Feeding Chickens Black Soldier fly Larvae a new feeder

Have been looking at ways to boost the nutrition of the chooks at late & have come up with a few ideas like the Black soldier larvae farms... As you can see from the clip below they are a hit with the girls..


Another way is by increasing their greens intake.. At the moment they are getting grass clippings, grass from the neighbours yard & leafy greens from the patch.. Think its time they grow their own
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Living Green Chicken feeder..

Have been wanting to make one of these feeders up since a friend told me about them..
The concept is fairly basic, plant some chook fodder seeds under a chook proof cage so the greens can grow through for the chooks to feed on them without scratching them up..

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihv8hYsW09jY0awISM_TYkTEGo7Ianccq-d7X0CP-eY5Ud2J34YsxaTaGJUeLSiIT7a7ifQC3xbSbX5_JwnEec1boNfu2RX6iaza41AGersOpugtdaThp3ro_zpEifLpGxf5Q-uMr6SqU/s200/IMG_9895.JPG" width="200">So far I have made up the cage & installed it into the chook pen..
It is hinged so the mesh can be lifted easily & the soil worked or left to the chooks to scratch out between crops..


A hanging pot hook will be used to keep it from turning it into a chook trap : )»
I have some wheat grain soaking over night so it can be sown out in the morning... Just thought it might give the seed a bit of a head start germinating..
A clip will be made once we have a bit of growth & the chooks are feeding from it..


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Have a great one All...
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