We had a couple of parcel deliveries yesterday, one being from Green Harvest. I decided to order their "Clucker Tucker", along with some oca and a peruvian ground apple. This kit was complete with arrowroot, comfrey, pigeon pea, buckwheat, linseed, lucerne and clover.
I hope to use my very neglected patch to grow some of these foods for the chooks.
See ... full of weeds!
This area is facing east, so not too much sun is getting in there during the winter months. It's around 2m wide for the main part and 6m long. It then continues down along the fenceline, but is full of tree stumps and rubble from previous owners. ONE DAY ... I'll get that all looking nice.
Along the trellis is some passionfruit root stock which decided to spring up (not fruiting). Under that is our raspberry patch, and it's time to divide and conquer so as to gain more plants. Hopefully a job I can start again this coming weekend.
One last job needing to finish off is making our fake eggs for the laying box. We've saved 2 empty egg shells and just need to fill them with plaster of paris.
5 comments:
Clucker Tucker is a fantastic name! and your chooks are great looking birds! Hope they produce plenty of eggs on that good tucker.
Hi Alecat!
What a great post - lots of good info! I've just followed your link to Green Harvest and ordered myself a free catalogue. You've inspired me to grow a garden just for our chooks! That may mean they'll leave my sweet alice and lavendar alone - one can only hope! We do have a run for them, but there's something so lovely about looking out the window and seeing my 'girls' wandering about!
I look forward to reading more.
Melanie x
Glad you found it useful. :)
I like to have them wandering about the backyard too, especially when they'd have their dustbaths right near our big back window.
Um, can you please tell me why you are going to fill the eggs with plaster of paris? Is it so that the chooks know where to lay?
Blessings,
Jillian
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Hi Jillian,
The 'fake' eggs are so when the hens come in to lay they see where to lay. It must be an are deemed 'safe', so if eggs are already there, they'll be encouraged to use the laying box. Otherwise, we'll be going on regular egghunts.
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