Chicken Food Tower

[ChloeandTate]

I would like to share with you about my wild flower patch, which is an important element of this idea. To attract more pollinators, I bought some mixed flowers seeds last year, but the performance was bad because, directly sawing them to the ground is almost a gamble, even I did that during rainy day.

This year I thought about the seed bomb idea, so I mixed the seeds with compost first

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and applied a 5cm layer directly on the ground
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covered with whatever chicken scratched and their poo as an insulation layer (from low temperature in early spring, said March, and birds), also keeps the moisture as possible.

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It worked. Compared with what I did last year, this year so many successfully germinated.
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And they grow well. The first wave is in fact the Brassica campestris with yellow flowers, those purple flowers are the second wave - Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope)
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Then I tried few more patches, these two are slower planted, so Brassica campestris are still blossoming when I took the photos.
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Now is the third wave flowers coming for the wild flower patches - sun flowers, borage/star flowers, to give them proper space to grow, I pulled all the Brassica campestris (yellow flower ones) and gave them to the chickens for food+fun.

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Therefore, I am really excited about the idea to make it vertical

Hello love this seed bomb idea, how do you make them please?

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Hey @Phaedra Geiermann !

I know this thread started a while ago, but I'm super curious if there have been any other updates or thoughts on your food tower project (or similar ideas)? I loved reading and seeing your amazing pics!

 

[Ks Backyard Girls]

This all seems great but I don’t understand how the chickens will be able to munch on the greens at the top??? Don’t see anything growing out the sides……would love to try this and will definitely follow!