Jane11
In the Brooder
I have 30 6-week old chickens. Half will be butchered and I’ll be left with 15 egg layers. I’m currently building the fencing for their run but I’m also going to set up temporary seasonal fencing around my garden so they can forage and fertilize my area all fall and winter. My question is this…
Under my pear, peach and plum trees I have planted strawberries. I wondered if I could, AFTER THEY HAVE DIED OFF FOR THE YEAR AND GONE UNDERGROUND, allow my chickens to forage, scratch, and poop all over that space for a time to fertilize it for the next year? Will they kill them? I hypothesize that since they are dormant I could maybe let them hang there once a week or twice a week for a couple months to give it a good go for the next year with minimal effort from me. Also I plan to do what Paul Gautschi does and cover them in wood chips before I allow the chickens to be in that space. Will that be better?
Thanks so much!
Picture shows garden space with t-bars ready for plastic fencing this fall and to the left is the row of fruit trees and strawberries.
Under my pear, peach and plum trees I have planted strawberries. I wondered if I could, AFTER THEY HAVE DIED OFF FOR THE YEAR AND GONE UNDERGROUND, allow my chickens to forage, scratch, and poop all over that space for a time to fertilize it for the next year? Will they kill them? I hypothesize that since they are dormant I could maybe let them hang there once a week or twice a week for a couple months to give it a good go for the next year with minimal effort from me. Also I plan to do what Paul Gautschi does and cover them in wood chips before I allow the chickens to be in that space. Will that be better?
Thanks so much!
Picture shows garden space with t-bars ready for plastic fencing this fall and to the left is the row of fruit trees and strawberries.