The pot of mint I put in for the chickens has lasted a week, so not too bad. It’s time to change it for the next pot and cut down the stalks so that it can regrow.
In a week, the mint has been thoroughly stripped
The parsley is making a comeback but I will leave it a while to get established. The nasturtiums are also regrowing nicely and I will put the pot back in soon.
The parsley is coming back
The nasturtiums are recovering
I used the twelfth and final tray of grass yesterday and today put the first one back in as it had grown back. This is working well to give them one fresh tray of grass each day in a continuous cycle. I am quite pleased at being able to give them some fresh greenery to peck at each day. I have tried giving them some lettuce but they don’t seem interested if it’s not growing. I am sure as they grow up they will eventually accept loose greens. I am also growing a couple of pots of lettuce for them, which I will put in when they have got to a decent size. I am growing a row of lettuce in the veg plot for us and these were a couple of spares.
Bluebell and Pepper climb aboard
I am not sure how long this pot of mint will last.
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Oh, I’ll have to try mint. My girls never showed interest before. I’m always looking for things that they won’t just devour in a nano second.
I’m off to go work in the run.
I read that chickens will eat all herbs and that they are good for them. I have found that the leaves on the sage bush are too tough for them (at the moment anyway) but everything else they have liked so far. You are right though, some things go in an instant.