Just ordered some of these after seeing on YouTube as being grown for chicken feed. Apparently they double every 24hrs so could be a good “free” greens for the chickens. Anyone doing something similar? Or tried this before. Curious how hardy they are in winter, but I’ll find out it was $6 I’m out for this experiment.
im sorry my feed is spilling into your feed.
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thats funny. i just did the same. i put them in a kiddie pool with some soil and chicken manure. mines got some duckweed mixed in. i plan to put some in a bowl to overwinter indoors at the end of the season. its only been 3 days so they havent done much. our nights are stlll getting in the mid 40’s.
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Yeah I’ll do the same minus the kiddie pool until I need it. Just gonna use some medium Tupperware until it outgrows that. That’s too funny I guess we all saw the same video and thought free chicken feed which self replicates was hard to beat.
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Anything to save on feed costs that grows on its own with a high protein / vitamin content deserves my attention. i also grow kale , flax and amaranth for them. thier eggs are a deep yellow.
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Now it hasn’t doubled every 24 hours but it’s growing. Which is a shock for how long it was in the mail. Definitely quadrupled itself in the 2 weeks or so I have had it. Only had 4-5 alive green pieces by the time it arrived.
I also have it in a mostly shady spot so that could be why. I’m afraid to move it to full sun but maybe I should
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