Fodder For Chickens! How To Build A Fodder System And Save Money!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
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Ron Paul shirt = instant credibility. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Welcome to the channel.
Thanks for the video. This is a neat project. I do need to point out that the pump flow rating should be in gallons per *hour*, not *minute*. Moving 800 gallons in a minute would take a 20" pipe and a pump the size of a bus. :)
You're welcome. Yes, I misspoke.
LOVE your shirt! Great fodder info too. I've grown fodder years ago but always on the lookout for a better system.
Thank you!
Just found your channel through the leaf compost soil video. Very good ideas! How did you get to be so creative and build so neatly? Wow!
Wonderful. Welcome to the channel. I just have a knack for building I guess. I am an architect by profession but anyone can be creative.
@@CountryLivingExperience No wonder your diy's are so neat and precise! Thank you for sharing.
Excellent video! Ingenious and most any DIY can handle it. Big thumbs up. 👍
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this video. Very useful for my purpose. Appreciated
You're welcome
Good video,good explanations,easy to learn. Thank
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you for making this video on making an easy fodder system.
You're very welcome!
I did this for my 30 year old ranch 🐎 he lived a nice 3 extra years.
Awesome!
I like your workshop but content is top notch. Thank you
Thank you so much.
Yes a great idea. Only thing I would do differently is put the whole system under a rain barrel that is mounted up on the side of a shed. And let gravity do it’s job, no pump needed and less piping too. Just wanted to share my idea.
Thank you. Good thought.
I think the problem with this design is the splashing that occurs causes a lot of water loss - But thank you for the ideas - I think a bit more $$ can get you a system that has minimal splash back. Taking some 1" PVC can cutting it in half long ways and using that as a catch then looping down and drilling small holes in it would allow the water to waterfall in, instead of drip in. Gonna try it and see how it works.
Found your video to learn about making fodder, subscribed because of your shirt ;p
Awesome! Welcome to the channel.
great video. I think I'll give this a go for our chooks
Thank you. They'll love it.
Great video and design! Just one main question from me- for the irrigation system, do you have it on a periodic timer? If so, how long and often do you run the water? Thanks, will be using this system for our pigs in Australia
Thank you. I do have it on a timer. I run it for only 5 minutes twice a day.
Awesome build! My wife and I will be building in tomorrow morning using your specs. We’ve watched the video like 5 times and have a couple questions If you don’t mind:
1. Why did you space the shelves as such? It appears to me it would lead to a lot more splashing then if shelves were closer together.
2. Does the drain pipe dripping slowly lead to water leaking under and back out of the tote along the bottom of the PVC pipe?
Thanks again!
Thank you!
1.No reason for the shelf height other than easier access to pull it in and out and manipulate the seed if needed. It doesn't splash when the grain is in there. You can lower it as the height is arbitrary.
2. The drain pipe has never leaked. It extends about 4 inches into the tote.
Happy building!
@@CountryLivingExperience Awesome! Thanks so much.
Love your videos! I can't seem to find the next video on the fodder. Link please?
Thank you. I have not been able to make an update yet.
Dude, just found your channel and subbed. Great content, where is the update to this system? Did it work or would you change anything? I’m trying to learn from everyone else’s mistakes before jumping in to fodder.
Also, do you feed it as a treat or main food source for your chicken?
Welcome to the channel brother. I appreciate the kind words. No update yet as I have been extremely busy. Probably sometime this spring.
It works perfectly with one caveat. I had to play with the draining angle a bit as it was not draining as fast as I would have liked. I think I increased it by 1/2". Additionally, the grain needs to be kept back from the drain holes at least 1" to avoid the roots plugging the holes. I use this as a supplementary feed in the winter to provide added nutrients.
Super 👍
Thank you 👍
❤❤❤ your channel. I have started on a small scale w/o a drip system, just manually water, which takes some time but not much. I was curious if you have ever updated or expanded your system for other animals besides chickens? I raise meat rabbits, chickens (20 hens), and have 1 mare. I am greatly concerned about hay avail for this winters feeding in Central AR and really want to get the ball rolling.
Thank you so much.
I still only have just the chickens so I have not expanded the system at all. Still plenty of fodder for them.
I like your videos bud thanks for sharing
Question:
Do you use any type of medium? Coco mat or anything like that
Thank you. No medium used. The root mat of the wheat becomes the base.
