Nutritious & medicinal garden plants for your chickens
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- Feeding our chickens for free? As much feed as we can grow, is all money back in my wallet. Plus, most of the stuff we can grow here is nutrient rich and medicinal. Just like humans, a healthy chicken diet can prevent health issues before they start.
Not only do we feed them all the incredibly nutritious plants shown in this video, but also purslane, lamb's quarter, watercress, plantain, lovage, sage, rose hips, grapes (in moderation), seaberry, haskaps, gooseberries, goumi berries and so many more. Plus, bugs, larvae, and even beeferoni from the kids lunches (in moderation of course). But these dinos are garbage disposals. Well, that's if your garbage disposal made eggs and also returned you the best compost in the world.
Sources: (MANY) but here are the ones used directly in this video:
Nutritional Evaluation of Edible Freshwater Green Macroalga Spirogyra varians, by Sawitree Tipnee, Rameshprabu Ramaraj, Yuwalee Unpaprom
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Pigment and Nutritional Value of Spirogyra spp. in Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom and Mukdahan Provinces, by Nopparut Sitthiwong.
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Also here is that super comprehensive list on garden plants in a "chicken garden":
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Approach with caution and double check that list though - that list is formed from 1 person's opinion. Always double check and DYOR.
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I rough up patches of soil in my chicken run and put egg crates in to protect the soil, and then I plant alfalfa underneath. Kick it over once things start to happen. The sprouts are highly nutritious, or let it grow longer and they can forage as it grows up thru the crate. They also love cannabis leaves😉
Hello There❗️Great idea temporarily using egg crates in your chicken run while allowing alfalfa to get growing‼️
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Fabulous idea! Gonna give that a try!
There's lots of research to support cannabis as an immune booster for chickens. In Canada I guess y'all can grow no problem here in the states we can not
@@SugarCreekOffGrid
Shoot move to kommifornication it's legal. Although don't think the tradeoff is worth it
We planted a wild rose next to our run when it was built. Now it has spread like crazy around the corner of it, but the chickens keep it cleared out from inside the run, and they absolutely love the rosehips. We also have a lot of problems with bindweed, except in the run, lol. I pick chickweed and green cleavers, plantain, occasionally I will find a little bit of purslane in addition to many of the common weeds you mentioned. We planted Jerusalem artichokes along our other run to help block wind and sun in the summer, and they nibble at the leaves they can reach. Our neighbor just sold their place and the new owner came in and cleaned out lots of invasive briars and downed apple trees on our fenceline leaving it exposed, so we now need to consider blocking other sides too this year. I'm going to try sweet potatoes, and trellising some of the vines up the side, and maybe nasturtium too.
(When I was hatching gamebirds, I did a batch for someone else. I had one little bobwhite hen that got stuck a bit too long, and had curled feet. I taped her toes flat to some card to straighten them, and kept her back. Because she was the only chick in the house at that time, "Flippers" got quite spoiled. My teens would take her out to the garden where she would hop around between the cabbages, picking off flea beetles and cabbage worms under supervision. LOTS of fun to watch😊)
haha so cute
I was concerned chickens would be too much work, too. Got them and now I know: Chickens are easier than cats! And chickens produces eggs and "fertilizer gold"! Thanks for the intro to duckweed!
I'm completely surprised how easy they are, and I do probably 100x more than most chicken owners, or what is the bare minimum required.
Chickens produce fertilizer silver .... Rabbits produce fertilizer gold which you can use immediately without wait.
@@rodneymoore7270 very true. We have both now.
I planted one or two lemon balm plants years ago and they’ve reseeded themselves into a couple of nice stands, one of which is right outside a chicken run. They love the stuff and will run outside clucking excitedly when I drop some through the fence. We’ve actually frozen some in old ice cream containers to give them something cold to eat and drink during this summer’s heat wave, “balm pops” for chickens, lol excuse the pun. Another bonus with growing lemon balm, it loves shady areas under trees and is perennial.
