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I have been raising chickens since I was 10 in a permaculture setting and I’m now 52….this is one of the best ideas I have ever seen. I’m going to start trying this, thank you.

I've been doing a similar thing the past two years. Here, in New Mexico's desert SW climate, grass is a rarity. I used plastic tubs last year and covered them with sturdy hardware cloth. This year, we built 4' X 4' short frames overlaid with 1/2" hardware cloth. Initially I used hardware cloth with only half the size openings, but the greens could not grow up through the tight mesh. Change made the difference. Now they eat it all the time. It runs down the middle if their run, so they have total access to the greens. I bought several pasture mixtures with high protein but drought tolerant mixes. I also supplement their diets with desert plants allowing them to show me which ones they favor.

Your chicken's are beautiful 😍 thanks for sharing.

Your 12 days of chickens is hilarious! They can be addictive for sure. I remember one year on our little farm out in the country I wanted to get a few breeds I'd never owned before. I started out with a few of this and a couple days later bought a few of that, within a few weeks I had some of every breed the hatchery offered. Some were good layers and heritage breeds that would be called dual purpose. I had batams, houdans,, silkies, and all sorts of feather legged breeds. Oh and I can't leave out the turkens or naked necks some call them. With each order from the particular hatchery I used they would gift me with a rare breed. I was chicken poor lol. Thankfully we had a huge coop and plenty of run and free range for them. Years later I scaled down the flock as the children were adults and leaving home to live their own lives. Born and raised on a farm myself I didn't stray to far from my roots, but two of my three children that were raised on a farm have no interest in it. The first born does keep chickens, ducks and turkeys and is interested in gardening, like his mom. Their dad was never a gardener nor was he interested in chickens. His hobby was horses but he was willing to raise pigs and a steer for the freezer. Isn't it strange we don't find out all these differences before we get married?

Cute looking Chickens

Their cooing is soothing to me. Makes me giggle a little. Thank you for the great ideas! We're setting up the house and the run next week...plenty of ventilation, promise. :) God bless.

I bet when the hens in the egg processing plants go to sleep and dream they dream of being a chicken in your garden. Your chickens have the most awesome life. They have all the luxuries a chicken could possibly want other than sitting in the living room with you and fighting over who can sit the closest.😁

I've been giving my chickens my cauliflower greens and they love them! thank you for all your lovely videos!

This is exactly what I was looking for!

well done

I love thiiis idea. Thank You

I just love hearing chickens “talk”. Too cute!

What a brilliant idea! Again, this is something that can be made with scrap wood and left over chicken wire plus a little bit of sturdier wire for the top, something easy enough to buy in a small roll. I love the comfrey idea too. I'm definitely going to have to do this as we're not going to be able to let them out of their run as much as we used to at our previous house due to the nature and amount of predators here.

I love this idea and have been thinking of doing the same. I like the version you have. Your girls are so well behaved. Mine would have had a feeding frenzy!! They grab and go! No matter how much I bring they act as if that is the first time I bring them stuff!! Lol

Hi from Ireland im getting my new chickens next week so im really a beginner . I cant free range them unfortunately due to predators. This is a fabulous idea thank you love your channel just found it 😍😍😍😍

Yes I’m free ranging them and they peck a lot of grass and and they reduce my job to mow… but in the long dry season, my lawn is got rid from the chickens🤓 what a good idea you have it!

Such a pretty flock!

A more simple solution is old pallets, pull off a few boards from the middle front and back, cover with chicken wire or hard wire mesh. Sow seeds of their favorite greens and watch them peck what grows up through the wire without destroying the plants.

Years ago a neighbor gave me five or six meat chickens, and my Mom had a lot of rocks in her yard. I would let them out and then I would go and turn over the rocks to find the worms for them. What a blast. Lol. They learned immediately to come when I called them, and watching the little butterballs run to come get the worms was hilarious. Lol. They are much smarter than people think!