Today is feed day. The grass is five inches tall and has grown in. The tray weighed in at 4.5 lbs. That's a little disapppointing because I've read that others get 7-10 pounds of fodder from each pound of seed.
The roots have grown together, but not strongly. I think we're getting a lower germination rate or lower growth rate. Tomorrow we'll start another batch with a slightly different process and see if we get better results.
We tore up one tray. The chickens got half and it was gone quickly. The other half we gave to Christina. She nibbled at it and then ignored it, so we gave the rest to the steers. She's slow to warm up to anything, so we'll see how she feels about it tomorrow.
I am really interested to hear how this affects milk production. This is something we have thought about before but never taken the leap. Thanks for the info and potential inspiration!
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