Growing fodder for chickens

[BY Chicken Lady]

Also Ditto's were some sweet pants. I remember my old saddle seat Ditto's very fondly.

Really? Well that's cool ;-)
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REPLYING TO MY OWN REPLY... I originally read your post 'icbleu' from my phone with tiny fonts, so I thought you said Ditto's were some sweet PLANTS. I had no idea what you meant by the old saddle seat. Hahahaha...I know Ditto PANTS very well. They were pretty hot! I recall that the Ditto's came in to fashion after the bell bottom hip-huggers, which I also Loved!

 

[Debs55]

Ok thank you very much! I think I will try plain bird seed first because I have a bunch of it I can get for free that was left over from a church craft project. Does it matter what kind of bird seed?
Also for trays I have some plastic medical trays. They are about 8 by 12 inches I could drill holes in. And I have some plain Rubbermaid containers that are kinda big. Would those both work?

 

[thedollysmama]

Ok thank you very much! I think I will try plain bird seed first because I have a bunch of it I can get for free that was left over from a church craft project. Does it matter what kind of bird seed?
Also for trays I have some plastic medical trays. They are about 8 by 12 inches I could drill holes in. And I have some plain Rubbermaid containers that are kinda big. Would those both work?

I have an ice pick I used to poke holes in the bottom of the trays I am using. I wouldn't get too huge if you are planning on carrying the whole tray. They get very heavy even if they are only dish pan sized.
Just my opinion.

 

[Debs55]

Alrighty thanks I'll stick with the 8 by 12 trays then. I hope the kind of bird seed I'll be getting will work

 

[thedollysmama]

I should think it would. Just get the cheapest stuff, not vitamin coated or anything, and you should be good to go.

 

[Debs55]

Ok awesome! Hopefully I'll get everything set up tomorrow

 

[thedollysmama]

Okay, so here is what I am using for my sprouting operation. The wooden stand is what I use at rabbit shows to hold my carry cages. If it works as well as I think it will I am going to spray it with that Never Wet stuff we have at work.
I am using dish pans I bought at the dollar store and stabbed with an ice pick. They set on the stand perfectly and I am putting a row on the stand and a row underneath. The trays are staged in the laundry room and there is a floor drain that leads outside to our trees.
Right now I am sprouting buckwheat, mung, teff, and corn. For the teff, because the individual grains are so small, I am using these plant trays from work and lining them with coffee filters. The teff needs the most tending as it is the finest seed.
I water morning and evening and set three trays a day on what is currently a 7 day rotation so have 21 trays at some stage all the time. My critter sitter got confused and fed all of my trays in one day so I currently starting over. I will be introducing alfalfa, chicory, trefoil, and clover after my next paycheck. I am buying from Peaceful Valley Farm Supply as all of their stuff is non-GMO and they are close enough that orders arrive the next day.

I am also going to make a bunch of sprouting bags to fit into the project some place.

Karen

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

Great set up!

 

[thedollysmama]

Great set up!

It's easy for me and used what I had around. Pretty perfect!

K.

 

[chickengmaw]

Looks great