Fw: was: -food police? sprouting for birds

March 27, 2012

This is great to hear. I need to try this for our chickens.

Beverly

Texas

Re: was: -food police? sprouting for

birds

Hi, I'm new to the group, so I probably shouldn't chime in just yet, but I

do know about sprouting for birds. I feed my chickens1-2 quarts of fresh

sprouts a day. I soak overnight then sprout black oil sunflower seeds in

buckets, with bucket-shaped strainers. In half-gallon mason jars, with

sprouting lids, I sprout a standard wild bird seed mix that contains millet,

milo, small sunflower seeds (sometimes hulled), and sometimes other stuff.

I've tried various bird seed mixes. They have all been viable and I get lots

of sprouts. I purchase my seeds from a local feed store here in Fort Bragg,

California. The chickens LOVE them and they are very, very healthy. I've

been doing the sprouts for my birds for about 6 months now. No sickness

whatsoever among my 33 hens, 1 rooster, and 7 chicks.

Cheers,

Jeanmarie

> , I realize that your personal medical problems motivate much of

> what you say. But since I see the main purpose of this group as

> encouraging people to begin sprouting and finding out how easy and

> beneficial it is for them. We should know that giving them everything we

> know, both good and bad, may just be too much too early. Like the

> gentleman who posted yesterday about sprouting sunflower seed packed for

> birds. I would have encouraged him to try it. My guess is that the

> production would not be that high, viability is not that important in bird

> feed. And if he got some shoots to taste and really loved them then he

> would become more likely to move in what some of us consider a better

> direction. I think that even sprouted bird seed is better quality than

> most of what is recognized as " food " in the S.A.D.

> My mantra is " Aways encourage sprouting - Be like Melody. "

> Lee

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