Great video! do we've to control the temperature for the growth? Let's say i want to do this during summer in Texas or Arizona. Thank You.
Thank you. I live in Texas and don't have any issues in the summer.
Hello Eric, I guess we're still waiting on the follow up video. This is as simple as I've seen but just a few questions. How many chickens are you feeding? How many trays are you feeding per day? What's the time to soak to tray to feeding? Thanks.
We don't usually do follow up videos because a tiny number of people watch them. I am happy to answer questions though.
We feed 9 chickens. They only eat 1/2 tray per day. The trays take about 10 days in perfect conditions (temp, etc.)
@@CountryLivingExperience Thanks for the quick reply. Only mention the follow up since you mentioned it at the end of this one. Thanks again.
@@CountryLivingExperience only asking about the follow up because you mentioned it at the end of the first video. how does the water cover all of the seeds when it only comes out in one area on the tray?
thanks,
@@stevenreeves4766 The water wicks up through the seeds since they are moist and in contact with one another.
Hi Eric, how much money do you spend per tray, would you estimate? Obviously seed is a variable expense, but are you finding it’s a worthwhile endeavor to keep managing this fodder system for 9 gals? We can no longer free range our girls, and as such I want to ensure they’re still getting greens and have considered fodder as well
Could you dry fodder for storage. Like turning it into pellets latter on to mix with other grains like barley or hey. I was wanting to do this for having cattle keep healthy weights throughout the year.
I'm not sure. I have never thought about doing that.
Were you able to do the update video? I’ve looked but haven’t seen it. If not, would love to see the adjustments over time
I have not had the chance to make another video yet. Hopefully I can do an update sometime soon.
Very cool system! Is there a chance you will do an update video on this so we can see the growth?! Thanks!
I usually don't do update videos because nobody watches them. The growth is similar to the thumbnail pic for the video. Wheat works the best. Oats tend to rot before they sprout too much.
@@CountryLivingExperience Fair enough. Thanks for the info! I attempted it a while back with Barley and barely anything sprouted and then the mat just molded quickly.
Try increasing the angle slightly to get the water to drain a little more. Also try putting less in the tray and give the wheat a shot.
Omg I thought no one else loves Ron Paul….Awesome and also incredibly sad how things could have been so different right now
You would be surprised. I get positive comments on a daily basis on my shirt. Our country would have been way better off had he been president.
Ron Paul! Love the shirt.....
Thank you
Great build!
Seems like you'll lose a lot to evaporation, have you added an auto-top off system?
Thank you. I could do that but there is not a need for me to be that high tech. By the time one full batch has grown (6 trays), the water really needs to be changed out. I really don't see much loss in the 10 gallons over a 2 week period.
Does the ambient temperature need to be maintained for a fodder system? Can you do this when it gets 40° or below?
Ambient temp will affect the growth rate of the seed. It should be in a somewhat warm place like a barn, etc.
To those who has tried or those with experience on using the Barley and wheat sprouted chicken fodder also the same for the sheeps and Buffalo
No one talk about in all the youtube video
what do we need to add beside the green fodder , why no one explain , does anyone know?
I heard many different replies from friends who are not users ,
Your opinion - all of you?
Thank you all
I'm commenting @7:10 so I'll edit if I learn the answer after this question. I have the attention span of a peanut so didn't want to forget. LOL!!!
How come the pressure treated lumber?
Edit:
Would this system work in a garage in a mid-eastern coastal climate (NC, southern outer banks) that is mostly humid during spring and summer, and then super cold in the short fall and winter months? Our garage seems to be extreme in temperatures based on what it is outside. So if 45 degrees outside, it seems to feel like 30 degrees in the garage. I ask because I feel like I do so many things indoors and have taken up so many "living spaces" with those things. I would love to learn how to utilize my garage that is pretty much a "junk drawer" right now. To include brooders for chicks, growing fodder for my chickens, and seed starting for the spring growing season.
Pressure treated lumber because it is a wet application. If the water from the trays gets on the crossmembers, they can rot fast. This will work in all climates if its kept in a semi-warm enclosed environment.
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anything wrong with using mung beans? they are cheap, clean and plentiful here.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
I have never tried them but I know they do sprout very well. You'll need to check if they are ok to feed to chickens though.
