Guest guest Posted May 25, 1999 Report Share Posted May 25, 1999 We have three chickens in our garden. They have a little house with a fenced area outside. There is no cock. Whenever I have something from the garden I throw it to them, it may be grassclippings, roots, turfs, anything organic. They eat what they like, snails, worms, grass, weeds and stir and mix everything. After some weeks I can go in with my fork and take out a nice mixture to put in a heap for composting. It´s been mixed with their "squirts" a little bit, so that´s good:) They also lay quite some eggs - we fry them outside on a bonfire on a pan and feed the "wild" cats that are hanging around our house. These chickens are quite nice, especially for our children who loves to feed them and take them around in the garden. These chickens are not frightened of us, my son Nandi, 6 yrs, can easily pick them up and hold them. Since we cannot have cows I thought we needed some source of animalmanure and this has so far (3 months) worked well. Hare Krishna your servant Trayimaya dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 1999 Report Share Posted May 26, 1999 Rabbits for that purpose of quickly reducing garden wastes to fertiliser is nice. Manure is a little more pleasant to handle and they are very nice for children. "COM: Trayimaya (das) HKS (Aarhus - DK)" wrote: > [Text 2346032 from COM] > > We have three chickens in our garden. They have a little house with a fenced > area outside. There is no cock. Whenever I have something from the garden I > throw it to them, it may be grassclippings, roots, turfs, anything organic. > They eat what they like, snails, worms, grass, weeds and stir and mix > everything. > After some weeks I can go in with my fork and take out a nice mixture to put > in a heap for composting. It´s been mixed with their "squirts" a little bit, > so that´s good:) > They also lay quite some eggs - we fry them outside on a bonfire on a pan > and feed the "wild" cats that are hanging around our house. > These chickens are quite nice, especially for our children who loves to feed > them and take them around in the garden. These chickens are not frightened > of us, my son Nandi, 6 yrs, can easily pick them up and hold them. > Since we cannot have cows I thought we needed some source of animalmanure > and this has so far (3 months) worked well. > > Hare Krishna > your servant Trayimaya dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 1999 Report Share Posted May 26, 1999 Rabbits for that purpose of quickly reducing garden wastes to fertiliser is nice. Manure is a little more pleasant to handle and they are very nice for children. "COM: Trayimaya (das) HKS (Aarhus - DK)" wrote: > [Text 2346032 from COM] > > We have three chickens in our garden. They have a little house with a fenced > area outside. There is no cock. Whenever I have something from the garden I > throw it to them, it may be grassclippings, roots, turfs, anything organic. > They eat what they like, snails, worms, grass, weeds and stir and mix > everything. > After some weeks I can go in with my fork and take out a nice mixture to put > in a heap for composting. It´s been mixed with their "squirts" a little bit, > so that´s good:) > They also lay quite some eggs - we fry them outside on a bonfire on a pan > and feed the "wild" cats that are hanging around our house. > These chickens are quite nice, especially for our children who loves to feed > them and take them around in the garden. These chickens are not frightened > of us, my son Nandi, 6 yrs, can easily pick them up and hold them. > Since we cannot have cows I thought we needed some source of animalmanure > and this has so far (3 months) worked well. > > Hare Krishna > your servant Trayimaya dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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