What do you grow for your flock?

[jrudolph305]

Our girls love greens. You could just scatter some collard, mustard, kale seeds around. Only trouble is they may get them before they mature. We would throw in a couple large collard leaves and they loved them. Of course regular cuke, carrot, squash, tomatoe scraps are good.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Hostas, apparently.

 

[schmije]

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Hostas, apparently.

I've heard others say the same thing, but I have five large hostas on the north side of my house, and they've never touched them. The most they've done is the occasional dust bath between the plants.

I think we'll probably try some grains next year. I'd love to do watermelon or cantaloupe, but ours always die. Everybody seems to think they're so easy to grow, so I don't know what I do wrong. I planted some fall kale, lettuce, spinach and beets, so the chickens can have those greens when they're ready.