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Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
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Author:  Doolan [ Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
Hello..in two weeks we are undergoing about three months of extensive renovations...my five hens are used to being out free ranging several hours each day but during the renos, i dont want to risk them getting hurt or being affected by dust and asbestos etc..the builder assures me that as long as we wet down during demolition it should be fine......i am not taking any risks..

My question is, for entertainment and extra scratching in their pen, i would like to know if I can spread prunings from the neighbours and friends plants provided, like me, they do not spray......things like natives and grasses....i do know some plants are poisonous but the girls will be driven to distraction without their usual fossicking and bug catching.....is there a bale of something other than straw and sugar cane mulch that stops boredom....

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Author:  Hens and Hobbits [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
Cabbage Head
Bunch of Silverbeet, Slpinch, or Kale(Tuscan Cabbage) Hanging
Giant Chook Seed Bell if you can't buy one make one from free rang mix, just good bird seed bell for the recipe and instructions

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Author:  Doolan [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
Oh Sorry H and H...i have big vege garden...sort of meant garden prunings......to spread over the ground to encourage bugs and beetles etc,,,...i will however make a big seed bell..thanks for that ideaas I bought some horrid scratch mix when Red Hen was out of stock......i also plant the scratch mix in pots to see what sprouts..they love that.

I guess i will google poisonous plants and avoid those..got heaps of bamboo...and lili pilli xx
Author:  PlushChicks [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:08 pm ]
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My coop has 2 large orange trees and the girls love them even sleep in them some times but I found they do attract lots of bugs the girls eat
Author:  Doolan [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:49 pm ]
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There is a lemon tree in coop now ..orange would be fabulous....xxxxx i know oleander is poisonous so will avoid that xx
Author:  Hens and Hobbits [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:05 pm ]
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Here's a fact sheet on seed bells

http://www.abc.net.au/creaturefeatures/ ... edbell.htm
Author:  Doolan [ Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
Oooooh fabulous..love the part about getting a grown up to help.....xx thanks...going to do it tomorrow xxxxxx
Author:  Hens and Hobbits [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:58 am ]
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Doolan wrote:
Oooooh fabulous..love the part about getting a grown up to help.....xx thanks...going to do it tomorrow xxxxxx


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Author:  PlushChicks [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice neede re: vegetation for pens
I used orange trees because we eat more than lemons but a mandarine tree would also be great
Author:  Doolan [ Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:21 pm ]
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Yes,,,,love mandies...stripped the bamboo today and splashed that arround..they had a ball...might get a few bales of suger cane mulch too...xx
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