Gardening for my birds!

[cherndon712]

LOL sounds like my ducks and geese!!

 

[deeszoo]

Sandhill Preservation has a seed mix just for poultry! They have a spring mix and a fall mix. Not bad prices either.

 

[cherndon712]

I'll have to check that out! I've always looked at birds on their site and stuff...Never seeds though!

 

[cherndon712]

Hey ML! I went to that site, sending my SASEs today! They also have free tomato seeds!

 

[digitS']

The Sandhill mixes of brassicas (Rape, Mustard, Turnips, and Radishes) and grain (Millet) could be sown in a special yard for the birds to forage in but the grain would not mature at the same time as the brassicas.

I've grown millet 3 or 4 times and it is an easy crop except that the wild birds will harvest everything in just a few days if you aren't careful. The finches are eating it!! That's your cue to cut it for the chickens - do NOT hesitate!

Chicken lettuce mixes have been around a long time. Wild Garden Seed sells a chicken lettuce mix and a mix of Brassica napus and Brassica oleracea for poultry and milk animals.

Steve

 

[cherndon712]

Thanks DigitS! I'm not sure how well millet would grow here, but I'm gonna find out!!

 

[EmptyNest]

Gardening for my chickens - I'm new to this and hadn't given that any thought. I grow a huge garden every year with: sweet corn, beets, tomatos, potatos, okra, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, zuccinni, strawberries, rhubarb, gooseberries, rasberries, and also have an orchard w/cherries, apples, pears, plums, and apricots. I'll have some very spoiled, fat hens