Sprouting Grains for Feed

[416bigbore]

Is anyone sprouting different grains for their poultry? From the link below there has been different studies done with sprouting different grains to see if there is an advantage in doing so over feeding dry grains.

Our Ducks and Chickens seem to go crazy over freshly sprouted wheat and oats. I was thinking this lush green vegetation would be a great cheap treat for the winter months.


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[Duck mommy 2019]

great treat! just not as main feed

 

[Stephanie8806]

It’s great. I haven’t sprouted wheat, although I’m going to this winter. I’ve been sprouting peas and barley! My girls seem to prefer the barley sprouts... they don’t skip the peas, but they just don’t go quite as crazy for them

 

[The Happster]

I haven't tried wheat or oats yet. Have tried barley, which worked very well.
I meant to do some more today...thanks for the reminder.

 

[RebelEgger]

I have sprouted barley for my girls a couple times. Usually a weekend treat. They LOVE it!! I haven’t been able to find much else for them to sprout but they seem satisfied with what they get. Good luck!

 

[416bigbore]

Out of all the different grains I have sprouted wheat seems to be the quickest and easiest to grow. This is Hard Red Spring Wheat, Not sure if Winter Wheat is available in NC and would be any different ?

They seem to love the lush greens and it's easy and cheap enough to do for them at $6.00 a 50lb bag.

 

[fuentemoon]

We regularly sprout wheat and sometimes their scratch grains which are a mix of wheat, barley, oats, peas and flax they love their sprouts!

 

[RainbowHen]

I sprout bird seed (minus the cracked corn) and wheat. They love it

 

[416bigbore]

I sprout bird seed (minus the cracked corn) and wheat. They love it
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IMO, Bird seed is awesome for the price, I can find it for $.50 a pound where we are at and it works great for broadcasting on all the bare areas of ground the Ducks have turned into mud.

A bag of bird seed has a variety of different seeds the birds love, it's a win, win, for us to use.

 

[RainbowHen]

IMO, Bird seed is awesome for the price, I can find it for $.50 a pound where we are at and it works great for broadcasting on all the bare areas of ground the Ducks have turned into mud.

A bag of bird seed has a variety of different seeds the birds love, it's a win, win, for us to use.

Yes! I can also get it super cheap. I feed some to the wild birds (far from the coop) and my girls get some as scratch and sprouts. It really is underrated. Scratch is probably a bit cheaper but it's full of corn! I don't care for that, though they do get some occasionally as well.