How many have had success with this?

[moniquem]

The jar on the right is wheat grass seed and the one on the left is lentil beans. I thought I would try and sprout my own greens for my girls! There sprouting!!!

 

[Shadowfire]

Sounds good! Just make sure to wash them well before feeding; also don't use any chemical fertilizers. best of luck!

 

[moniquem]

Sounds good! Just make sure to wash them well before feeding

The instructions are to rinse twice per day and don't let them sit in water. If they sit in water they get "slimey" then do not eat or feed to chickens. Should be fully ready to go by day 5/6. I'll keep you updated. I hope the chickies like them.

 

[N F C]

I bet your birds will love those!

I've never sprouted greens before. Do you just buy a bag of beans from the grocery store or do they have to be something special?

 

[Ra_]

I used to do that but all the rinsing is a pain in the ass.
Now I just put Rye seed or Sunflower seeds or sorghum and millet seed in the ground or in a tray of soil. No fuss, no slime.
The sun adds even more nutrients.
The cotyledons, or first "false leaves" on things like sunflowers are jam packed with the energy and nutrients that the plant uses until it can develop roots.

I use Winter Rye instead of Wheat because you get 10 times as many plants per pound of seed.

 

[moniquem]

Do you just buy a bag of beans from the grocery store or do they have to be something special?

I had a bag of lentils left over from some soup I made and a bag of the wheat grass seed, rinsed them really well and they started growing. You can look it up on Pinterest. Since I only have 3 chickens I don't need much.

 

[N F C]

I had a bag of lentils left over from some soup I made and a bag of the wheat grass seed, rinsed them really well and they started growing. You can look it up on Pinterest. Since I only have 3 chickens I don't need much.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Ra_]

I had a bag of lentils left over from some soup I made and a bag of the wheat grass seed, rinsed them really well and they started growing. You can look it up on Pinterest. Since I only have 3 chickens I don't need much.

There are a wide variety of seeds that can be used but there are exceptions.
Certain sprouts like kidney beans can be eaten but they have to be cooked first.

The conditions to grow sprouts are also ideal conditions to grow bacteria.