Straw in the run was a disaster for me because the hens consumed it and had both impacted and sour crops. I am going to try the leaves, sticks, and weed, hopefully with grass thrown in.
A french drain is an interesting thought. We had one on our house, but it is attached to two sump pumps. WE...
I admire your resourcefulness! But I wonder about the car emissions and if there is any research done on if they affect the roadside vegetation. :oops: Where we are, even on the verges of "rural" areas, there is a lot, A LOT, of traffic. Does anyone have info on this???
I will have to look into this, but I've had soil delivered for my garden and it was pretty pricey. Also, that would be mud when it rained. I am going to try Litter Life. I ordered it yesterday. :fl Once that is down, I will start adding whatever leaves/grass clippings/weeds that I can.
It sure seems that way. Yes the requirement for even 1 chicken was 5 acres until December 8, 2017!
In our township you can now have 8 chickens on an acre. I think that is because I told the board that I wanted to keep 8 because it looked like we were not going to get variance. We won by one...
I have my flock of 11 hens in an 8 x 8 resin shed that was bought to be the coop. It has an attached, predator proofed run that is approximately 30x30x8'tall. Half of the run is covered, half has a Welded wire roof. They also hae access to a large external run that has aviary netting over the...