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

[gtaus]

Threw together a fodder system today. I'm pretty proud of myself because I'm just getting into woodworking. I can easily follow a plan but just winging it is not my strong suit. I have a total of 10 bins that will be for growing. Thank you for the inspiration.

That's a nice looking tower you built. Please post an update when you get a chance to grow some fodder.

 

[BDutch]

Good job @RebelChief. I count even more. 14 bins.

I wonder. Is counting dificult for you or do we see 4 extra by photoshopping?

 

[Kusanar]

Good job @RebelChief. I count even more. 14 bins.

I wonder. Is counting dificult for you or do we see 4 extra by photoshopping?

I see 14 as well, but, the one at the bottom on each side is to catch the water, not for growing, and the one at the top on each side is not angled, possibly set up to put the water in the top and have it "rain" down to the next level rather than pouring it in from a cup and disturbing all of the seed.

 

[RebelChief]

That's a nice looking tower you built. Please post an update when you get a chance to grow some fodder.

Thank you. I will. I plan to start my own thread so I am not piggy backing on this one

 

[RebelChief]

I see 14 as well, but, the one at the bottom on each side is to catch the water, not for growing, and the one at the top on each side is not angled, possibly set up to put the water in the top and have it "rain" down to the next level rather than pouring it in from a cup and disturbing all of the seed.

Exactly. Since it's taller than I am I wanted to be able to just dump the water in top and let it do it's work. I did't want to dump water on my seeds.

 

[RebelChief]

Good job @RebelChief. I count even more. 14 bins.

I wonder. Is counting dificult for you or do we see 4 extra by photoshopping?

Hahaha well I am a retired sailor so you never know . Actually the top two are for a rain bath and the bottom two are for water catching.

 

[gtaus]

Hahaha well I am a retired sailor so you never know . Actually the top two are for a rain bath and the bottom two are for water catching.

Here's a little tip I can pass on to you that may save you some effort. The bottom collection bin does not have holes - it collects the water. So what I would do is put one of my fodder bins with holes in that bottom collection bin in the morning. I would also put my seeds in that bin. Then, when I watered the tower, the seeds in the bottom bin would start soaking. That evening, about 12 hours later, I would take the fodder bin with the soaked seeds out of the bottom collection bin and put it on the rack for draining. This worked great for me because all the bins were the same size and fit into each other.

I know some people soak their seeds separately from their bins and then dump the soaked seeds into a fodder bin for the rack. But you don't have to do those extra steps if you soak your seeds in a fodder bin (inside the bottom collection bin) to start with. I hope that makes sense. This system works for me because I only soak a new bin of seeds as I take one bin off the rack to feed to my chickens.

Anyway, will be looking forward to your results, and if you start a new thread on this topic, please come back here and post a link. There are so many threads on BYC that it is easy to miss any given posting. Thank you.

 

[RebelChief]

Here's a little tip I can pass on to you that may save you some effort. The bottom collection bin does not have holes - it collects the water. So what I would do is put one of my fodder bins with holes in that bottom collection bin in the morning. I would also put my seeds in that bin. Then, when I watered the tower, the seeds in the bottom bin would start soaking. That evening, about 12 hours later, I would take the fodder bin with the soaked seeds out of the bottom collection bin and put it on the rack for draining. This worked great for me because all the bins were the same size and fit into each other.

I know some people soak their seeds separately from their bins and then dump the soaked seeds into a fodder bin for the rack. But you don't have to do those extra steps if you soak your seeds in a fodder bin (inside the bottom collection bin) to start with. I hope that makes sense. This system works for me because I only soak a new bin of seeds as I take one bin off the rack to feed to my chickens.

Anyway, will be looking forward to your results, and if you start a new thread on this topic, please come back here and post a link. There are so many threads on BYC that it is easy to miss any given posting. Thank you.

Thank you. I love that idea. I will come back and share my link. .

 

[gtaus]

Thank you. I love that idea. I will come back and share my link. .

Please do. I would love to follow your thread.

 

[RebelChief]

Please do. I would love to follow your thread.

Here goes nothing
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-fodder-system-diary.1341796/