Chicken Food Tower

[Show Sebright]

I don't think any of them is deadly to chickens, do you have a source for this information? Thanks a lot.

Yeh in a book my family got me called chicken health handbook.

 

[Show Sebright]

Here is says on the chart
Onion, green All parts toxic Sudden death

moo so it is the onion. Good to know. I am always so scared my birds will eat something that I don’t notice and then just die.

 

[Boise-girls]

I don't have other types of birds, but I think, as long as not too much manure, should be ok. emu manure (means from cow, right?) the same, i guess.

An emu is a large bird native to Australia, related to the ostrich.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Here is says on the chart
Onion, green All parts toxic Sudden death

moo so it is the onion. Good to know. I am always so scared my birds will eat something that I don’t notice and then just die.

Mmm, I did give them some small amount of onion in winter, mixed with other veggies, including garlics. I don't think it will cause a sudden death. It's also quite common here for people to add a moderate amount.

What I learned is when chicken have too much onion, it might cause anemia, however, when such concern exists, just simply avoid.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

An emu is a large bird native to Australia, related to the ostrich.

Ah so, now i know, thanks for the answer

 

[Boise-girls]

Ah so, now i know, thanks for the answer

Love your seed tower idea, am definitely going to try it!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Here is says on the chart
Onion, green All parts toxic Sudden death

moo so it is the onion. Good to know. I am always so scared my birds will eat something that I don’t notice and then just die.

I would just avoid feeding onions and other alliums. I know a lot of people are fine with giving scraps or treats with onions etc. to their animals, but I avoid them entirely just to be on the safe side.

 

[Lilbitsnpieces]

I grow strawberries and some potatoes this way. May i ask the breed of your hens? I love the golden color...

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

In fact I was reading the article about the best treats for chicken, and suddenly an idea came into my mind. I have bought such hardware cloth (not sure if it is called so in English) originally for making a simple support between raised beds for beans and cucumbers. But, anyway it ends up with such a wire compost bin, but quite high, 1.2m.

I cleaned the run and put the mixture of soil, poo, whatever they scratched and left on the ground together, added the grass seeds then piled them up.

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mixed grass seeds with whatever they scratched and left before adding them in the compost tower
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Then, well, i have really a lot of vegetable seeds, i means, why not push this idea a bit further?
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radish, coriander, different kind of brassica family veggies, carrots, herbs...
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pea - they should not directly eat raw beans, i know, but the leaves and flowers, tendrils will be nice! (i can accept only pea pods left for us, haha)
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Well, can't wait to keep developing this idea forward!
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Did anyone try similar ideas? It would be great for hearing your experience. I believe it can provide them both food and fun

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Could you tell how big are the holes in that hardware cloth?

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Could you tell how big are the holes in that hardware cloth?

The specs of these are:

Height: 100cm
Hole square: 25x50mm
Wire strength: 2.10mm