Posts by Kikiriki

Quote:Originally Posted by lostinthemusic Hi! I'm in Volusia County and am looking to start out with 4-6 hens. We're looking for good layers with sweet dispositions. We'd love to have free-rangers who come into roost at night, so...

I got the 42 inch temporary fence. They flew out by standing on the compost pile. Moved the fence and the pile. Now one has found how to escape by going under it....sigh.... They will eat seed, and some seed is treated with fungicides...

Ok, it only has young leaves at this time, and tastes like a very flavorful lettuce, very fresh. Oh...another study also reported that chewing the leaf releases a chemical that inhibits growth of the main bacteria that causes hairy...

Did some research on google scholar on morus alba, white mulberry. Rabbits fed 100% leaf diet maintained and gained weight, and it is a suitable food for swine, ruminants, cattle, and chickens when it provides about 1/4 of their...

Quote:Originally Posted by Bangarang64 Quote:Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm brown millet this time of the year, grows very well ALL summer here Will millet keep coming back all year long even if the tips/tops are eaten...

Quote:Originally Posted by RaZ Quote:Originally Posted by Kikiriki The leaves of the mulberry tree can provide summer shade and fresh food for summer, or dried fodder in winter. Chicken, horses, pigs, ruminants, cattle......

I really appreciate your input! I have been thinking of trying something along those lines, but really had no idea how it held up over time. My biggest concerns are the health of the tree due to that root girdling and the increased...

I have not done silage, and actually do not plan on trying it, but I did want to provide a link that describes an alternative to buckets, starting on page 8 of the PDF. I saw the bag method first in a paper addressing animal feed in a...

Quote:Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm those are forage beds. Lots of pictures here on BYC of various forms of them. Most use wood frames to support the hardware cloth. The chickens can eat only whats above the mesh and not...

I saw a video on youtube by a guy in Australia who mainly posts about gardening, but also does a few on worms, soldier flies, aquaponics, and chickens. (Search for Rob Bob.) He made a thing for sprouting in the chicken run that I really...