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    Using Chickens to Fertilize a Garden - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    Which types of plants or trees do best in a high phosphorous and potassium environment? Can we generalize? It surprises me that birds being fed most of their calories on grains like wheat and corn would be high potassium. Potassium normally is associated with fruits and vegetables not...
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    Using Chickens to Fertilize a Garden - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    Wyandotte's are attractive. What is the temperament? Quiet or noisy?
  3. westes

    Using Chickens to Fertilize a Garden - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    Great information, thanks. What breeds are you raising that the above comments apply to?
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    Using Chickens to Fertilize a Garden - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    The chickens will eat the produce. Good point I guess. :) Is there any vegetable that chickens will not eat? I guess one strategy here would be to grow vegetables that grow vertically on a vine? That way the chickens only eat what is at the bottom, and the vegetables above about two feet...
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    Using Chickens to Fertilize a Garden - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    If you want to use your chickens to provide ongoing fertilizer to a garden, what is the general rule of thumb for how many square feet of garden one chicken should be fertilizing? Assume that one garden has all the chickens running across it every day of the week, so I am not alternating...
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