Lemon balm is also good for mosquito repellent, may keep the mites down/away. I use it dried for a different version of lemon popsicle.
cool, I will try it, we have tons of it.
I make the pops with mint, mint has a natural cooling effect on their bodies when consumed
Lemon balm can also grow in clay dirt very well. It is established at a family member's house and it grows so prolifically in clay dirt.
I put logs in my chicken run area and flip them every once in a while so they can eat the worms.
Our chickens are spoiled too lol! In addition to commercial feed, they get all the slugs and snails I can find, oregano, lemon balm, dandelion. Also plants that grow in unwanted spaces like arugula, calendula, nusturstium. I dry the ends of loafs of bread for them which they love and they also get fruit that have too many spots for us. They go crazy for apples and peaches. Also the ends of cucumbers and zucchinis.
I've got lemon balm but they don't seem too interested
Do they actually eat the slugs and snails?
@ Racheal’s Garden Diary. I have been told they’ll will even eat small mice! So just about anything is fair game as long as it’s small enough and slow enough!
@@RachellesGardenDiary yes they do! The chicken that reaches it first will run with it followed by the other chickens, it’s so funny to watch!
@@margaretlovrich6837 yes, we’ve seen them catch 2 mice and devour them completely… didn’t know they would do that 😅
i love my little chickens! they are so useful beyond eggs, they are my compost heep! they really help to breakdown scraps.
What crazy timing! I just sat down at my computer, mostly to get out of this heatwave (I'm in Western Washington) to start looking into my seed orders for fall and 2023. I was looking at things I could grow specifically for my chickens! I made a grazing box for them in their run, which is basically 2x4 frame, 4 inches for the height, then 1/4" hardware cloth on top. I've been planting all sorts of stuff under it for them. It allows the plants to get 4 inches tall, and basically stay that tall, because the chickens can only graze what grows out of the hardware mesh. My seed companies will thank you, I just added a few more seed packets to my order!🤣🐓🐣🐞🌻🍀
YOU do not have problems with mice getting under and in growing box?
@@debodeeful no, I haven't had any rodent problem with my grazing boxes. I do have 2 large dogs and also some feral cats.
Duck weed, purslane,water cress, water melon, sun flowers: vegies, fruit, moringa, crushed eggshells.
I don't think they're crazy about the leaves but staghorn sumac grows wild in my runs and it doesn't bother them. I've also seen them gorge themselves on things the internet swears are poisonous without any seeming ill effect.
mine love mulberries.....every morning they run out to the mulberry tree and wait for fruit to drop. Sometimes I help them out by shaking the tree a bit.
13:12 Thorny blackberry and raspberry canes laid around the bases of your succulents is also a great deterrent for slugs and snails. 20:00 Sumac berries are a big part of Middle Eastern cuisine, being used as a substitute for lemon as a flavouring.
With Red Sumac, you can also boil the berries, strain the liquid, sweeten and have an excellent tea!! It is reputed to cool your body when you drink it in the heat of the summer!!
I use old wood pallets, remove some of the center boards and fasten them to the sides . I cover the pallets with chicken wire or hardware cloth. Sprinkle in different seeds of greens and grains. As they grow up through the wire chickens can help themselves to as much as they want without scratching up the plants. This gives them greens year round.
I put a cardboard bos over the dirt & bury kitchen scraps & chook poo under it for a few weeks..worms galore for chickens.😍
You have the best fed chickens in the world! Add a few black soldier fly larvae and your set! Your yard is totally amazing!!!
Thanks! BSFL was in my original plan, but apparently people around here have a really hard time overwintering them.
I had an infestation of June beetles on my fig tree last year… I went out every day for several days and caught 5-6 beetles and gave them to the birds… they LOVED THEM!!
That's great! Turn the problem into free feed (money) and great nutrient rich eggs.
do u smash the bugs before they eat?