What kind of wheat, oats or barley do you use? Rolled, whole or cracked?
Always whole seed. If they are cracked or rolled, they won't germinate.
A couple of questions: 1. From the looks of it, the water is falling too far from one shelf to the other and splashing out. Do you get a lot of water on the floor when watering?
2. Do you have problems with some of the lower trays not keep every seed moist since the water can just drain below the seed line in the tray?
No water on the floor. Looks can be deceiving. The grain the the trays below dissipates any splashing. All levels grow the same. There is not much difference
Do you use just feed seeds to sprout? Or but special seed for it? At my garden store they have fodder seeds but they only sell them in like 1/2lb bags and very expensive
Yep, I just use feed seen. $13 for a 50lb bag. Wheat is the best. Oats do not do well as the hull is too thick and they tend to rot instead of sprout.
If I noted your soak time accurately, 12-24h is WAY too long of a soak for oats. Oats are unique that way and a long soak drowns them. 30-60 minutes is all that is needed. See if that helps?
How much can you sell fodder for? And does it sell by the pound or by the tray?
I honestly don’t have any idea. I just make it for my animals.
You said it takes 10 days for the tray to be ready? How long does it hold. Like Day 11 it dies?
Just thinking through how many to do. Also is this the only feed you give them then?
It will hold for another 14 days give or take. It depends on how much energy is left in the seed and how mineralized the water is. I also let them free range and give them pellets and table scraps.
Did you mean gpm or gph? I do fish tanks etc and gallons per hour is the most common convertion in return pumps
Gph. I misspoke.
Nice shirt.
Thank you
Nice system, however I only have 3 backyard chickens and I am only using 1 cup of winter rye. That may be too much for me.
Should work well. Just keep adjusting. You’ll get it
I was wandering if there is an update video? Thanks for the ideas.
What type of information are you looking for in an update video? I have been experimenting with the different grains right now.
@@CountryLivingExperience Thanks for the response. I was looking to see how the seeds turned out.
@@kingkat68 I will probably have something in the next month or so.
Great looking forward to see. I was wondering is it ok to have this In direct sunlight?
@@kingkat68 Should be kept out of direct sunlight for a few days. After that, it is ok but not necessary.
Best of all on youtube and Fodder I must ask you few concerns once i find your contact info ,, Amazing thank you
Thanks
How many cups of seed to a 10 X 20 tray for wheat?
About 5
Looking for the growing fodder video. I'm I missing it?
This is the only video I have on this subject at this time.
Nice t shirt
Thank you
Ron Paul... our missed opportunity to prevent this clown world. Oh, and it's 800 gallons per HOUR... precision matters ;)
Certainly a missed opportunity.
I obviously misspoke re: the gph.
Maybe I should share my concern with evertobe her , if you reply appreciated , Please add if you are a fodder system or education only, not a user .. If I yse the fodder system for chicken , what else do i need to add with or on the side to the wheat or Barley fodder - surprisingly no one discuss as if the Fodder is the full meal .. and sufficient , Is it? your true users opinion please
You do not need to add anything else.
I can't find the update to this
I have not done one yet. Got too busy
Any problems with recycling the water?
Nope. It just gets a bit smelly after about two weeks from circulating through the grain. I actually added a drain at the bottom change the water out more efficiently.
Are you still using the fodder and how is it working for you ,please give a update
I occasionally do it in the winter (which is short here). Works well. Wheat is the best for fast growth.
@CountryLivingExperience are you still using it in the off season
Delete last message. Thank for you answer, trying to figure out if it worth it to build a small building for it.
You're welcome. Depends on how much you are feeding to your livestock. Not sure if just a fodder system needs a dedicated building. I always try to make my new buildings very multi-functional.
Did you ever do a video showing how to grow the fodder ?
Sorry, I didn't. I have just been too busy.
@@CountryLivingExperience That's a shame, I was looking forward to it. There are various other vids on the subject but your vids are much more watchable. I will wait with baited breath.
@@chrishamilton-wearing3232 I appreciate that Chris. I will try to get it on the "list".
you mean gallons per hour not minute..great video
Thank you. Yes, I misspoke.
Was there a follow-up video to this system?
Haven’t made one. Been too busy
Where is the 2nd video on this method
Not made yet
800 gallons per minute! What are you doing filling the ocean? He he he
Yep...lol. I obviously misspoke.
