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

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

So you can grow stuff all year around!

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I have a phobia about stalkers

 

[aart]

I have a phobia about stalkers

Don't need your address...just this ' South Texas Gulf Coast '
If you're on a phone they all know exactly where you are anyway

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Don't need your address...just this ' South Texas Gulf Coast '
If you're on a phone they all know exactly where you are anyway

They can’t track me when I’m wearing my tinfoil hat. I have actually added several layers over the last decade...

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Ok I got my drawing done and bought the materials and seed. I will be starting on it tomorrow afternoon and finishing it Monday. I got some fall deer plot mix to start with. It’s still mild here so it should grow fine. If not I will buy something else and save the rest of the deer plot seed for next deer season.
I decided to just do a simple frame on the ground to save money and see how it goes. If I like it I’ll probably add a bottom and legs to make it 36” off the ground. Excuse the drawing, it was a freehand sketch to visualize materials!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Good luck, keep us posted with pics and details!!!

 

[JCinNM]

Wonder what the difference in nutrition would be between serving it with the roots and them only eating the tips of the new shoots? I realize it would be cheaper to not have to plant new seed all the time. But for me personally I like the white part of sprouts much more than the dark green.
I have been serving sprouts in one inch of soil and notice the chickens prefer to eat it roots and all.

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

Wonder what the difference in nutrition would be between serving it with the roots and them only eating the tips of the new shoots? I realize it would be cheaper to not have to plant new seed all the time. But for me personally I like the white part of sprouts much more than the dark green.
I have been serving sprouts in one inch of soil and notice the chickens prefer to eat it roots and all.

I don’t know but I’m not spending another thousand on a big hydroponic sprout system. I have over a hundred chickens, I’d go broke buying seed and trying to keep the sprout cycle going daily. I think of it like this...when hens forage free range they don’t eat the roots and all, they only eat the leafy parts.

 

[ZephyrCoveFarms]

I’m still working on getting the hardware cloth on the fodder frames. I am using small galvanized nails to tighten it up like a drum skin so when my fat hens walk on it it won’t sag too much. I decided to make two them 4’x8’ instead on one 8’x8’ so it’s easier to open the top and work underneath. I am adding hinges to the back so I can just lift the top like a lid and prop up with a 2x4 kickstand on each side so no hens get smashed while I’m working.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Updates!

Here's the frame as I often find it with leaves, mulch, and poop on it:

Here's without the top on:

 

[aart]

Here's the frame as I often find it

Can they get at those larger leaves thru the HC?
What all is growing in there?