Chickens absolutely love clover. They can eat any herb that you can eat, and the herbs are good for them. I feed mine spearmint, peppermint, basil, oregano, lemon thyme, dill, comfrey, catnip, yarrow, cilantro, chicory, yarrow, parsley, and rosemary. They also get to eat bug infested fruit from my garden. Don't feed them uncooked greenbeans , or potatoes. Sweet potatoes and their leaves are okay. Don't feed them leaves from anything in the nightshade family, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. The fruit is okay to feed them. Just about anything else is good, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, parsnips, radish, cabbage, spinach, chard, stone fruit less the seeds, etc..
I can spend hours in our chickens world. Makes us happy to make them happy! :)
Your yard is so beautiful!!! With all the plants and the gorgeous pond! And now amazing chicken coop! I have been giving dried meal worms to my chickens for a long time and after only a short time they learned the sound of the bag and we use it to train them to move where we want them when we want. I'll let them out to explore the garden a bit and do some bug hunting and then when it's time to go back in the run we shake the bag and they come sprinting! It's so funny! Hope it will work for you. Looks like you are having fun and I love to see all the things you are experimenting with feeding them from your food forest!
Indeed! They already come running out of the coup when they hear me. It's really fun. I've been accepted. LOL
Our chickens love sorrel, italian dandelion, clover, Swiss chard and rye grass. We plant a lot of that around their run for them to eat when we let them out.
I make cookies for my chooks. Buckwheat, oats, meal worm, flaxseed and another ingredient which is my secret and they go crazy. It's green and legal worldwide. Lol.
Shaking food doesn't work for my chicken, but if I hold a spade shovel in a vertical position they come running, full run. They love earth worms and bugs I dig up. Makes it hard to dig a hole with 10 chickens helping me. My chickens like grass and mustard weeds. I have to keep my Swiss chard covered.
Ours free range behind an electric fence- we have currants, red and black raspberries that they pick at the lower branches. They will help clean up the fallen apples, pears and cherries- along with grass and bugs. It really offsets our feed bill in the summer.
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. Another advantage of feeding them herbs like mint and oregano is protecting them from chicken mites.
Im glad to see that im not the only one who "harvests" Japanese beetles for my chickens. I find them on my roses & asparagus. Im actually disappointed when I can't find any because the chickens absolutely love them!
You can actually get Japanese beetle traps, they say they catch a lot of beatles.
@@jude7321 But do I have to buy pheromones to keep it working?
Your property is becoming more and more beautiful, its been a pleasure to watch the transformation. I wonder if you couldn't shortcut your research a little bit by taking your most trusted chicken out and having a bit of a walk through the orchard with her; I'm sure she would find what she is looking for. :)
Yeah, that's another great idea. Hopefully one really warms up to me. There are a few that let me pet them, but none yet that run up to me to see me.
you built a badass water feature that you can forage for your chickens' benefit .. LOL pretty cool setup though
Cheers
I feel so good just watching living things going about to live a life. It's more of a passion than a business. Thank you for this great platform
I heard oregano oil is used as an antibiotic for chickens by putting drops in their water(and humans)
A great idea
I could be wrong but since it's an oil, it won't mix with the water so it'll need an emulsifier. A small amount of alcohol may help.
Those frogs are the most laid-back frogs I've ever seen. 😂
Caragana (Siberian pea shrub) is great for chickens. And it’s a legume, so accumulates nitrogen in the soil.
Cool, we have some, I will try it.
Have you looked into black soldier fly larvae for your chickens? Supposedly they're efficient at recycling proteins and kitchen scraps. Anyways, thanks for sharing your chicken experiences!
Indeed, I wanted these so bad. Apparently they are impossible to overwinter here though, and my wife would never let me bring them inside. We ultimately decided against it. I really really wanted them... I may try it at some point.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy lol, it's no fun when you can't play with all the permaculture toys. I wonder if a greenhouse with a large thermal mass would work. No clue how practical that would be.
Looking forward to your future black soldier fly video ;_D
I plan on trying to raise black soldier flies this year. I'd never heard of trying to overwinter them, but will raise them as weather allows.
