Don't tell the wife, I'm growing fodder in the 2nd bathroom!

[shayann]

LOL! Love it. I would go with #4 as well. Good luck!

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

This is exactly what I was looking for, another messy chicken related project to spend money on and irritate my husband. Score.

 

[gtaus]

I just recently bought wheat seeds from my local feed store to start a fodder system

I have not yet tried wheat fodder. I would be most interested in your outcome with wheat seeds. Maybe you could compare your wheat fodder growth to the barley fodder data I posted. Any feedback would be most welcomed.

My oats fodder experiment had less than stellar results, so I gave up on that and am mixing the dry oat seeds in with my chicken scratch, so it will all be used.

 

[gtaus]

This is exactly what I was looking for, another messy chicken related project to spend money on and irritate my husband. Score.

What?? I'm the husband on this end. Are you saying women look for ways to irritate us guys?

More seriously, my fodder tower has a small footprint of about 1.5 feet X 1.5 feet, does not make much of a mess at all, and like I posted, I only spent $10 on the 10 plastic dish bins I got from the Dollar Tree. Everything else was just scrap lumber and some nails. I was money ahead on this project even before I started and there is not too many projects I get into that I see such a positive payback. This project saves me money in feed costs.

 

[gtaus]

LOL! Love it. I would go with #4 as well. Good luck!

Yes, thank you. Almost 3 weeks and still growing fodder in the bathroom. Working out really good and Dear Wife has not found me out.

I am getting so good at this hidden caper stuff, that I am thinking about starting a grow bin of meal worms in the second bathroom. Still checking out that system. But I think some nice fresh meal worms would be a great treat for the girls this winter.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

This is exactly what I was looking for, another messy chicken related project to spend money on and irritate my husband. Score.

Phphphphpht I want a partner that is tolarating any powltry I reasonably have.

 

[DiYMama540]

Yes, thank you. Almost 3 weeks and still growing fodder in the bathroom. Working out really good and Dear Wife has not found me out.
I am getting so good at this hidden caper stuff, that I am thinking about starting a grow bin of meal worms in the second bathroom. Still checking out that system. But I think some nice fresh meal worms would be a great treat for the girls this winter.

Oh please do...what a wonderful twist to this thread when she does find your projects!
May want to clean the coop, you may be spending some time in there!

 

[MROO]

What?? I'm the husband on this end. Are you saying women look for ways to irritate us guys?

Ummm... you're sneaking a messy chicken project into your wife's clean spare bathroom ... and asking strangers (okay, not technically "strangers," since you know us from BYC, but you have to admit that we are, often, a bit ...strange?) for advice on how to get away with it. Need I elaborate?

 

[songbirdfarms]

Some of you may remember that this summer I experimented with growing barley fodder for my chickens (My $10 Inexpensive DIY Fodder Tower with Dollar Tree Dish Bins). My fodder tower was in my garage at that time. That was a successful experiment and I stated that I wanted to try growing fodder in the house this winter.

Well, it's October in Minnesota and the fresh green grass is no longer growing. Today I snuck in my fodder tower while the wife was in town. I put the fodder tower in the bathtub of our second (mostly unused) bathroom. I pulled the shower curtain across the rod so she cannot see the fodder tower if she walks past the second bathroom. Problem is, sooner or later, I know my wife will find out.

So, if anyone wants to offer a list of excuses I can use on that occasion, I'd like to hear your suggestions so I can keep peace in the family. I am kicking around a few ideas, but don't know how well they will go over when I get found out.

1) Fodder tower? What fodder tower? I don't see no fodder tower.

2) Oh yeah, I meant to tell you about that, but you were so busy that I just didn't want to bother you at the time and then I just forgot about it, I guess.

3) The chickens seemed less happy and a little less perky without fresh grass to eat, so I thought I would grow some fresh greens in the other bathroom, which we really don't use much, and you probably won't even think about it, really.

4) I got a request from the good people at BYC forums to update my article on the fodder tower and they wanted to know if I was having any success growing fodder in the house during the winter.

Any help in advance appreciated. Obviously, this is a limited time request.....

BTW, first batch of barley seeds is soaking in the first bin tonight. So I am already committed.

100% voting on #2, unless she has a high emotional investment in the birdies; then a one two punch of #3 followed by #2 Where do you get barley seed? Worried about screwing this sproutin thing up and north Michigan winters about here....

 

[Henn12]

I have to ask...has she found out yet?