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The seeds should stay damp between watering, but not completely wet. For me, it worked best to flood and drain the system every 12 hours - at 8 am and 8 pm. If you are having problems with mold, a little bleach should help. Update the thread on your results with the bleach and if it helps...

Well, I am from northern Minnesota, but yes, road construction season is over. I don't complain because we have all four seasons in Minnesota. We have winter, June, July, and August! What more could you want?

Where I live, people who let their chickens free range are called former chicken owners. We have too many hawks and eagles looking for an easy meal. Whenever I add, or change, anything to my chickens feed, I try to introduce it slowly. Like transitioning the chicks from starter feed to grower...

This summer, my girls preferred green grass that they were used to eating over my homegrown barley fodder. But here in Minnesota, we have to do without any fresh grass for about 5-6 months of the year. With winter well on the way, my girls tear into the barley fodder I feed to them every day...

I do not toss seed if it has a little mold on it. I would pick it off the spot and compost it, and continue on with growing the fodder in the bin. If your whole bin was moldy, I'd dump it in the compost pile and make a written note, or mental note, of why mold started growing and what to do to...

First of all, thanks for all the great pictures. It looks like you are having some great success with your project. So it's just a matter of fine tuning some things, I think. All my fodder bins only have holes on one end. If your top bin is to be like a "rain" bin, then you would be better off...