Fodder system

This is the system we have for growing fodder for our chickens. It saves us hundreds!!

Growing fodder is a cheap way to feed your poultry and rabbits year round. You can expand it to a full wall with this easy DIY tutorial! The Homesteading Hippy

Growing chicken fodder is healthy for your flock and saves on your feed costs too. 1 lb. of dried grain = 7 lbs. of fodder and about 15x amount of vitamins!

Growing fodder cheaply. Fodder is a great supplement for chicken and livestock feed in winter. Here's how to grow fodder indoors without spending a lot of money!

I can't believe your feed store doesn't sell wheat seeds! Our does in bags or 5 gal jugs. I couldn't believe it either.

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We’re currently feeding our goats and chickens organically for 6 cents a pound. This is how we’re doing it: I have friends who are SO much smarter than I am! This is a hydroponic fodde…

Learn how to easily sprout grains like barley, oats & wheat to create nutritious fodder. Step-by-step guide to set up your own fodder system.

Many months ago, we learned about growing fodder for livestock (Growing Sprouted Fodder for Livestock) and how large-scale systems are being developed to reduce animal feed costs, provide better nutrition for animals, and reduce the amount of water needed to produce said feed. The small-scale commercial systems looked great, but the upfront costs and production level were simply too high to justify such a system for a small homestead like ours. We started to look for other options and ways…

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Are you looking for ways to provide your chickens with fresh nutritious food in the winter? This guide will teach you how to grow chicken fodder so you can get started asap. You'll also learn about the different types of fodder available and which to choose for your chickens.

Here's my extra simple fodder system, for those of you who don't know fodder Is basically grass. I use a mixture of barley and oats. It makes perfect...

I have been asked to show our fodder room to get an idea of the size of room needed to feed small ranch. Right now we own 20 goats, a horse, 3 American Guinea Hogs, three Pilgrim Geese, 6 Mu…

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered and died in the field. Hay that was supposed to be stored for the winter had […]

Sprouting fodder is something farmers have been done for generations. Let's chat about sprouted barley because it's a great all-around grain for livestock.

This is my DIY Fodder system for chicken feed. I use a fountain pump that dumps water for 1 minute every 4 hours, the storage container at the bottom holds the water. I use dollar store kitty litter trays, tilted, with holes drilled in each end to drain from tray to tray. I put 1/2 lb of re-cleaned wheat seed (50 lb bag=13.65 at my local feed store) per tray that turns into 4 lbs of fodder. I have 30 hens and feed 2 trays per day. Fodder has 18% protein & is inexpensive & healthy option for…

Somewhere in the far reaching corners of the intra-web, I read that sprouting seeds can lower you feed bills. Lower bills? Oh, yeah, baby! Count me in! So I dove head first into researching fodd…

Looking to stretch your livestock feed budget and to feed your animals the best possible? Learning how to grow your own fodder can be very helpful! #frugalfarm #livestock #diyfeed #fodder #growyourown #growingfodder