Grazing Frame - Fodder Table Box - Continuously Grow Fodder & Seedlings & Sprouts For Chickens

[StinkyAcres]

Dang mole already found my seed and is tunneling through it. Hopefully plenty will still come up despite my late planting. It’s been pretty mild and in the 70’s the last few days in the afternoon.

Oh, no! I need to remember that when I build mine. Some years we have very bad vole problems, but I tend to forget that we have voles during years when they are not as abundant.

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Oh, no! I need to remember that when I build mine. Some years we have very bad vole problems, but I tend to forget that we have voles during years when they are not as abundant.

I’m hoping it was just a “blind mole finding seeds” and not a direct attack...haha.

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Deer Food Plot Mix is

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Clover sprouting and the other side has a lot of rye grass popping through!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Clover sprouting and the other side has a lot of rye grass popping through!

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Awesome!

I don't have either of those in my frame, so I'm VERY curious how well it will grow AND how much your girls will like it!!!

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Awesome!

I don't have either of those in my frame, so I'm VERY curious how well it will grow AND how much your girls will like it!!!

Looks like I should have greens pushing through the wire in about a week or so. Over a hundred chickens should keep it short!

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

I put the topsoil on too thick and when I got home from work after being gone two days the potting mix was nearly touching the wire...I started combing off the top inch of soil that was free floating on a super thick mat of rye grass and deer plot mix. I scraped off fifteen gallons of it and revealed the fodder underneath! It should go nuts tomorrow when it gets some sunshine.

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

I got home after dark and filled the chicken waterers up, checked the flock and their greens are LUSH! Some already grew to the wire and they have been grazing the tops off! Woo hoo! I’ll try to get some daylight hen action shots if I get home early tomorrow.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Wow, "LUSH" is an understatement!!!



Is that the rye grass?

Can't wait to see it in the light!

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm officially jealous. I'm in Zone 7. Central Arkansas. Grass is dormant here and I don't have any winter grass growing. I'd love to plant some rye grass for my 35 chickens and 2 goats but I can't seem to keep the chickens out of the seed long enough to let it sprout. I tried to fence it off and they just flew over the fence. This frame idea will probably be a good solution!

I'm thinking of making at least (3) 4'x8' frames so I can spread them out enough to keep the dominant chickens from hogging it all for themselves...