Growing fodder for chickens

[Laurieks]

Where can you buy the grain?

I buy organic barley from Azure Standard.com
They deliver monthly across the US and can connect you with a local group to join. Group buys need to be $500, (which is easy to rack up if you browse their website) so joining a group is best.
I've added boss but it was slow to sprout, clover was good, oats & wheat same as other described.
Happy Sprouting!

 

[ArtGirl]

I tried comparing prices online and couldn't find anything so I decided just to try at our feed store in town and see what they had. Ours mostly just had red wheat but it was cheap so we are trying it. You just might look at your feed stores and see what they have.

Where can you buy the grain? Doing web searches, I'm getting nothing. My hubby is an otr trucker so I'm trying to do price comparison because if it's cheaper in another state than it is here, he can just pick it up for me. But I can't find it listed at tsc, Walmart or any other store that's local to me.

 

[abmaddox1981]

Thanks guys! The cheapest I've found it online is 44.95 for 50lbs at wheatgrasskits.com I'm going to check at tsc but I'm looking for non GMO so we'll see.....

 

[Lacy Blues]

Thanks guys! The cheapest I've found it online is 44.95 for 50lbs at wheatgrasskits.com I'm going to check at tsc but I'm looking for non GMO so we'll see.....

Don't look for a kit. Find grain for sale in 50# bags for the best price.

 

[abmaddox1981]

Don't look for a kit.  Find grain for sale in 50# bags for the best price.

If it's non GMO I'm all for it. What I was looking at on that site isn't a kit, just a bulk bag. I live in central Ga so finding this locally is not easy.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

If it's non GMO I'm all for it. What I was looking at on that site isn't a kit, just a bulk bag. I live in central Ga so finding this locally is not easy.

Don't waste your time looking for local barley in Georgia. Your local environment and climate is hostile to the cultivation of barley. Any "local" barley you find for sale will almost always be a rip off bait and switch barley grown in Atlanta, Montana taking the place of local Georgia grown barley.

 

[abmaddox1981]

Don't waste your time looking for local barley in Georgia.  Your local environment and climate is hostile to the cultivation of barley.  Any "local" barley you find for sale will almost always be a rip off bait and switch barley grown in Atlanta, Montana taking the place of local Georgia grown barley. 

I was looking at wheat. Barley is hard to grow here. I want to do alfalfa and amaranth but they're uber expensive.

 

[crazypoultrychx]

new to fodder but ive gone on a fodder frenzy.....I started 7 days ago with sunflower seeds aand saturday with my first batch of wheat.....the sunflower seeds are taking a while but I imagine it has something to do with the 14 degrees and the greenhouse heater couldnt keep up....the wheat is already sending out roots and today i started another batch of wheat....from what I have read you cant feed the animals 100% fodder you have to intro them over a 7 day period.....so I am planning ahead slowly.....today I also started clover....in a jar and I am going to try a clover sunflower wheat mix and see what happends.....I am goin to be feeding a horse a goat and 31 chickens.....I read that the horse needs 2% so does the goat and the chickens could all share 1 tray....so I was wondering...is that your experience......how much do you feed.....?

 

[mi2bugz]

I have been looking for some seed to start sprouting but can't seem to find any local other than 50# oregon grown gulf annual rye seed at .70 a lb. I wanted to try a smaller bag to see if i could do it snd chickens liked it. It doesn't help that we are new to the area and don't know local places to go. Anyone happen to know any where close to waxahachie tx that I could get some barley or wheat seed?

~ Nicole

 

[Amiga]

Could Boyce possibly carry something like that?

Online, one possibility is Pleasant Hill Grain.

Have you called health food stores? They often carry bulk grains.