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[Chickielady]

My LOVE Samantha, RIP...I miss her everyday!




Best Dog in the world...we had so many Labs, mostly yellows, a few chocolates, and 2 or 3 blacks...Samantha was the best.

I'd love to get a puppy from the same breeders, they are in Idaho, and the Parent dogs were both Chocolate.
Samantha was the runt of a litter of 14...most all were chocolate, and no one wanted the little black runt girl...I did.

When she was 6 weeks old, I carried her around in my pocket.

 

[pennyJo1960]

"My LOVE Samantha, RIP...I miss her everyday!
Best Dog in the world...we had so many Labs, mostly yellows, a few chocolates, and 2 or 3 blacks...Samantha was the best."

I am so sorry you lost her, I know the pain very well myself having to live through it many times myself

 

[pennyJo1960]

So the first is our Raudy he is a Corgi X Shelti #2 is Ticha the Chi X Pom, now you have seen the thundering herd so lovingly called by us

 

[Manningjw]

Hello everyone!

I have a question for all of you chicken owners that also have fruit bearing trees. I want to plant a grafted pear tree in part of the chicken run but I am not sure if it can survive the fresh chicken manure that would be deposited over it's roots. I have a larger tree that so far has survived but would I be placing a smaller grafted tree in jeopardy by planting it in the chicken run? I have 12 chickens right now, basically my maximum amount. I rotate the area they range on so they can get some fresh grass but the ground will often be barren long before i rotate the run location.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hello everyone!

I have a question for all of you chicken owners that also have fruit bearing trees. I want to plant a grafted pear tree in part of the chicken run but I am not sure if it can survive the fresh chicken manure that would be deposited over it's roots. I have a larger tree that so far has survived but would I be placing a smaller grafted tree in jeopardy by planting it in the chicken run? I have 12 chickens right now, basically my maximum amount. I rotate the area they range on so they can get some fresh grass but the ground will often be barren long before i rotate the run location.

I do not believe the new grafted tree should like being there and would need a more neutral soil

 

[CGilbert]

Jack has chased wayward chickens down & pins them to the ground, but does not bite them.
My black lab would carry them back to me, all slobbery and of course the chickens would be limp with fear....but unharmed.

That's exactly what our black lab does Best dog in the WORLD!

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The alternative is, if they get to far from the house, we have coyote that killed one of our beagles and took half the skin off the head of the other. But if anything stays close to the house, it's safe.

 

[Manningjw]

I do not believe the new grafted tree should like being there and would need a more neutral soil

That's kind of what I was afraid of. I suppose I could just fence around the tree while it's young and sending out roots? I don't really want to risk it with this tree, it costs more than all my chickens did combined

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[justdishy]

Hello everyone!

I have a question for all of you chicken owners that also have fruit bearing trees.  I want to plant a grafted pear tree in part of the chicken run but I am not sure if it can survive the fresh chicken manure that would be deposited over it's roots.  I have a larger tree that so far has survived but would I be placing a smaller grafted tree in jeopardy by planting it in the chicken run?  I have 12 chickens right now, basically my maximum amount.  I rotate the area they range on so they can get some fresh grass but the ground will often be barren long before i rotate the run location. 

Manure shouldn't be as much of a problem as the excavation hobby of many chickens. Suggest securing root area and low areas of tree with hardware cloth. Other threads in BYC suggest everbearing mulberry. Search "Trees/bushes in chicken run".

 

[CarolynF]

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Well... with something that expensive it's worth taking some extra caution. I have a well established apple tree that isn't phased by the chickens, but a brand new tree might be an issue. But on the other hand, it's not like you're going to be dumping a wheelbarrow full of fresh chicken manure on top of the roots. And the root ball will be fairly deep. I think you'd be quite safe to put a wire barrier/fence around the little tree to keep the birds back a ways and give the roots time to get established. With a shallow rooted plant I usually lay some concrete pavers around the base to keep them from digging for the first year or two. The root stock, onto which the tree is grafted should be sturdy stock, able to withstand a broader range of conditions. That's usually the purpose of grafting.

What kind of pear tree is this that's so expensive?

 

[Chickielady]

That's exactly what our black lab does Best dog in the WORLD!

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The alternative is, if they get to far from the house, we have coyote that killed one of our beagles and took half the skin off the head of the other. But if anything stays close to the house, it's safe.

Oh that is sad!