Am I the only one that grows extra produce in my garden to feed to my chickens? Or is that a universal chicken keeper/gardener thing?
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They just got a five gallon bucket of weeds, grown in the beds and in the paths between beds. It was virtually all top nutrition with mostly dandelion, grass, plantain, chicory, clover and chickweed. The cultivation of these outstanding veggies requires no input from me except harvesting. Regrettably I have a 12-month garden (3 months a year under hoop houses), so they are not allowed inside, else they could do the harvest for me. Eventually I will move to a paddock system, so they can weed each garden 2 months a year after I harvest my crops. They are far more sophisticated than me, I know that their dandelion is a better food than my eggplants.Am I the only one that grows extra produce in my garden to feed to my chickens? Or is that a universal chicken keeper/gardener thing?
I'd love to see i pic of your garden area and the hoop houses I am thinking of doing something similar and letting the chickens in it to weed for me, between crops.They just got a five gallon bucket of weeds, grown in the beds and in the paths between beds. It was virtually all top nutrition with mostly dandelion, grass, plantain, chicory, clover and chickweed. The cultivation of these outstanding veggies requires no input from me except harvesting. Regrettably I have a 12-month garden (3 months a year under hoop houses), so they are not allowed inside, else they could do the harvest for me. Eventually I will move to a paddock system, so they can weed each garden 2 months a year after I harvest my crops. They are far more sophisticated than me, I know that their dandelion is a better food than my eggplants.