Using dried leaves

[suburbanfarmermi]

Yeah they are suspicious of new things!
I wish I could train mine to put the leaves in the sacks to begin with but they seem to think that is my job!

That would be something if they could be trained to pick up leaves and bring them back to the run.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Another vote for whole leaves - don't make more work for yourself. They break down amazingly fast with a flock of chickens digging and turning them.

 

[jreardon1918]

Another vote for whole leaves - don't make more work for yourself. They break down amazingly fast with a flock of chickens digging and turning them.

We rake the leaves onto a tarp. Pull it into the run and dump it. The pile is 3-4 ' high, Within a few weeks, It is ground up and just a few inches higher.

We have a cycle it works well.

• add leaves, yard waste, cut grass as they become available to the run
• chickens scratch
• Chickens add poop daily.
• semi annual coop cleanout goes in the run.
• Add the resulting compost to the gardens as needed.

Family and friends often come by to help themselves to a few barrels of compost.