posted 9 years ago
So, I'm going to be raising chickens, and as I was painfully threshing out some grain I had grown, I though that I could just throw it to the chickens. The grain would be picked out and the straw would become mulch. What combination of grains, seeds, etc. could I grow that combined with bugs, grit, and some greens would provide a balanced diet? Sunflowers and rye grow well here, so I would like them to provide the base if possible.
Question 2; how would I store this stuff so that mice and other critters don't get it? I know Europeans used to store grain in ricks; how did this work as far as rodents? My trial grain crops were rapidly consumed by mice, squirrels, and birds while awaiting threshing under my porch.