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YOUR OWN POULTRY AND ANIMAL FORAGE
It is to your advantage to grow some food for the chooks as this will reduce feed bills and also provide the chickens with a healthy, varied diet. The chickens will be happier provided with both shade and entertainment. Combine poultry forages with your orchard by simply placing extra plants for chicken forage in amongst the fruit trees. The orchard will need to be well established before the chooks are allowed to free range to prevent damage to young trees. A continuous groundcover should always present, if the ground is being completely bared, then you have too many chooks for the area. In urban areas where space is limited then plant your chook forages in the chicken run, but give protection from the chooks and their continuous scratching. Scattering logs, concrete pavers or rocks across the top of the root zones will help prevent the roots being damaged by constant scratching. Alternatively you can fence off part of the run to allow time for plants to establish. A chook system with multiple runs will allow you to cycle crops of greens for the chickens, in rotation. More information........
Not to WA and TAS
Clucker Tucker™ is a
hardy mix of all-important greens to keep your
chooks healthy. Includes barrel medic, bok choy,
buckwheat, forage chicory, clover, cocksfoot,
linseed, lucerne, millet, forage plantain,
silverbeet, subclover and sunflower. Most have
vigorous root systems that will quickly regrow
leaves that are cut or eaten. Clucker Tucker™
is a
blend of annual and perennial plants, many of which
will self-sow. In a forage area, seed can be
broadcast; the chooks will need to be kept off the
area for the plants to establish. After they have
grazed it down, the chooks should be taken off to
allow it to reshoot. Where space is limited, grow it
in
seedling trays and then place in the chook run
or bird cage once grown. In a pasture, used as a
'herbal ley' it is a healthy addition for grazing
animals.
In temperate areas sow
March - May or August -
October.
In subtropical areas sow
August - September or May - July. In tropical areas
sow April - August.
Broadcast seed 2 - 3g/m2
in a forage area. In a seedling tray use 1 - 2g per
seedling tray.
SC329 30g $3.50
SC330 250g $8.50
SC331 1kg $25.00
Cichorium intybus
Not to WA
Chicory ‘Puna II’ is a
broadleaf, perennial forage herb providing highly
nutritious feed to grazing animals and poultry. It
has a thick, deep taproot capable of breaking up
compacted soils and cycling nutrients from the
subsoil. As an improved pasture it combines well
with other grasses and clovers and should be
rotationally grazed from spring to late autumn. It
is hardy, pest and disease resistant and drought
tolerant.
SC351 25g $4.50
SC352 250g $15.00
Cajanus cajan
Pigeon Pea is an excellent chicken forage for warmer areas, providing high protein seeds, edible leafy greens and shelter. It is a perennial, nitrogen-fixing, drought tolerant shrub to 2 – 3 m. It is also useful for on-site mulch production and is an excellent animal forage. It is an important food plant in India; the seeds are 25% protein and can be eaten fresh or as split dried peas. The dried seeds are used for dhal in India and contain 5 times more Vitamin A and C than green peas. The leaves and young shoots can be eaten cooked, they are fibrous and have a strong spicy odour. Sow spring and summer into warm soil; autumn in frost-free areas only. Suitable for (warm) temperate, subtropical and tropical areas. More information .....
SP123 30 seeds $3.50 Inoculant provided
Sunflower 'Sunbird'
Organically
certified in conversion
Sunbird produces a large, grey-striped sunflower seed which is excellent as human food or poultry forage. The flowers add joy to a summer garden, attract colourful king parrots and the flower petals are edible. The tall plants provide support for climbing beans and are useful as a summer windbreak. Sunflowers are a must for a child's garden, the sheer size of the plants and the way the flowers follow the sun are intriguing for kids. Sunbird is both drought tolerant and disease resistant.
SS200 25g $3.50
SS207 250g $7.50
SS199 1kg $18.00
Chamaecytisus proliferus
Tagasaste is a very useful chicken forage for Mediterranean (dry summer) areas. It is a shrubby, frost and drought tolerant small tree to 5 m, with fragrant white flowers. It is useful for windbreaks and fire retardant hedges; salt and wind tolerant. It is an excellent high protein animal forage. Sow spring and summer. Suitable for temperate areas only.
ST100 50+ seeds $3.50 Inoculant provided
ST101 25g (approx. 1100 seeds) $11.00 Inoculant provided
ST131 100g $28.00 Inoculant provided
Other useful forage plants for chickens can be found in the online shop:
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