On Mar 9, 12:45 pm, E Gregory <uep...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Susan,
> My setup is alot like yours. Here's a bit of hentertainment that I
> learned by accident. I was using old plastic bread crates to put my
> waterers on. After a while of sitting in one place some of the wheat
> from the chicken scratch started to sprout under the crate. So now I
> move the crates to allow the chickens to eat the sprouted wheat and
> scratch for worms, seems to be quite alot of worms under the crate too.
> You could build something out of wood and hardware cloth, about 3
> feet by 3 feet by 6-8 inches high which would work just as well. Hope
> this makes sense. I've also thought I might fence off a different bit
> of the enclosure for a couple of weeks at the time to exclude the hens,
> and let the greens start to sprout. Hope this makes sense and that your
> hens enjoy!
Awesome! And, yes, it made sense even to me, so it MUST have been
clearly explained :)
- Susan