This is a great video. A wet board in the chicken coup can protect some insects like slaters. Any containers of sitting water need mosquito netting in this part of the world unless they are emptied every four days... or have a resident fish. What's your mosquito pressure? With frozen goods, I store the ziplock bags in a foil bag (old coffee or powdered milk ones) so that they aren't exposed to light every time the freezer is opened. I don't get the browning effect although I do have problems with sightings of UFOs (unidentified frozen objects). I have 24 new little chickens. At 18 pesos each (less than a dollar) they are the cheapest marriage saving investment according to my daughter.... Still too hot to have them outdoors so I am being entertained with chickavision near the real idiot box. I'm going to have to eventually combine two flocks of old ladies which is going to be tricky because of the size difference or send one lot to Antarctica which is always extremely difficult.
LOL UFOs. 😆
Mosquitoes aren't bad here, way too many dragonflies. If anything I need to allow some to breed, just so the dragonflies have more food in order to keep their high population sustained. But walking around here there's no mosquitoes at all.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacyi need more dragon flies. We had quite a few earlier in the spring especially before we got a mower and our grass was growing "unacceptably" high. But living in a suburb I do have to keep it somewhat mowed. A pond would help. 😂
Really inspiring video for a fellow Canadian (ontario)!! Is your coop insulated? How do your birds handle the winters? Any tips for a new chicken owner on helping them to handle our crazy winters?
I pack leaf backs around the coop bottom to keep the wind from going under it. This helps insulate the underneath. That plus the decomposing manure in the coop keep it warm enough for the ladies. I've moved the water inside there as a test on some nights and it will start to freeze over night but will thaw in the day. That's warm enough for them to be okay.
I keep a few logs in the chicken yard and move them every once in a while. the ladies love the wide variety of free bugs!
Man, your kids won the dad lottery with you!
So kind
I absolutely love your waterfall and pond!! I'm trying not to be jealous.
Thanks for all your research and showing us all you have learned to give them or not.
Just today I thought I'd make a little garden in my chicken yard specifically for chickens. In their pen I have a small rectangular box made from 2x4's and 1/2" hardware cloth across the top. I use that in the winter so they have fresh greens in the winter Put down soil about 1 1/2" deep....sprinkle heavily with red wheat or rye seed. Then another 1 1/2" of soil over that. Then put the box over the planted soil and water. The cloth keeps them from scratching up the grass...they just nip off what they want. It's also planted deep enough they don't yank up the whole seedling. Appreciate you showing us alot of your hard work on your property. Jesus bless.
Chickens are easy as long as you don’t have too many of them. Mine enjoy all kinds of fruit, sunchokes and pumpkins. And bugs of course!
How do you feed them the sun chokes? The leaves, the tubers?
Beautiful gardens and solarium! I like to let my hens out of their run about an hour before dusk whilst I putter about the garden, they love the freedom to choose and to check out whatever I am cutting or digging. Then they put themselves to bed nicely as they love their roost area. If I have any reluctant to bed down, I use freeze dried black soldier fly grub and they come running! Thank you for sharing!
That's great timing indeed. I did that during my latest video released yesterday on growing fertility with biochar and chickens. They were out enjoying the backyard while I made biochar, and they just put themselves to bed before I was finished.
I would say all the food trials have as much value as enrichment as they do food source. Keeps the hens happy and stress free when they have new things so often.
Thank you, I so enjoyed seeing the many types of plants growing so beautifully in your food forest, especially showing us all the things you harvested just for your healthy flock of hens‼️ They’re definitely some happy girls, so soothing to watch.
Awesome vid, thanks for the info. Love your property.
If you spray paint your hardware cloth in the chicken run it will “disappear “
Oh la la. It is a joy to see you enjoying your chickens, but it has made me miss having birds and my garden so much (which is why I have not been watching your or other permaculture channels for the past 8 months). If we can travel home for vacation in September, I am going to look into planting some more bushes all over the (now obviously empty) chicken yard because yes, aerial predators we're always our biggest bane. The plants will have lots of time to get established in the next 3 yrs if the neglect doesn't kill them.😄
Nice. 3 years from now you will have a great little chicken forest.
