Tina's Garden
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 11:43 am
Tina has downsized the chickens due to the high volume of eggs they were producing, and the fact she couldn't free range due to the yotes. She put up an add on Craigslist, and they were gone in less than two days, a couple drove up from Texas and took them all. 30 adults and some chicks. She kept a half dozen chicks she had just bought and two hens and a favorite rooster. In a few months we will have just enough to keep US in eggs. Before she got RID of the flock, she was getting between fifteen and twenty eggs a day and couldn't give them away. At one point we had twenty dozen eggs in the fridge.
So, what to do with the coop and run? She halved the size of the coop and put the few chickens in that, and uses the rest of the coop area for tool storage in the pasture. The run? Hmmm? What to do.... Garden!
The soil would be fertile, the covered run is in the shade MOST of the day, so... she planted the garden in the old chicken run. No deer or critters could get to the plants and even the birds were banned. The GARDEN is going great. I think it's growing so well trying to get away from the chicken poo....
So, what to do with the coop and run? She halved the size of the coop and put the few chickens in that, and uses the rest of the coop area for tool storage in the pasture. The run? Hmmm? What to do.... Garden!
The soil would be fertile, the covered run is in the shade MOST of the day, so... she planted the garden in the old chicken run. No deer or critters could get to the plants and even the birds were banned. The GARDEN is going great. I think it's growing so well trying to get away from the chicken poo....