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+16 & Prepping I do not think the fodder will have all the nutrients the rabbits need.

+Jennifer's Miniatures i'm actually thinking of doing it though with a mix of wheat and barely. More types = more nutrition.

+NWRedworms Thank you!

+Se Choi it's cheaper, but more time consuming

Spring grass is great for rabbits. I use the fodder after the spring grass is gone.

+Sherry Bodkins   I concur.

I would not recommend adding non-composted rabbit poo. You are setting your rabbits up for a coccidiosis invasion if you do! It would kind of be like pooping in your own cheerios.

you bet! make a tea from that to water your fodder

+camanojim where do you get your barley?

barley was my choice. 50# for $12.50 and grows plenty fast for me. the rabbits devour it. it is a fantastic food for them

+Ender Wigginokay I grow it in hydroponics for my rabbits it take 7 day but just asking and I grow the seeds in a 20 x 20 area in my yard

barley takes longer to sprout, and is usually harder and more expensive to source

+jksatte - when they fly down towards it they will notice the line and fly back up without getting hurt.  They learn something is there but, they just can figure it out because the line is hard to see.  When I used it, I never had a hawk actually touch the line and I never lost a chicken to a hawk.

+David DuvallDoes it actually keep them away or kill them when they get stuck in the line?   Janice

+Cathy Smith - it may sound silly but, if you have a chicken yard with a fence or someway of putting up posts you can run fishing line in an irregular pattern above your chicken ranging areas and it can keep the predatory birds at bay.  The fishing line doesn't even have to be close together but, you have to zig-zag or make an irregular pattern to work.  In other words, don't use parallel lines with it.  Good luck and thanks for your good comment above.

+David Duvall thats how I do mine also for barley and wheat with bleach soaked and rinsed the next day.. never have a problem with mold, my chickens love it .. been having problems with hawks trying to attack my chickens so for about of week now not letting them free range but have been giving them wheat and barley fodder.. started early this year just because of the hawk problem..

another poster said he used diluted lemon juice as a pre-rinse.  He has good results

+jksatte large clear item so UV light gets through buy fishtank UV's you still need to rinse the water

+MsTokiesThat sounds even better, though I am not at all familiar with that process.

+jksatte or a UV light

I wouldn't use bleach but hydrogen peroxide. I would also make sure thee is good air flow. Now for the sparse parts, I would say perhaps to much sun, not sure though.