A short piece of degenerating log attracts bugs really fast. I have several and move them a
Every few weeks rotating one at a time.
it looks like your chickens had their fill of feed soon before you tried to demonstrate their liking of weeds😊
Now that you love chickens... :) Your lawn will love geese. They surgically eat only grass and leave flowers and herbs and "weeds" as long as there is grass. it looks really nice, impossible to cut/mow any other way. Cave! when grass becomes less in autumn they will eat the leaves off the bushes and trees. they live completely off grass when there is, only need feed during the winter. and they don't scratch like chickens and don't hurt the woodchipbeds. and they are so calm. not crazy erratic like the chooks. wish I could Video comment with what it looks like when my viking chooks go "berserk". :)
no idea about sumach, sorry. I have found that they have very individual tastes and what their favourite is.
thank you for the video! lovely to see!
I'd love to add more animals. My limiting factor is space to place any shelters, habitat, etc. Also I would be weary of geese for pooping in a (relatively) small pond that we swim in. I know what they did to the small bay on the lake at my parents cottage, and that is 100x larger.
Sumac is a wonderful source of free food for all birds! In NC in the mountains, the birds counted on the Sumac in winter. I live in Florida now, and my chickens have sumac growing next to the cage. I am looking forward to seeing how they like them!
My dad hates Sumac. Always tells me to cut mine down. I love it. Food for the bees, birds, tea for me, berries (furry ones lol), and amazing source of coppiced wood for biochar. I love my staghorn sumac.
I've trained my chickens to know when I'm coming with food. When I have a cupful of grubs, handfuls of weeds, or other treats, I announce my approach with, "Chook, Chook!" They all put all their attention on me and run towards me. If I come to the run with no food I remain quiet. They mostly keep their attention on whatever had it before I arrived. Some exceptions.
I do the same LOL
Chickens are not smart enough to know what is safe for them to eat. That research is up to us.
Thanks for this video. Very nice. I thought my chickens had run away to Canada - they look just like yours! I let mine roam free but have to fence them out of some parts of the garden. Chickens are wonderful pets, helpful gardeners & good providers (eggs), but they eat everything, so you have to be careful when letting them free range. They are wonderful to have around.
Love your pond. I live in Michigan, so similar climate. Lots of good info ... THANK YOU!
Thanks for watching!
My 🐓 love Himalayan Balsam, it's edible for us aswell 👍
"...stuff that used to have a face..."🤣👍
Are they in that little run all the time, or do they get out? Some of them have feathers missing…if they don’t have mites, then they are picking on each other, which indicates boredom. Crowded spaces are inhumane and unhealthy. If they don’t free-range, chickens need a minimum of 10 sf of run space. You’re about 50sf short! 😢
They are out every day into the larger enclosure with the moveable white fencing. Their feathers were plucked out in the nursery where we bought them from. These were rescues. Thankfully all the girls are getting along here.
My chickens will not eat things that everyone says chickens love like marigolds, camomile, sorrel, mint, algae and comfrey. My chickens won't touch them. They love kale, tomatoes, meat and squash. What's up with my chicken's??
They are just living their best lives ❤️ 😆 🤣 😂
Your land is paradise 😮 Wow. I was amazed at your food forest, and your little micro pond, then seeing the big pond and the waterfall and all the gorgeous nature around it- Who did your landscaping?? 🌱🌞 I would really like to know. It's beautiful
The pond I needed to hire diggers, and someone to run the excavator for the rocks. But all the landscaping is all me 😀
The chickens are like "we're full"
Yeah 😆 🤣
It's cruel keeping them locked up in that small and boring area, especially when you have so much space. Build them a proper yard that they can move around in.
They get let out every day
Some chickens love honeyberries, other love mulberries and strawberries, other want blueberries. Some chicken love wild rocket.
