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Chickens and Vermiculite
I see a lot of you have chickens out there, I was wondering, does anyone else have problems with the chickens picking out the vermiculite from Mel's Mix? I figure I'll have to build sturdy 4x4 chicken-wire fences to keep them out, unless someone else has any bright ideas.
jdwheeler42- Posts : 14
Join date : 2012-03-26
Location : Slippery Rock, PA
Re: Chickens and Vermiculite
Yes! My chickens are allowed in the garden during winter/early spring, and three of my beds look like they have almost no vermiculite. I purchased a bag of perlite last week to add to those beds that are lacking now. There is a visable difference between the garden beds.
The beds with overwintering onions, garlic and kale are never disturbed but the empty beds seem to be the ones that were stripped. As a side note, I usually cover the beds with plastic for winter and I did not this year. I figured that I failed to protect the boxes from the chickens AND weed seeds blowing in.
My beds are 12" tall and a few of them have short (dollar store) fencing panels placed on the inside edge that I use for pea/bean/ plant containment and that helps to keep the chickens out of them.
The beds with overwintering onions, garlic and kale are never disturbed but the empty beds seem to be the ones that were stripped. As a side note, I usually cover the beds with plastic for winter and I did not this year. I figured that I failed to protect the boxes from the chickens AND weed seeds blowing in.
My beds are 12" tall and a few of them have short (dollar store) fencing panels placed on the inside edge that I use for pea/bean/ plant containment and that helps to keep the chickens out of them.
happycamper- Posts : 304
Join date : 2010-05-26
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