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greentree
Joined: 08 Jun 2007
Posts: 157
Location: Wicklow - Ireland
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: Food for hens |
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Does anyone grow their own veggies for their hens?
Mine love mashed potato and freshly picked peas. Any other ideas??!
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kated
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Posts: 1740
Location: norfolk
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Mine especially appreciate cabbage in the winter. When you are weeding, they love chickweed (of course  ) sow thistle and going to seed grass. |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
Posts: 2380
Location: South Cumbria
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same as Kate but I grow perpetual spinach for them and they are not adverse to helping themselves,
I buy dark green cabbage for mine and serve it in a wire hanging basket to keep them amused !  |
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greentree
Joined: 08 Jun 2007
Posts: 157
Location: Wicklow - Ireland
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Must try the spinach. I gave them lettuce before but they weren't interested.
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George
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
Posts: 5661
Location: London
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| you could always grow some maize they'd love that |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
Posts: 2067
Location: North Cornwall
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Mine get Swiss chard which they love, lettuce, slug bitten strawberries and after we have eaten the corn on the cobs I give them the middle bit to pick over. They like rasps and blackberries as well  |
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Loudmouth Schnook
Joined: 01 Nov 2005
Posts: 1594
Location: Back, Isle of Lewis
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Red hot pokers.  grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. |
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thandi
Joined: 07 Sep 2005
Posts: 215
Location: east sussex
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| mine love Curly Kale! |
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mojo
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 10189
Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
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| here most ruralpoultry keepers grow several rows of a plant called chicorie sauvage.......wild chicory..........it is a cut and come again plant for all round feeding greens |
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sasha.p
Joined: 04 Sep 2005
Posts: 472
Location: gwent
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| i did not grow our veg for our birds but they certainly are getting a good share of it they have had any veg that i have thought is undersized lots of leaves off cauliflowers and cabbages as i have been freezing it all they loved the radish greens tops im sure they will enjoy the brussel sprouts too once they are ready for harvesting |
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ChuckChuck
Joined: 23 Jun 2007
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Mine are really fussy when it comes to veg. They like boiled potatoe peelings occasionally. I gave them cabbage but they left it then ate the slugs that came to eat the cabbage lol
But cauliflower, well they can't get enough. |
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