I want to try Growing duck weed in middle pools. There is some growing on ponds not far away.
I might set a rabbit cage over the middle pools to feed the duck weed.
Damn spell check." Middle" pool should be Kidde Pool.
Oh goodness…. Egg shells and most of your kitchen scraps (that includes meat, fat, fruit, veg.) should be going in the hen yard. (Yes, you need a hen yard even after you build your chicken tractor, preferably with a compost pile or two in it. These girls need their exercise and mental stimulation.) Also, don’t clean out your deep litter until it warms up in spring. Just keep adding carbon. Leaf bags are definitely going to go to good use with these ladies. Check out Sean’s vid from this past winter when he had filled the cattle panel tunnel to half height with leaves, wood chips and food scraps.
Yeah he goes crazy and it's awesome. I was a little concerned about confined space dangers in his polytunnels, but he then made more venting.
Bio-char is only Biochar when it is inoculated with micro organisms otherwise it remains charcoal. I'm sure you must know that.
Indeed, if you watch my biochar videos I mention it quote a few times when discussing the science behind why it works.
Have you planted any Tagssate (Tree lucerne)? Great for chickens, livestock and a nitrogen fixer too!
never heard of it!
If you have any sweet woodruff chickens love that.
They are truly a magnificent gang! They look so happy!! Definitely look like they are adapting and feeling at home 🏡🐔☺️
I grow purslane (Portulaca oleracea) as a good source of Omega-3 for the family and I’ve read that chickens like it. I also grow patches of purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) as both a food source in spring and as a herbal remedy and read that chickens like to eat it also.
We plan to get several chickens this year and hope to free range them or at the least provide them with a large enclosure and healthy food sources from our land.
I hope those chickens are let out during the day. The run is way too small for that many chickens. Sooner or later the lead hen will not allow one or some hens to come out of the coop because of crowding.
Absolutely. This run that you are seeing is only the night-time run. They are let out into an extended run for the day, which you may find in other videos. The extended run is about 50 times larger than this run, and I'm going to try to expand it more next year, as I plant more plants for them to hide under.
Thanks so much! Careful if you go free range. They can munch so much that it'll be the last generation of their favorites plus of course you need to protect crops.
Keith - I like @EdibleAcres idea. We use spent vegetable stalks and fruit tree summer prunings (high auxin content) as the soil protector. and pour our more sloppy chicken food overtop. The insects like the brassica stalk to perch and then get pecked since they are stinky. SOO FUN! Frozen zucchini is their favorite on hot days. I like to get a shot of apple cider or other natural vinegar and add yarrow/nettle/, marshmallow to the cider - I then add this to their water. They give me the most gorgeous eggs when I Igive them the apple cider shot.
Apple cider vinegar is probably unneeded if you give them fermented/spent/old tomatoes and those nice polysaccharides in the Jerusalem artichokes.
My blue heeler cannot get enough sunflower leaves.
Chickens if not stressed are great at avoiding self-poisonings Avoid overly siliceous grasses with long fibers - tends to encourage sour crop since the fibers get stuck in the crop and keep it from closing properly and irritate the duodenum-esque openings.
Thanks so much for all the comments. I love getting feedback from super experienced people!
Hang a Japanese beatle trap lure, no bag, high in the chickens run so the chickens can't get it to draw the beatles to the chickens.
That's a great idea!
I think chickens like to dust bathe......how can they do this on the deep litter method?❤❤❤
Under the coop we keep it just dirt
My chickens eat the extra water hyacinth.
Why such a small run for so many chickens?
They aren't in there much.
I typically try out different types of foods on the chickens I don’t really want around. If they live, it’s safe to give to all my chickens. Works out well mostly all the time 😂
My parents chickens absolutely love boiled vegetable peelings
We are cutting the tall grass (hay) slowly around our place and drying for winter. They love the grass seed!! Anything in your garden that goes to seed (sunflowers, grasses etc) you can keep for winter.
