Hello everyone - we have a chicken run which is divided into two, and
one of the halves is itself divided into two. The chickens have access
to the big area all the time (with straw on the ground), and one of the
smaller areas - but never both of the small areas at the same time. The
idea is that the plants in one area re-grow while the chickens cannot
access it.

Just leaving the natural plants to re-establish themselves does not
seem to be very effective, especially in the winter when things grow
slowly.

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Hello everyone - we have a chicken run which is divided into two, and
one of the halves is itself divided into two. The chickens have access
to the big area all the time (with straw on the ground), and one of the
smaller areas - but never both of the small areas at the same time. The
idea is that the plants in one area re-grow while the chickens cannot
access it.

Just leaving the natural plants to re-establish themselves does not
seem to be very effective, especially in the winter when things grow
slowly.

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Hello everyone - we have a chicken run which is divided into two, and
one of the halves is itself divided into two. The chickens have access
to the big area all the time (with straw on the ground), and one of the
smaller areas - but never both of the small areas at the same time. The
idea is that the plants in one area re-grow while the chickens cannot
access it.

Just leaving the natural plants to re-establish themselves does not
seem to be very effective, especially in the winter when things grow
slowly.

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Thanks.

Julian

Hello everyone - we have a chicken run which is divided into two, and
one of the halves is itself divided into two. The chickens have access
to the big area all the time (with straw on the ground), and one of the
smaller areas - but never both of the small areas at the same time. The
idea is that the plants in one area re-grow while the chickens cannot
access it.

Just leaving the natural plants to re-establish themselves does not
seem to be very effective, especially in the winter when things grow
slowly.

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Thanks.

Julian

Thanks for your help!

Regards, Julian

On 21 Jan, 16:08, "mcilroy_je" <mcilroy...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hello everyone - we have a chicken run which is divided into two, and
one of the halves is itself divided into two. The chickens have
access to the big area all the time (with straw on the ground), and
one of the smaller areas - but never both of the small areas at the
same time. The idea is that the plants in one area re-grow while the
chickens cannot access it.

Just leaving the natural plants to re-establish themselves does not
seem to be very effective, especially in the winter when things grow
slowly.

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Thanks.

Julian

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Thanks.

Julian

While not even close to what you were looking into I have been following

Hi Ginny,
You have to keep the meal worms in the fridge to stop them turning into
beetles.
I think I'll try some of the large ones out on my GF chicks. I hope to

Hows things going up there .
Take care Peggy

mcilroy_je wrote:

Does anyone have suggestions of what I might plant? It needs to be
nutritious, liked by chickens, fast growing and cheap. I am in Kent,
south east England with a mild climate and very fertile soil.

Thanks.

Julian

While not even close to what you were looking into I have been following
posts on another group about mealworms as a food source for poultry, not
by itself but as a nutritious addition to their current diet of grain
and greens.

I purchased a little batch from the pet shop to give it a go and a bag
of bran and have set them up in a couple of plastic containers in the
garage under the house.

Has anyone else had experience with them? The little
worms/grubs/caterpillars eat grain based food ie bran, pupate then hatch
into a beetle. At present the grubs are between 15-25mm (up to 1 inch)
long, look a little hairy and a honey colour. I have left some separate
to continue on their full lifecycle but I think the chicks will just
love them. They fill the criteria of being fast growing, cheap and easy
to raise.

--
Ginny - in West Australia

When you see the sun rise, remember,
it's a good day - you're still alive!

I did not have a good new year
as my step mum passed away .. My dad did not tell me she had cancer
so I had to put 1&1together and pull a few strings with my cousin to
find out what she was in hospital and died from

Peggy wrote:
Hi Ginny,
You have to keep the meal worms in the fridge to stop them turning into
beetles.
I think I'll try some of the large ones out on my GF chicks. I hope to
keep some to beetle stage and start all over again.

Hows things going up there .
Take care Peggy

Pretty good thanks Peggy. Hope you had a safe and enjoyable Christmas
and New Year. What have you been up to this month? And how are the dams
holding out? Did you get any of the rain from the last couple of cold
fronts?

We have had fires from lightning strikes for the last two days, and
probably again this afternoon. Some large fires, some just inaccessable.
Hubby left 9pm two nights ago and only got home 6pm last night - and
slept for all of two hours before the next storm hit with more lightning
strikes. At least we had 4ml of rain so no immediate danger so he went
back to bed about 10pm. Hot again today and really windy and I've been
patrolling the verandahs for signs of smoke from last nights strikes.
Nothing so far thank goodness.

What a way to spend the long weekend holiday. LOL
Take care down there.

--
Ginny - in West Australia

When you see the sun rise, remember,
it's a good day - you're still alive!

Good to hear your safe. Not good for the live stock..Our soak is pritty low
and pritty salty now. I am lucky with water as I am on sceam ..Our hay is
going fast though.. I did not have a good new year as my step mum passed
away .. My dad did not tell me she had cancer so I had to put 1&1together
and pull a few strings with my cousin to find out what she was in hospital
and died from.. no fires here as yet . we got little rain last cold front
but not much..
Take care
Peggy

Sorry to hear your sad news about your step mum. Our thoughts and

Peggy wrote:
Good to hear your safe. Not good for the live stock..Our soak is pritty
low
and pritty salty now. I am lucky with water as I am on sceam ..Our hay
is
going fast though.. I did not have a good new year as my step mum passed
away .. My dad did not tell me she had cancer so I had to put
1&1together
and pull a few strings with my cousin to find out what she was in
hospital
and died from.. no fires here as yet . we got little rain last cold
front
but not much..
Take care
Peggy

Sorry to hear your sad news about your step mum. Our thoughts and
prayers are with you and I hope the year improves for you.

Hope your soak holds out for the rest of summer, which looks like a
looong one ahead. Hay is really scarce up here too although we have
enough for the time being. Thunderstorms have given us another couple of
mls and two more fires this arvo so keeping us busy.

Take care


--
Ginny - in West Australia

verba volant, scripta manent
"words fly away, writings remain"