Rural Gardening: Winter Treats for my Chickies, 0 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
We had a pretty big snow storm the last two days. Big for our area, I know it won't sound like much to those of you in more northern areas. Between16-18 inches at our house. My winter pen worked out pretty well. I had covered 2/3 of the pen hoping to provide a dry area and I had put down straw for them to pick thru and keep them out of the mud. I was given a straw bale so I am using that. I was thinking that if I get a bale of hay it will have more seed heads and give them something more to pick at. It's a small pen but there are only 3 of them. I went down yesterday and cleaned off the top. There was some slight drifting at the one corner so I piled the snow that came off the roof along that corner and kept it from drifting in anymore.
I had been picking the Brussels sprouts and the big leaves and tossing them in every couple of days and they have been cleaning them up. All the good suggestions you all have given me really helped. Sometimes I get baby carrots that get let too long in the fridge I was thinking if I ran them through the food processor that would shred them just about right for the Chickies.
Molamola, What all did you use your meal worms for? I had talked to a couple of birdwatchers last year that mentioned raising them in 5 gallon buckets to feed to bluebirds. That gave me the idea that I could raise some for the Chickies in the winter. I might give it a try after the holidays are over and things get back to normal.
Here is Sally and Henry,


This message was edited Dec 20, 2009 9:39 PM