Growing fodder for chickens

[Richard Pryor]

You really expect her, or anyone else for that matter, to read through 466 pages? Some people have a life (work, feed kids, feed animals, take care of husband, cook, etc). This is a long thread and if your answer is not within the first few pages then I don't see the problem in asking a question @mobius

 

[mobius]

@Richard Pryor There certainly is not a problem asking a question, and I gave my answer two pages back. Please don't suggest that I found a problem in someone asking a question because I actually and at length answered YOURS! I meant for folks to read the last couple of pages where I answered YOUR question because you didn't want to read through all 467 pages. I used MY time and effort to be helpful to YOU ( which I could have spent feeding animals, taking care of my husband, doing laundry, cooking dinner for aforesaid husband, mowing the yard, going to work, changing the oil in the car, watering plants, paying bills, making the bed) without any acknowledgement from you. There is no sense in repeating this over and over if it is in the last couple of pages!

Kindly remain civil to those who have made an effort to assist you. I did my own research and experimentation and that benefited you who did not.

Oh. I forgot doing the dishes.

 

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

Call me crazy but I actually do read massive threads, sometimes I skip over some material but there is a wealth of info in all these threads and I'd encourage anyone to dig in and chow down. My chicken tractor is working great for me this year and I credit having read the entire thread on that subject with my success. I get that the little dispute above isn't about that I'm just saying folks have a library of real world experiences here. It's golden and I thank them and the proprietors of this site!

PS-ON fodder I've scaled back my efforts but I'm continuing forward with another batch. this one smaller (3 buckets) with 2-3 day gap between batches so that I can use the fodder that gets made. The hens REALLY loved the fodder big time.

 

[Richard Pryor]

@mobius you're right. I apologize.

 

[Kusanar]

Call me crazy but I actually do read massive threads, sometimes I skip over some material but there is a wealth of info in all these threads and I'd encourage anyone to dig in and chow down. My chicken tractor is working great for me this year and I credit having read the entire thread on that subject with my success. I get that the little dispute above isn't about that I'm just saying folks have a library of real world experiences here. It's golden and I thank them and the proprietors of this site!

PS-ON fodder I've scaled back my efforts but I'm continuing forward with another batch. this one smaller (3 buckets) with 2-3 day gap between batches so that I can use the fodder that gets made. The hens REALLY loved the fodder big time.

I read the huge threads all the way through too. I'm actually a little miffed currently because in the move they lost my place in each of the long threads I was reading... Now I have to bounce 10 pages or so at a time and try to find my place and MANUALLY go back to it each time because the "go to first unread" thing takes me to the wrong place now.... Sigh...

 

[ccl1969]

Thanks so much, we have been meaning to do this and you saved me all sorts of research...your awesome !!!!

 

[3riverschick]

I have never heard of this. I have so many questions! So, you give them the tray and they eat the whole thing? How long does it last after the 8th day of growing? How much do you think 10 chickens would eat in a day?

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Feed them one cubic inch per bird per day of 4 to 70 old sprouts .this is because you want to feed them Green Feed, not grain feed .Green Feed helps the hens come to lay and the cocks to create more robust sperm. grain feed is simply one to three day old sprouts that are fed as part of the daily ration. Green Feed is fed as a supplement to the daily ration. if they eat more sprouts and their poops tend to get a little soft ,just feed less sprouts til they firm up again . no problem. Karen

 

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

Thanks for the quantity information. Go Stillers!

 

[MageofMist]

I sprout a mix of finch seed mix and wild bird seed mix as well as niger plants for the birds (chickens and quail) to enjoy. The fodder is mainly for the quail as the chickens are outside most of the time and get their greens from free ranging, but the quail and a broody chicken hen are kept indoors so I bring the greenery to them. The greens don't last long with the quail and broody.

Plus I have my goat... Well, she is a cat, but she likes the greens too and headbutts me, so I call her a goat jokingly. Ever since I started sprouting the fodder for the birds, she hasn't been eating our house plants as much, just nibbling on the various grasses, so a win-win.

 

[NNYchick]

Can I use scratch grains to sprout for my small flock of silkies? It has corn, wheat, milo, barley and sunflower?