sprouting grains for chickens

[CTChickenMom]

I tried red wheat berries this last summer and they were amazingly sweet. I have to figure out on how to some.

 

[dianer29]

Mine get sprouts almost everyday and I have now started to sprout some wheat berries . My clowns pick the germinated seed apart from the"grass" and eat it only. What a bunch of flakey silkies...................

 

[Organics North]

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Interesting. Are your birds getting lots of greens in their diet?

I notice they like the sprouted seeds better than the tops, when they have another source of greens or get plenty of sprouted tops to eat.

ON

 

[dianer29]

ON: they get cabbage everyday ,carrots ,sprouts almost everyday,rice with and without garlic or with cheddar cheese,cukes 2x week, salmon 2 x week, tomatoes just recently on occasion,acv in water daily,bananas almost everyday,apples 1/2 x week, chick parfait on occasion (organic plain yogurt with org fruit and cheerios) They do not like getting mouth dirty They are off oatmeal which they used to get 1x a day they decided enough of it. They eat the full alfalfa sprout but not the wheat berry sprout. My Silkies do not have all the same taste likes and dislikes. I have Pele the leader who tests the water every morning and pecks on it to get shavings out of it .as she feels me,the servant does not move fast enough. I never in a million years thought I would be the proud"owner ' of such a bunch of nuts . I purhase Country organic soy free food for them and provide both grit daily and calcium not as often due to their feed and it is in their Parakeet grit I am still using. I purchased reg grit and will switch them when they are moved. They will be 23 weeks old this Monday and we are moving them out of garage into their coop and runs hopefully before 6 months.worried about egglaying setback................The owner of the feed source advised they do not need the cacium .I disagree /tad amount will not harm them and the most finicky ones will listen to their body"urges" to eat it or not so no harm in offering it.

 

[Organics North]

dianer29,
Thanks!
Wow great menu.!!
We have a free choice feeder with oyster shell so if they want it they can have it..
Good luck with the move to the coop.
ON

 

[Redley]

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How do you use the towel and colander method???

 

[cottagechick]

I have just started sprouting a couple of days ago...I started wondering... isn't soy, rice, almond, ect milk just made from the water from soaking those items....? Is there any use for the water that I soak them in overnight? I am kind of "thinking out loud" here. I guess they probably soak them longer than over night. Just wondering if there is anything useful I can do with the water after I soak...

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How do you use the towel and colander method???

 

[WoodlandWoman]

You could use the rinse water to water plants.

 

[Erica]

A sack, pillow case or even better a drawstringbag made of shadecloth works really well.
I feed sprouts as my birds' main diet (with added alfalfa, kefir, soy meal and seaweed, plus occasional meat/worms/etc).
Quarter fill a bucket with grains as follows:

6 cups wheat
1 cup corn
2/3 cup sunflower

Fill bucket to top with cold water, soak 24 hours in shade, then tip into cloth bag and hang to drain.
Feed out over next 4 days (as the grain sprouts lengthen) and rinse entire bag daily with a bucket of water to ensure they stay fresh.

Corn is a very starchy food on its own, but when corn is sprouted it becomes a much better feedstuff. Wheat sprouts are just terrific.

regards
Erica

 

[snowflake]

A sack, pillow case or even better a drawstringbag made of shadecloth works really well.
I feed sprouts as my birds' main diet (with added alfalfa, kefir, soy meal and seaweed, plus occasional meat/worms/etc).
Quarter fill a bucket with grains as follows:

6 cups wheat
1 cup corn
2/3 cup sunflower

Fill bucket to top with cold water, soak 24 hours in shade, then tip into cloth bag and hang to drain.
Feed out over next 4 days (as the grain sprouts lengthen) and rinse entire bag daily with a bucket of water to ensure they stay fresh.

Corn is a very starchy food on its own, but when corn is sprouted it becomes a much better feedstuff. Wheat sprouts are just terrific.

regards
Erica

do I understanding you right? soak 1 day in bucket, then hang in pillow case (or what ever) do you keep the grains in the bag? till used up, or spread on pan?