Ready for the Chickens

We've had a busy weekend getting ready for the chickens tomorrow.  On Friday night, my 4 year old and I mixed the items that will incorporate their dry feed, as well as the mix to be sprouted.  I love that almost everything that's going into the feed for our chickens can be eaten by my boys.  He loved tasting every grain, legume, and seed and thought that the colors were beautiful.  His favorite thing was getting to shake up the container and mix all the items together.

Our multicolored layers of our dry chicken feed

He also really enjoyed helping me start sprouting.  We started with our soft white & hard red wheat, as well as mung beans.  He couldn't believe how they were starting to sprout after 24 hours.  He's loved tasting them after every rinse to see if they taste different as they're growing.  This is my first time sprouting and I've been pleasantly surprised how easy it's been.  We're sprouting in mason jars.

Our sprouts after 36 hours

More 36 hour sprouts

After 48 hours - it's hard to believe how much they grew in just 12 hours.

I sprouted by putting a cup of seeds in the jar and then filled the jar about 3/4 with water.  I shook them around a little initially and then let them soak for about 12 hours.  Then I rinsed them in a fine mesh strainer (I haven't received my strainer lids for my jars yet), drained the water well, and then put them back in the jar with the lid off.  We've rinsed this way every 12 hours since.

Both boys are so excited to see our new chicks tomorrow and we know that we have great food for them to eat when they get home.  Everything I'm reading says that all chickens love sprouts so we'll see if our girls agree.

We've had a busy weekend getting ready for the chickens tomorrow.  On Friday night, my 4 year old and I mixed the items that will incorporate their dry feed, as well as the mix to be sprouted.  I love that almost everything that's going into the feed for our chickens can be eaten by my boys.  He loved tasting every grain, legume, and seed and thought that the colors were beautiful.  His favorite thing was getting to shake up the container and mix all the items together.

Our multicolored layers of our dry chicken feed

He also really enjoyed helping me start sprouting.  We started with our soft white & hard red wheat, as well as mung beans.  He couldn't believe how they were starting to sprout after 24 hours.  He's loved tasting them after every rinse to see if they taste different as they're growing.  This is my first time sprouting and I've been pleasantly surprised how easy it's been.  We're sprouting in mason jars.

Our sprouts after 36 hours

More 36 hour sprouts

After 48 hours - it's hard to believe how much they grew in just 12 hours.

I sprouted by putting a cup of seeds in the jar and then filled the jar about 3/4 with water.  I shook them around a little initially and then let them soak for about 12 hours.  Then I rinsed them in a fine mesh strainer (I haven't received my strainer lids for my jars yet), drained the water well, and then put them back in the jar with the lid off.  We've rinsed this way every 12 hours since.

Both boys are so excited to see our new chicks tomorrow and we know that we have great food for them to eat when they get home.  Everything I'm reading says that all chickens love sprouts so we'll see if our girls agree.

We've had a busy weekend getting ready for the chickens tomorrow.  On Friday night, my 4 year old and I mixed the items that will incorporate their dry feed, as well as the mix to be sprouted.  I love that almost everything that's going into the feed for our chickens can be eaten by my boys.  He loved tasting every grain, legume, and seed and thought that the colors were beautiful.  His favorite thing was getting to shake up the container and mix all the items together.

Our multicolored layers of our dry chicken feed

He also really enjoyed helping me start sprouting.  We started with our soft white & hard red wheat, as well as mung beans.  He couldn't believe how they were starting to sprout after 24 hours.  He's loved tasting them after every rinse to see if they taste different as they're growing.  This is my first time sprouting and I've been pleasantly surprised how easy it's been.  We're sprouting in mason jars.

Our sprouts after 36 hours

More 36 hour sprouts

After 48 hours - it's hard to believe how much they grew in just 12 hours.

I sprouted by putting a cup of seeds in the jar and then filled the jar about 3/4 with water.  I shook them around a little initially and then let them soak for about 12 hours.  Then I rinsed them in a fine mesh strainer (I haven't received my strainer lids for my jars yet), drained the water well, and then put them back in the jar with the lid off.  We've rinsed this way every 12 hours since.

Both boys are so excited to see our new chicks tomorrow and we know that we have great food for them to eat when they get home.  Everything I'm reading says that all chickens love sprouts so we'll see if our girls agree.