Kitchen Garden

ALL-YEAR HARVESTS FOR YOUR HENS

A familiar pastime for some, growing and gardening among chickens has a wide variety of benefits. Surplus crops are never wasted and, in return, you are rewarded with fresh eggs and a great pile of compostable muck. Apart from Layers Pellets and the odd handful of corn then, what can we be feeding our feathered friends all year round?

VEGETABLES

Growing lettuce in succession lowers the bill when it comes to keeping chickens. Seed is low cost, germination is fast and a large lettuce a day can supplement their

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