Developing the grass in your yard for increasing free ranging nutrition

Thank you! That's great to know about the forage oats. I've been looking at sprouting for the chickens, but I'm wondering if it is too hot here in FL? All the guides I see recommend the temps not exceed around 75F, and my house sits at 81...

Do your chickens still eat the red even though it grows tall? I have some kind of weed in my yard that they think is candy, and they don't seem to mind that it's several inches taller than they are, silly girls.

My garden was a bust this year. I'm old and with no help I've not been able to do much other than hire someone to get my coop predator proof. One step at a time. I have a ton of seeds, just no labor to build the garden. Next year. First I've got to make a run. Can't let them roam, too many raccoon and pitt bulls from down the road. But I'm getting a lot accomplished. This fall I'll set the garden up with cover crops and fence it. Then maybe the chickens can get some scratching in.
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linda --we all do what we can-- what ever that is. I have been eyeing the square foot gardening thread!! I have tryied pots on the past too, especially as I can find pots out for recycing or trash at this time of year. One tomatos , one pepper plant, that is a plus. ( Feed us first, then the chickens. lol)
 
linda --we all do what we can-- what ever that is. I have been eyeing the square foot gardening thread!! I have tryied pots on the past too, especially as I can find pots out for recycing or trash at this time of year. One tomatos , one pepper plant, that is a plus. ( Feed us first, then the chickens. lol)

I think this is what I'm going to have to do. A few pots of this or that. It won't frost until mid Nov or so. The Farmers Almanac said I have 252 days of growing. I am going to order white clover and cast out. I don't have a run built for them yet so this is the time to do it. I also plan on having screens built so I can plant things and let them peck at it without totally tearing it apart.
 
Sounds like a plan!!

I have learned the birds will eat all the greeens in preference to the pellets until all the green is GONE. Having a system to manage their access is helpful if the grass can't keep up with the voracious chickens. lol
 

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