing nutrients are valuable anti-oxidants. By that fact alone, I would presume that a more deeply-coloured yolk holds more nutritional value (in the anti-oxidant department) than a lighter-coloured one. And DEFINITELY the colour comes from what they eat - when I...

I can't free-range full-time, either, but not for predators - my yard isn't fenced and when I turn my back they tend to wander over to one neighbour's or another, lol! I want a herding dog SO BADLY but hubby doesn't want a dog just yet :hit

I'm using such tins, but I only have 13 birds so I bought 8x8 cake tins. Not sure if that's a good size or too much yet but I'm guessing too much.

It would be nice to see a poultry-related comparison for sure, as I would LOVE to do away with commercial feeds or - at the very least - limit commercial feed to a minimum for supplemental purposes.

The first chart, outlining the changes in the nutrient levels, tells me that it is worth doing. I didn't see anywhere in the report where they compared the differences in digestibility, either. When you take that into account, the story changes. Also, they were using cows who have 5 stomachs to...

Okay, I am so mad right now... I've tried ten times to upload pics of my setup but when I click on the photo to upload, the page reloads instead! :he (SO cannot wait for byc to be tablet-friendly!) Anyway, I bought a cheap wire shoe rack, cake tins to fit and - because I couldn't find right...

Actually never had that problem. Growing up we had to keep the feed in metal trash cans because the local rodents would chew through the plastic ones. The bins of feed were kept inside the coop. So far I haven't needed to do the same here yet, thankfully - they're not cheap!

I was joking :P i've dealt with weavils before, like any other house pest they are very difficult to get rid of. I would suggest metal bins for the weavil-infested grains. It is true, though, that the chickens would probably love them - unless they taste gross!

Wouldn't the chickens WANT the weavils? :D I mean, provided they don't find their way loose in your house - that can be disastrous. :(

The GMO thing is actually one of the main reasons I got into chickens! And then I discovered the cost of organic feed vs "who the heck knows what's in here" feed... I have been giving conventional feed with the consolation that my birds' primary diet comes from my yard and that they get...