A picture of our lovely hens. Notice the red arrows of the feed they waste and leave alone.
Wheat. They hate wheat, lying around in huge 3m area on the carpet.

Obviously the wheat has few minerals in it and not worth eating,,,fancy that we eat wheat bread all the time. What a waste of time !!! eating nothing in it…. I might trying growing my own wheat with at least 60 minerals in it, but costly to make.

Great to have you back, @off_grid_living@twtxt.net! It’s always a treat to watch your garden and build projects. Maybe you can work on getting the pictures a bit sharper. :-)

I’m wondering, what’s the reason behind the carpet for the chickens? To help with cleanup?

Wheat just tastes good. I’m a sucker for bread. But not limited to wheat only, the majority sure is, though.

With the summer on full blast here, it’s funny to read about frost. I’d immediately trade your weather. :-D

part 2, James your twtxt is way too short…. say 2 tonnes of wheat, costing me say 15,000 thats 7,500 for a tonne or $7.5 for a Kg of wheat. That is about 12 times for expensive than wheat is today, ans this assumes the cow manure has any minerals in it, which I know from experience doesn’t. So I would have to add NPK, Ca and Mg along with B, Mn, Co, Zn and Cu, all adding thousands to the overall cost.

The chooks would love to eat such wheat, but imagine the cost of making it?

@off_grid_living@twtxt.net Hmm, but why is regular dirt not good enough for the hens outside?

Yeah, like with everything, quality has its price.