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Another question came up today. We grow wheat grass for a health food company (powder) and I have been using the left over root mass as mealworm food or compost. Way too much for the mealworms and seems a shame to throw it in a pile. Although the earthworms could be good chicken food I presume.
We grow it soiless, no fertilizers etc. I have not yet found any information on the nutrition of the root mats, however there are always lots of tiny sprouted seeds, or seeds that don't sprout. However I am thinking because roots tend to be very much "Woody" in nature, and I guess probably about 70% (by weight) the mass, it might not be great.
would this be at all useful for feeding to chickens? I was trying to avoid wheat and soy all together, and avoid store bought seed (we buy this seed, not self produced), but it is a constant waste stream we have an abundance of.
We grow it soiless, no fertilizers etc. I have not yet found any information on the nutrition of the root mats, however there are always lots of tiny sprouted seeds, or seeds that don't sprout. However I am thinking because roots tend to be very much "Woody" in nature, and I guess probably about 70% (by weight) the mass, it might not be great.
would this be at all useful for feeding to chickens? I was trying to avoid wheat and soy all together, and avoid store bought seed (we buy this seed, not self produced), but it is a constant waste stream we have an abundance of.
