Countrywide Germination Seed / Soak Seed
Countrywide Germination Seed / Soak Seed is an excellent soak mixture, with a rich vitamin content, with seeds specially chosen to germinate at the same time. Due to the high protein content, the mix is perfect for providing protein for breeding birds, and as part as a varied every day diet.
Preparation
To soak:
- Rinse the seeds well under running water
- In any suitable container (keeping in mind that the seed will increase in volume as it soaks / sprouts), add plenty of water, at least three times the volume of seed.
- Use warm (not hot) water to improve germination speed (if desired)
- Add GSE (grapefruit seed extract) or another water sanitiser (e.g. Birdcare Aviclens) to help prevent unwanted fungal or bacterial growth.
- Allow soaking for up to 24 hours at room temperature
- Rinse with plenty of cold running water
- Give as is or mixed with egg food or fruits and vegetables
Alternatively, allow seed to germinate:
- Automatic sprouter (see instructions on link)
- Tray method
- Spread in a thin layer on a flat tray, adding just enough water to dampen the seeds, but not to cover them.
- Add GSE (grapefruit seed extract) or another water sanitiser (e.g. Birdcare Aviclens) to help prevent unwanted fungal or bacterial growth.
- Change the water a few times a day and allow to germinate for 1-2 days.
- Jar method
- Place in a jar, and cover with muslin or other porous cloth, secured in place of a lid.
- Add a small amount of water
- Add GSE (grapefruit seed extract) or another water sanitiser (e.g. Birdcare Aviclens) to help prevent unwanted fungal or bacterial growth.
- Turn the jar onto a 45-degree angle, with the opening facing downwards.
- The water should mostly drain from the jar but the atmosphere remains humid.
- Change the water a few times a day and allow to germinate for 1-2 days.
- Rinse with plenty of cold running water
Give as is or mixed with egg food or fruits and vegetables
Ideally, you should only soak and/or germinate enough to feed your birds for one day. Do NOT soak or germinate a large quantity in advance for feeding over a few days unless it can be refrigerated in a sealed container.
Contains:
Red & black bapeseed, mung beans, heathseed mix (carrot, radish, cress, grass, spinach, turnip, onion, blue maw, rapeseed, perilla brown, red & white millet, nigerseed), red & white dari, red millet, Japanese millet, white millet, nigerseed, lettuce seed.
08 May 2024 | Paul
Trying for first time,feeding to youngsters when put into flights on their own.
13 November 2023 | Trevor
excellant seed,very quick delivery
20 September 2023 | Alec
Brilliant, delivered on time well packed.
14 May 2023 | John
I have used many soak seed over the years and yours is by far the best I’ve found up to now
20 February 2023 | Alan
Soaks well after a couple of rinses very nutritious for the birds they enjoy it
10 October 2022 | Paula
I give these seeds to my elderly chickens by sowing them thinly on the surface of trays with minimal soil ensuring they have good contact with the soil surface. They germinate readily and I give them to my chickens in chunks once the shoots are established, which they peck at.
26 October 2021 | Mark
Very clean seed good for soaking or spting birds like it
30 August 2020 | Christine
Excelelnt product delivered on time.
02 June 2020 | Albert
Delivered on time quality of see very good
07 March 2019 | Martin
Lovely blend of germination seeds.
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