I have never heard of the mangels, but I will look into them, thanks! How/where do you grow the Kale? I have an aquarium, but I would think it would be too small. It us 50 gallons.
What I meant by kale is it stays good outside, all winter even in hard cold winter. I have a big garden and had a good size space with kale. Snowed on, frozen, thawed out nice day I almost think it grows! Hardy stuff. When it's frozen you have to be careful, crumbles like chips. I was ripping up whole plants and throwing them to the birds all last winter. Bringing some leaves in and ripping the heavy stalk out, chop them up and mixing them in omelets/scrambled eggs, adding to soups for us. Around the end of January last yr though, my whole bed, three foot high three foot wide by close to twenty feet and thick still, one night....went over for some and it was all gone....deer tracks was all that was left.
Kale is not a complete feed though, just some good greens, vitamins and something green for them to peck at. Cabbage, pumpkins, winter squash,big zucchini and summer squash, all give them something to do and cuts down on feed and keep well, even left where they freeze they are still good to feed the birds. Another couple plants, purlsane super high in omega fatty acids, higher than salmon or tuna, chickweed, many more just don't remember all of them off the top of my head, many grow great in my garden against my best wishes Lol!
Also, not a complete feed, but they need protien, my kids love to catch fish, small ones, I grind them up and feed the birds, can freeze them also. Same with road kill.
