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Quote: I haven't tried sprouting in the basement yet. I will use a plastic tub/container when I do so. I will put it near a window, but the sun will not shine on it at all. I don't know if I could get myself to eat these.lol However, alfalfa is fabulous! We ate most of them already. Maybe...

Here are my sunflower sprouts. I cut/pulled a few out and the chickens go absolutely nuts for them. They treat these as if they are worms. Sorry for the poor quality photo, taken from my iPod touch.

Quote: Not very many. 2 tablespoons of seeds for the 4 tier container. It is on the smaller side and I paid around $15.00 for it on Amazon. I like the sprouter though, I laid the sprouts to dry and it filled 2 dinner plates. Alfalfa is also expensive to buy. I bought the pound for $9.50...

Quote: I'm using sprouts as add nutrition/vitamins and a healthy diet along with the layer feed. My girls are not fee ranging at the moment, so this will supplement their grass/weeds. I'm hoping for oranger yolks too. My girls love greens! In a day or two, they will be able to enjoy them...

Quote: I'm using sprouts as add nutrition/vitamins and a healthy diet along with the layer feed. My girls are not fee ranging at the moment, so this will supplement their grass/weeds. I'm hoping for oranger yolks too. My girls love greens! In a day or two, they will be able to enjoy them...

Quote: I have oxine ah that will kill the salmonella and kill any other bacteria/fungus. I'm not worried. Plus, I believe the bacteria builds up in warmer conditions. I use oxine in their waterer and it is safe to drink in small quantities.

Quote: I don't use soil for the alfalfa. I use the 4 tier sprouter for the alfalfa.

The sunflower seeds, I soaked in a bowl over night in the glass pie plate, I put the other glass pie plate over it and soaked 8 hours. I rinsed the sunflower seeds and planted them in the sand(our backyard soil). I make sure they are moist. The alfalfa I did not soak prior to putting in the...

Thanks! I'm very thrilled how this is turning out!

I'm sprouting alfalfa and sunflower seeds. The alfalfa is going to be for us and the chickens and the sunflower sprouts are for chickens only. I soaked the sunflower seeds 8 hrs before planting. Day 3 of sprouting. The alfalfa taste wonderfully fresh! Yum!