Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[quickcluck]

I have some that need to be cut off now, can the girls have them to peck at? I assume that if they were charging around the garden they would help themselves, but thought I would just check.....

 

My last question was about melon seeds and after much advice discovered that they lurve them!

[jomaxsmith]

They are a bit high in fat to let them have loads, I would ration them to a few seeds every now and again!

 

My sunflowers are about 8 inches high and no sign of flowering yet - what's your secret?

 

Jo

[quickcluck]

think I am just lucky... did start them off inside for a change this year though so maybe thats it!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

My sunflowers are about 8 inches high and no sign of flowering yet

 

Show them this which I took on holiday in Italy - it might inspire them .

 

[quickcluck]

oh how beautiful...

[stoice]

Oh quickcluck, I'm glad someone else has sunflowers. Was going to post this in self sufficient section but... This year is the first time the slugs didn't gobble them all up so they all flowered and are just 'going over'. Do you cut them, keeping them dry, for the seeds to develop or do you let them develop on the plant and take your chances against the wild birds?

[quickcluck]

I tend to do a bit of both depending on whether they are in the way!! But this year as I have chooks thought they might like a look in, but maybe not if they are too high in fat...... will have to stick to melon seeds and sweetcorn

[Chicken Licken]

Mine only eat them if the seeds are peeled. On its own, they ignore the sunflower head

[cluckbok]

We have 2 sunflowers, only just budding at the moment. They are in pots outside but OH was wondering whether to plant them in the ground as he think they would do better. They are quite tall, the chooks wouldn't be able to eat the buds but I wonder whether they would destroy the leaves?

 

Anyway else had experience of chooks eating sunflower leaves?

[quickcluck]

definately put in the ground and they will whizz up!!

[cluckbok]

Right then, will do that thanks.