Growing fodder for chickens

[CATRYNA]

I have a question I can't seem to figure out through reading.

I purchased a bag of organic whole oats from the natural market thinking they would sprout.
It's been 5 days I have mush but no sprouts.

procedure: soaked over night 9 hours. then I have rinsed them 2 times a day. They have stayed pretty wet.

I use the same procedure for the brown rice and do not have a problem so I am thinking I must not have
the right kind of oats.

could you direct me to a website with the right kind of oats that will sprout or take a picture of your bag so
I can find them in my area?

thank you for all your help,

Many people have problems with sprouting oats, that's why most of us sprout Barley, Wheat or Mung beans. If your oats have not sprouted withing 5 days, count on them being sterile. You can feed the mush to your chickens; they will probably love it.

 

[erinszoo]

I have a question I can't seem to figure out through reading.

I purchased a bag of organic whole oats from the natural market thinking they would sprout.
It's been 5 days I have mush but no sprouts.

procedure: soaked over night 9 hours. then I have rinsed them 2 times a day. They have stayed pretty wet.

I use the same procedure for the brown rice and do not have a problem so I am thinking I must not have
the right kind of oats.

could you direct me to a website with the right kind of oats that will sprout or take a picture of your bag so
I can find them in my area?

thank you for all your help,
:/

We buy oats at our local coop and make sure they are not treated. Most oats are treated with a growth inhibitor, even oats sold for horses and rabbits. It will not sprout. Ours grows fine but it takes longer than wheat or field peas. Some people feed black oil sunflower seed sprouted, but ours always molded.

 

[Meca]

I am trying this right now. I think I may have put too much in. Should I dump it out and start again? I have mine at a thickness of 1 1/2 inches. They are sprouting but when I went back and read it says they should be 1/2 inch thickness when you start.

 

[DuckBoy323]

Have any of yall fed em to your chickens or livestock for the first time? I fed em to my cows and sheeps but they didn't really touch it. My chickens ate a little bit but they had a lot left over. Has this ever happened to yall? Thanks Ivan

 

[LindaB220]

Have any of yall fed em to your chickens or livestock for the first time? I fed em to my cows and sheeps but they didn't really touch it. My chickens ate a little bit but they had a lot left over. Has this ever happened to yall? Thanks Ivan

It's springtime and so much more out there to eat.

 

[jime]

Have any of yall fed em to your chickens or livestock for the first time? I fed em to my cows and sheeps but they didn't really touch it. My chickens ate a little bit but they had a lot left over. Has this ever happened to yall? Thanks Ivan

I give it to my livestock, horses roast chickens an ducks.
Chickens I find the eat it better if I show the seed side first.
Ducks like it better as grass so green side up
Goats and horses were a bit picky but I put the fodder and on top the grain ration and by the 3rd time they did not care any more and dig right to it.
Horses like to make it fly all over and then eat it out of the floor.

 

[ContessaKris]

Someone mentioned they give their chickens fodder and fermented grains. Is that fodder grains you're fermenting or are you fermenting their chicken feed?

 

[butch vb]

I feed barley and wheat fodder and ferment the crumbles wheat barley cracked corn blk sun flower seeds oats and feed it twice a day all they eat in twenty min they get fooder once a day they get what grain hasn't sprouted and enough fooder to clean up in half hour before feeding the fooder tohorses I pour 6 to 8 ounces of the cheap apple cider over the top of fooder in bucket it helps as a fly and mosquito repellent when the sweat it out what grain and cider is left in bucket gets poured over chickens fooder they love it

 

[sewandgrow]

I am trying this right now. I think I may have put too much in. Should I dump it out and start again? I have mine at a thickness of 1 1/2 inches. They are sprouting but when I went back and read it says they should be 1/2 inch thickness when you start.

I use a little less than a pound per a 9" by 13" tray & it works well in a 7/8 day cycle.

Have any of yall fed em to your chickens or livestock for the first time? I fed em to my cows and sheeps but they didn't really touch it. My chickens ate a little bit but they had a lot left over. Has this ever happened to yall? Thanks Ivan

Some of mine didn't take to it right away but now that they know what it is they clean it up. My are all penned up in breeding pens so don't get to free range so this is their greens.

 

[butch vb]

I put acv the cheap stuff on top for horses the eat all before grass hay but after alaf what hasn't sprouted and left over acv gets pourded over the chickens fodder and they clean it up after they finish their ff and mealworms try smaller amounts mi xed with what ever they like till they get used to it works with all animals and some kids