My girls don't like flax seeds

[BlackBart]

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They start sprouting in about three days depending on the warmth but they grow slow. A lot of people sprout them for greens in sandwiches etc. and that technique is different than for livestock. It is more complicated.
The easiest is to add the one day soaked flaxseed to warm porridge. Mine never waste any when it is fed that way.
I feed about two cups of soaked flaxseed (mixed in porridge) to 120 chickens, about twice a week.
Most of mine are used to some flax mixed in their feeders as well.

I can't imagine a flaxseed surviving whole after going through a chickens digestive system. Their poop can take the shine off a car's paint ........forever

Below is a article on flaxseed from the Flax Council of Canada
http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/english/pdf/Flax Feed Industry Guide Final.pdf

 

[noodleroo]

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You want twice the water as the flax seeds. For instance; 1 cup of flax seeds to soak in 2 cups of water and it takes about 3 hours.

 

[WildflowerJLH]

So, does soaking them overnight, then putting them out in the morning sound OK?

 

[b.hromada]

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Thats exactly where I put their flax seed too! And yes, they gobble it right up!

 

[noodleroo]

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Sure, overnight is just fine...

 

[Organics North]

The 20% whole flax I feed is part of a wet mash. The birds seem to eat it pretty well.
So I guess I can include myself in the "soaking club"

ON