Growing fodder for chickens

[sonew123]

Sonew, didn't I see some pictures you'd posted of your BOSS growing? Did you just sprout it and offer it to the birds, or did it grow into fodder??


~ Aspen

Fodder! They love it!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Pictures of my BOSS sprouts yesterday morning:









I can't tell much difference in them this morning...maybe by tonight.

Here are my three miniature green houses that I'm using for my sprouts and fodder. They work great! Each green house has three shelves, each shelf holds to trays...so I can do 24 trays right now.







~ Aspen

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Fodder! They love it!

Awesome!! Yeah! Do you have pictures of the 'finished product'?

~ Aspen

 

[sonew123]

Wow wish i could have a set up like you! Let me take a photo of the last batch left...saving it until tomorrow night when its the coldest of the week

 

[sonew123]

Here yah go! The tallest is the navy beans!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Wow wish i could have a set up like you! Let me take a photo of the last batch left...saving it until tomorrow night when its the coldest of the week

TSC had them on sale for $20.00 each, so I rain-checked three of them. They were out of stock when I went the first time. You might look at your local TSC, that's where I got mine.

Here yah go! The tallest is the navy beans!

WOW! They look good enough to eat! Yum! How long (start-finish) did it take for your fodder to look like that?

~ Aspen

 

[sonew123]

3 weeks

 

[bj taylor]

Hi, the title of this thread caught my attention. I've read just a bit so far. I'm so impressed with all of you i'm growing some buckwheat in my garden for the first time. I've planted it in the furrows in the onion bed. I'm hoping for success for my chickens as well as a green manure. I'll be trying your fodder system for sure

 

[Lacy Blues]

Here yah go! The tallest is the navy beans!

Wow! That looks really good! Does the tub they are in have holes in the bottom? Have you given them any before and do they like the navy bean sprouts? Three weeks!??? That seems like a long time but I guess if you have enough buckets going you can still give something every day hu? I like to try and give a variety so I may start a mix like that every once in a while.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

3 weeks

Not sure I can wait that long! LOL I bought some whole oats the other day, so I'm going to try and do fodder with them as well.

~ Aspen