I am using recleaned whole barley. I did try just whole barley and it was way to dirty for me to work with! BTW sorry I haven’t gotten back to you sooner, ive been busy with school & work! Anyways, I am using whole barley, I just think that the recleaned is so much cleaner haha! Im not planning on trying to sprout anything else because its really hot here where I live and keeping the mold off the barley is hard enough! Probably in the winter Ill get more adventurous! Yes I have seen people sprout all sorts of crazy stuff! & I would love to give it a try!
I know isn’t it great how cheap you can make your set up! Of course the more animals you have to feed the more room for space and money youll be spending but its not so much itll burn a hole in your pocket! Plus its LIVE feed so its 1000 times better than just commercial pellets!
My rabbits has never had a pellet ever in her short lived life haha (born 1/2/14) my breeder Sarah Cuthill only feeds fodder and grains right when they reach maturity to be weaned from mother milk, so I got real lucky! She has Youtube videos and everything to show how to do step by step process!
Im actually behind schedule on my fodder, my bf is away in san jose and I decided to visit him for a couple days and left my fodder at home, on that note, im starting all over again with the whole fodder cycle. Which is a pain trust me!
I will do my best to update on the fodder and feedings, im thinking about posting a video on youtube next week on everything I do! So stay tuned and ill hopefully come through with it lol!
How many rabbits are you feeding?
1 french angora doe 10 weeks old
Are you measuring seeds or just doing the 1/2" recommendation?
I put ½ a cup of dry seed and soak for 12-18 hrs. leave in the sprouting buckets then once there sprouted I put them in the drain containers you see in the pictures by the window, I water 2-4 times daily depending if im home all day or if im really busy, it varies. Just remember that its good to leave them in the sprouting bucket because itll give you a better idea of how much you put in the drain containers because once there swollen with water they because huge little seeds, you don’t want to exceed ¾ of a inch because itll be way too much for the container
How long did you soak your seeds for? Some say 6,12 or 18 hours.
I actually tried multiple soak times and ive had best with 12-18 hrs. anything less than 12 didn’t sprout for me very well!
Did you use bleach/peroxide to help with the mold?
I tried finding peroxide but it was just too hard to find, I do use bleach, which is what my breeder doesn’t use, she uses vinegar, I use bleech during the initial soak, it does help with the mold but what really contributes to keeping the mold away is air circulation and temperature (60-70 degrees)
Its literally impossible to have your fodder outside, from what ive experimented with, the temperatures are everywhere and not steady making it harder for the fodder to consistently grow.
How often are you watering them?
How long have you been growing your current containers? lets say top left first?
I actually only need 6-7 days to grow fodder anything longer than that and I run into mold! The biggest is 6 days all the way down to day 3
I hear room temp makes a big difference. Have you found this to be true?