Growing fodder for chickens

[Lacy Blues]

I did contact them weeks ago but never got a reply. Important question: one of our family members is coeliac disease and cannot have gluten under any circumstances. Barley has gluten, would this be transferred into the eggs of fowl that eat it?

I'm thinking I may have to use a box fridge to keep the barley cool enough to sprout at a decent speed. The temperature here is usually about 35 degrees Celsius.

Box fridge? Is that just a regular refrigerator? Maybe turned down, or rather UP, so it won't be so cold?

 

[Nutcase]

It is a small, short rectangular fridge which can run on gas - we call them box fridges. I'm pretty sure that you can change the temp but I'll have to double-check. The reason I mentioned this is because I'm in the tropics and don't want the fodder going mouldy. I read the ideal temp is 70 degrees F, which is about 21 degrees Celsius.

 

[Highcotton]

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I haven't tried barley but my chickens eat dry oats right out of the bag. I would think they will eat barley. When they are foraging they are eating dry seeds.

 

[ozexpat]

I have not read the entire thread but will do so.

My birds are located in the Philippines and I am always looking for local plants and trees to use for feeds as the locals do.

the following link is an amazing resource for nutritional value of just about anything

http://www.feedipedia.org/content/feeds?category=13594

 

[Nutcase]

Recently I dug out some rich soil from the chicken run for my basil, and guess what sprouted up? Barley seeds from the mixed grain scratch! I don't think I'll have any trouble with fodder, if chicken food grows than horse feed should too.

 

[Groovynatureguy]

Recently I dug out some rich soil from the chicken run for my basil, and guess what sprouted up? Barley seeds from the mixed grain scratch! I don't think I'll have any trouble with fodder, if chicken food grows than horse feed should too.

Nice! It's amazing how sometimes things work without our help!

 

[PetRock]

I have not read the entire thread but will do so.

My birds are located in the Philippines and I am always looking for local plants and trees to use for feeds as the locals do.

the following link is an amazing resource for nutritional value of just about anything

http://www.feedipedia.org/content/feeds?category=13594

Thank you for sharing this link! It is an amazing resource!!!

 

[ozexpat]

Thank you for sharing this link! It is an amazing resource!!!

thanks

i am going to try rice fodder when I fly over there next

 

[AK FLOCK SWAP]

Here is my attempt @ fodder...Easy breezy,,,,

 

[Hens and Roos]

Here is my attempt @ fodder...Easy breezy,,,,

Nice idea, are they draining into that tub they are sitting in?