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Produce => Kept Animals => Topic started by: bridbod on May 08, 2013, 15:26:31

Title: what to grow for hens
Post by: bridbod on May 08, 2013, 15:26:31
I'm in the process of forking over an area where my 2 cluckers hang out. Its been a mix of patches of nettles and bare earth of reasonable quality. Could anyone suggest what I could sow there that the hens would enjoy eating.(I could put netting or similar over seeds to keep the girls off while things grew).
Title: Re: what to grow for hens
Post by: grannyjanny on May 08, 2013, 15:39:05
I would think that anything you were to grow for them would be decimated very quickly.
Title: Re: what to grow for hens
Post by: RenishawPhil on May 08, 2013, 18:31:21
It will be gone in the blink of an eye
Title: Re: what to grow for hens
Post by: AlanP on May 12, 2013, 22:49:41
I used to grow swede or turnips for my chickens, hang one up after cutting a slice off the side and it will keep them busy for ages, you just end up with a shell left

Alan