My hens' favorite thing ever is blueberries. They ignore raspberries (and I have a few of the same breeds as you!) They ate my mint plant to the ground when their movable fencing included that area. Also they love watermelon rinds although that is not something you could grow in Canada. Spaghetti squash rinds and seeds, kale leaves, beet skins. Anything they don't eat attracts bugs which they will eat. Win-win. Some people put their compost piles where their chickens can scratch around in them and add manure.
I find the algae on our pond usually has tiny snails in it, or maybe insects. The chickens will eat those and get a bunch of the calcium they need.
Same here
Do you ever let them out. Their run is very small for all those chickens
They are only in there to sleep, and about an hour before the coop door closes. They are out in a bigger area most of the day.
Chicken TV!
Our chickens love spinach, kale, all berries, oregano, lemon balm, parsley, cilantro, milo, millet, amaranth, apples, watermelon, and so on. Cracklins and leftover meat bits. Ground mesquite bean pods. They're spoiled.
I think I have everything there except for millet. I should plant some!
Mine love Kochia, a weed found all over the inter mountain and Rocky Mountain west ( likely Canadian west, too). It’s gnarly when it matures and becomes tumbleweed but even now, into August, the leaves are a delicacy to my hens. They also love dandelion leaves all season long. Mustard leaves are a favorite and young cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum) leaves are a favorite as well. Keep your cheatgrass mowed and you’ll have young leaves until Sept. They also like curly dock (Rumex sp?). For some reason mine don’t cherish comfrey. Really- don’t have clue as to why. These all grow wild in the disturbed areas around my place. It was once a “horse property”. Nuff said. Make use of your weeds when you can!
For sure, it's all free food! And really healthy.
Start a worm farm for them and your garden. Also, you should look into getting ducks. They're perfect for your setup, they'll eat bugs, but not plants, like chickens do.
Here are some general space guidelines for your chicken coop and the chicken coop enclosure or run: Standard Breed Chickens: 4 square feet of coop space per bird; 8 square feet of run space per bird. Standard Heavy Breed Chickens: 8 square feet of coop space per bird; 15 square feet of run space per bird.
Speaking of japanesse beetles, I put the bait right in the chicken run and threw the trap away. Solved a pest problem, and the chicken food delivered itself.
If you fill your frozen produce bags with enough water to eliminate any air pockets you can avoid freezer burning.
I hope you're giving your chickens more space as they need more space with green habitat and they would need no food at all...
Oh they get tons of space. This is just their Fort Knox for night time. They have access to almost 4 acres.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy wow, 4acers lucky chickens and when I saw this video I did not realise that this was an older version ....and yes safety or extra safety very important for the animals which are on everyone else's menu's.....lol
Love your garden hope I'll get to one one day great job God bless you
I have to ask,Why not let your chicken's out?
I do, all the time :)
Could algea be frozen for feeding in the winter
Yes absolutely
Chickens also love clover and alfalfa.
Use red coffee cans they will run fly to you.Feed them at night,before dark they'll come running into their pen.
Beautiful pond.
Thank you 😊
Don’t look interested in any off that food
They get it offered a lot. In fact, they were just outside in the anger run and had free browse for the morning, so they were largely already satiated.
I wish the whole world looked as healthy as your property.
One concern, would the cyanide in raw elderberries be bad?
It's a big of an overexaggeration. There is very little in there. I read in a paper somewhere that the amount in a pound of them is equal to what is in a single apple seed.
I wouldn't make a habit of it, but the odd browse here and there is fine.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy a bit here and there probably ok. Elderberries shouldn’t be eaten in large quantities raw by humans. Once cooked they are fine.
Oh, yes, if you go down the RUclips chicken tractor hole, you'll be gone for the day :) or week... :)
We have Japanese Beetle traps and we empty them every day throughout the summer. They go gaga over them! And they’re free!!!
Oregano is good as antibiotics for repertory, dandelion for calcium
Chicken's don't leave,they stick around the house for safety.
Looking for a man who talks to all creatures and has studied nature. But I think they are already taken!