Fall Chicken Garden

[mkwags]

I'm glad someone posted this question. I hadn't thought of doing a fall/winter garden, and now I will as my chickens would love to keep getting produce past summer! Thanks for the ideas. I love this site!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I'll second the swiss chard. It grew fast enough all winter long to outgrow the damage caused by my chickens feeding on it. I'll be planting a lot of that this fall. From all the ringing endorsements, I'll be looking for Kale seeds too!

 

[CompostQueen]

Thank you for the link, Mak! I am definitely going to get some. It looks perfect!

Thank you for all the veggie suggestions! Those of you who planted kale, and Swiss Chard did you plant the seeds and just let it come up unprotected or did you fence it off and then let them at it when it got big?

 

[tom e]

Squash might be a hit too!

 

[windtryst]

Kale & Swiss chard! You can brush off the snow and pick a few leaves for the girls in the winter! Easy to grow...

 

[xyresicchick]

yeah the kale is pretty awesome... if you get the frilly garnishy kinds the chickens love it even more haha, yummy!

 

[HeritageHens]

Did you know that kale is high in Omega 3's? I saw an article recently that said that to get olive oil on the omega-3 scale (at a 2), kale is ranked as a 1000. I'm sure that things like salmon are about 10,000 on that scale but it's impressive that kale is so high. Tis a good thing to feed to the chicks!

 

[squiqwe]

I plant clover. Not only is it good for the garden, the girls love it.
I can't give them enough they eat it like we eat ice cream

 

[xyresicchick]

my chickeys really like clover too! clover is high in protein so its good for the egg layers.

 

[Mak]

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You're welcome! It's growing well for me and the chickens seem to love it. I'm also going to let the fall greens I plant just sit there under the hoop houses for as long as they last, and feed those to the flock for some fresh greens. Carrots, also, as they will last well into the fall/early winter.