Thank you for sharing this info! Good to know about fertilizer and getting too close to tree trunks. In this case the chickens can’t actually reach the trunk. Their run is set up right beside it. So, hopefully it will actually help the roots, like you mentioned :)
Hello! We are newbies to backyard chickens. We got 6 hens last spring but they outgrew their coop. In November we moved them into a portion of our shed with a run attached so they would have more roaming space indoors and out. It is positioned next to a mature cottonless cottonwood tree. They...
