[Ag-eq] Gardening for your chickens

[Susan Roe]

Don't forget to feed some of your garden to your future chickens.  I have 
not found one vegetable, fruit or natural organic material that my hens 
won't eat with gusto.  Also, they will go after any small living creature 
that doesn't out run them.  Bugs, crickets, grasshoppers, mice, frogs, 
lizards and snakes.  We laugh about the hens in coop 2 that are Bard Rocks 
and Buff Orphingtons that do not have a rooster.  They are a bit pushy 
without a rooster, so they can get a bit impatient at feeding time.  My 
husband tells me to never fall down in the run before I feed them or I just 
might find myself on their dinner minue!

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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From: "Fred's ol' XP" <regenerative at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Ag-eq Digest, Vol 73, Issue 1


> Ya, Kendra has good advice.
> I am a Permaculturist, and incorporate a lot of verticality in my gardens.
> If you're feeling industrious, plant a bunch of pumpkins!  If all goes 
> well, you'll sell or trade most of them in October and November.
>
> I like to grow popping corn, peanuts, and pumpkins.  If your dogs can keep 
> squirrels from eating everything, that'll help.
> Good luck!
> Fred
>
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