My Potato Gardeners

[HollowOfWisps]

The expert gardeners have decided to help out today in the potato patch! The chickens are taking care of the bugs, Gimli is standing watch and well the cat gets an B for effort

 

[Wereplatypus]

Looks like good times! Your flock is beautiful

 

[StripeyThing_1]

I wouldn’t let them near your potatoes…

 

[Sequel]

The expert gardeners have decided to help out today in the potato patch! The chickens are taking care of the bugs, Gimli is standing watch and well the cat gets an B for effort
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Love your tater patch!

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I wouldn’t let them near your potatoes…
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My chickens have access to my garden every year and I have never had an issue with them eating the potato leaves. They love the beetles though! Not to mention on the farm growing up our chickens also had access to the potato patch. Never had a poisoned chicken. The only time I have seen a chicken consume a toxic plant is when they had limited access to food. My chickens have 30 acres to forage on and free choice feed 24/7.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Looks like good times! Your flock is beautiful

Thank you! I love to sit outside and watch them as creepy as that sounds, but I think they’re pretty to look at too

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Love your tater patch!

Thank you! I love potatoes so I planned out this patch to fit 50lbs worth of seed potatoes

 

[StripeyThing_1]

HollowOfWisps said:
My chickens have access to my garden every year and I have never had an issue with them eating the potato leaves. They love the beetles though! Not to mention on the farm growing up our chickens also had access to the potato patch. Never had a poisoned chicken. The only time I have seen a chicken consume a toxic plant is when they had limited access to food. My chickens have 30 acres to forage on and free choice feed 24/7.

That’s good. I was just being cautious because I didn’t know if you knew. I wouldn’t recommend that anybody else should let their chickens free range with the potatoes if they don’t know whether or not the chickens will eat them. But a lovely afternoon for the flock!

 

[awkwardkale]

The expert gardeners have decided to help out today in the potato patch! The chickens are taking care of the bugs, Gimli is standing watch and well the cat gets an B for effort
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You’ve got a whole gardening team out there! Love how the cat gets a B for effort