I was tempted to use some of our sided compost. Anybody try that? Or perhaps even some of the unsifted stuff... I hate to use compost on birds, but I do have piles of it in our bins. I guess it could go back into the new compost pile after the birds are done scratching, rolling around and depositing nitrogen (poop) in it.
Banana trees?! Now I am really jealous. It definitely is not warm enough here in Chicagoland for banana trees to survive, at least not looking enough to produce.
We are right on the edge of keeping the bananas alive. Zone 9a. It was an experiment that is going well. Learning about microclimates and such.
I doubt it, the females are usually bigger than the males. The last time I hatched, they all evened out by 6 weeks.
I like the poop and the eggs. I keep the birds out of the garden though. They get greens still that we throw to them - mostly weeds and cuttings. The problem is having enough greens for the 8 chickens, 14 quail, 4 turkeys and 3 ducks. They'll enjoy plenty when we harvest our small pea and greenbean patches soon.
Yes, it’s possible.
