1stop Organic Gardening

A few days ago we were given a new rooster. He’s gorgeous and is a big hit with my girls (the hens). Take a look at them here, scratching around free-ranging in a weedy part of our yard.

They have a run as part of where they are locked up at night, but they love to get into this part of the yard. I don’t weed it or grow anything here. It’s exclusively for the chooks to enjoy scratching around for grubs and other insects. Plus they get as much green feed as they want.

I usually let them in here about an hour or two before sunset. They have a good scratch out here and them put themselves to bed (roost) as the sun sets.

They are an integral part of my organic gardening system. But they can’t get into my organic vegetable garden beds. They would destroy them in just an hour or two. So I make sure they have their own area and the rest of the garden is well fenced off from their free-ranging area. Everyone’s happy

If you’re thinking about getting chickens, here’s some great info on poultry.

Happy Organic Gardening, Healthy Living…

Filed under: chickens on August 19th, 2008