@CountryLivingExperience it's OK, I misspoke a lots! Lol😂
gah just wanna do a tray system that is simple and not hoopity hoop lah. to set my garage up for a good fodder system to work the fodder into dry matter every 2 weeks or so.
lol
About how many trays do ya get out of a 50lb bag? Thanks
A lot. Hard to count. Probably 75 to 80
Is there also a mudder system to go along with the fodder?
I don't know what that is.
@@CountryLivingExperience LOL... Hello Mudder, Hello Fodder...
lol. ok
Any mold problems in the system?
Only with growing oats. They took too long to sprout and molded. Wheat was perfect. No mold in the system at all.
DID YOU SAY PUMP PUMP IT UP, PUMP IT UP PUMP UP THE JAM PUMP IT UP! PUMP
How do you deal with mice
I have barn cats.
800 gallons per minute would be a fire truck.
I misspoke. 800 gal per hour
Fire engines don’t always pump 800gpm.
I obviously misspoke.
Ron Paul!
Heck yea!
You mean gallons per hour. At what you're saying in GPM would be 48000 gallons in an hour. Which is more water than a 25x50x5 foot pool.
500 GPM pumps are the size of small cars
Yes, of course. I simply misspoke.
Aint no way that pump is moving 800gpm
I obviously misspoke. 800gph
Why is everybody trying to make this complicated. Stacking the buckets with a one inch layer of seed in each bucket works. Soak seed with a little bleach to prevent mold. Water the top bucket drains to the next bucket and so on. When the fodder is ready just empty and start over. Rain gutter works good too for long narrow fodder.
Because this system can make a lot of fodder continuously providing constant feed hands free.
Whole oats or rolled oats ?
Whole, non hulled but wheat works way better.
@@CountryLivingExperience our feed store is TS, they don’t carry wheat, but they do carry the oats. Is this also ok the feed to turkeys ?
@@plurmingo1 You have to keep the oats spread very think as they tend to hold more water and they will mold faster than wheat. Turkeys will love it.
@@CountryLivingExperience thank you, and thin layers so it doesn’t mold, got it. Again thank you for answering my questions.
You said 7" and then you said 7 1/4" which is it?
Wouldn't the shelf degrade within few years with all that water splashing around? Would rather use HDPE or stainless steel to build one.
The shelves are made out of treated lumber. The water does not splash out much at all. Have run mine for some time now with no problems, no rot, no deterioration. You can use what you want to make one.
Ghats not an 800 gallon per minute pump… it’s 800 gallon per hour…
800 gallons a minute is A LOT of water.. are you sure it's not 800 gallons an hour? You would need 6" schedule 80 pipe to flow 800 GPM at 10psi.
Yes. I misspoke.
I think you mean 200 gallons per hour. Approx 3 GPM
Correct. I misspoke.
@@CountryLivingExperience no problem just do not want people to get confused.
I was going to steal a pump off a firetruck for 800gpm
@@cyberooster a fire truck is generally rated at 500 GPM.😂
800 gpm? Hour?
yes, hour. I misspoke.
Where is the follow-up video? 😇😊
Working on it. Extremely busy. Family comes first.
Tried this method. You will end up with moldy fodder if you don’t keep the water fresh.
I change the water when it needs it but have never had a problem.
Cool idea. But this can be done much easier and with less steps. This system is very inefficient bro.
Well bro, you need to then step up and make a video of your ingenious design.
You said 6'7" and I cut them at 6'7" and then it shows 6'9" tall
I said 6'7" but showed the correction (6'9") at the same time. At the beginning of the video I also said cut 15" off of the boards which would leave you with 6'9".
Why don't my Matt grow so thick
Many reasons possibly. Not enough seed, not growing for long enough, bad germination rate.
There’s no way that’s 800 gal per min pump.
800 gal per HOUR.
I obviously misspoke.
800 gallons per minute??? 😳
I misspoke. 800 per hour
@CountryLivingExperience I've looked everywhere for that pump, lol! We actually have one here at my plant that does 900 gallons/ min, but it's for emergency water to a sprinkler system, and it has a giant cummins diesel powering it 🤣
that is NOT a 800 GPM pump...Gallons per day maybe
I obviously misspoke. See pinned comment. It is GPH