Dixie Chicks

[hennible]

17% here, but the two seedlings in that one look the best.

you can gentle move a seedling to a new pot... I've done it many times just keep the humidity up after for a while... I use tweezers to dig them out...

 

[Alaskan]

so what kind of things do ppl like to grow in there garden for their chickens? do you grow anything specifically or is it just a by product of growing stuff for yourself in the garden? also what kinds of plants do you like to grow that produce plenty of fodder for the chickens?

I specifically never pull out dandelion roots, so that all dandelion greens are fed to the chickens

I specifically never pull out all chick weed roots.... I let it grow all around the base of my hose, in my veggie garden, and in my greenhouse.... that is also fed to the chickens.

 

[hennible]

Pulling chick weed up by the roots won't get rid of it any way... Lol... A thousand odd seeds per flower or some such thing...

 

[perchie.girl]

I'm looking for someone near an ocean to collect some long kelp strands and dry it and send it on here. The tiny packages I can purchase in Whole Foods here is way pricy to give chickens, though I have. I think that is just what they need when spring arrives. I'd swap for some seeds or another I have or compensate in some way. Maybe seeds from pink cleome, if I can find the envelop I stashed them in? They are nice, and don't have thorns like some I have seen grown from seed packages.

I guess you could say I feed my chickens fresh blue berries. I have three varsities of rabbit eye blueberries, and I have not so far been successful at netting the hens out of them. I also "feed" them turkey figs, as they do like to eat all they can reach, and those that fall on the ground ripe. (so do the wild birds).

A grass cutting service "politely" said that I have what they call a "natural lawn." Translated, that means I have not used chemicals of any kind in over 15 years, and nothing but organic composed poo, and what the hens drop as they range. No chemical fertilizer, poison bug killer, or other amendment, though I have spread some lime and wood ash as the soil is acid, so if a plant is not acid loving, it usually doesn't last here. To neighbors and the lawn people, I have mostly "weeds," but it suits me and it suits the chickens.

Not all kelp is edible..... We have kelp that washes up on the beaches here. Used to be quite the industry here harvesting it... for soaps and additives and edibles... but make sure its an edible kind.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

tie me down... grab the duct tape




I AM STARTING TO LOOK AT THE EGGS FOR SALE PAGES!!!!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Lots of hugs, @Outpost JWB!
Thank you for sharing, hon... amazing recovery! Here's to hoping it doesn't come back!

 

[Ravynscroft]

tie me down... grab the duct tape




I AM STARTING TO LOOK AT THE EGGS FOR SALE PAGES!!!! 

But... but... you have sooo much room now!!

 

[minihorse927]

tie me down... grab the duct tape




I AM STARTING TO LOOK AT THE EGGS FOR SALE PAGES!!!! 

lol, you need more chickens...

 

[Beer can]

I fed mine lots of dandalion greens. Also shredded it and added it to salads for myself, no more bitter than some homegrown lettuce and supper good for you. Add chopped jalapeños and onion, chopped garlic and the bitterness isn't even noticed. I always add shredded red and green cabbage also, both super good for you also, cheap and lasts a long time in the fridge. Each has something in it the other doesn't so I add both. By the time I add lettuce baby carrots chopped celery topped with a couple maters and some whole raw mushrooms its a heck of a bowl of roughage for lunch at work. Dressed with apple cider vinegar olive oil and spices. Oh and shredded sharp cheese, sometimes chopped chicken breast and sometimes hard boiled egg. For some reason though I only crave it during the warmer months, eat a big bowl everyday during the summer.

 

[minihorse927]

Well, I took the plunge and just dropped almost a grand on the sportsman and the egg trays and shipping. I'm so ok gonna be overrun jn chicks and ducklings this year!