Gardening with chickens
Subtitle: plans and plants for you and your hens
By: Lisa Steele
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780760350478
Subjects: Chickens; Gardening; Integrated agricultural systems
Description: If the title has you thinking of dressing your chickens in garden boots and gloves, think again! Steele gives you strategies for using your chickens to aerate and till the soil, and their waste products as compost. And did you know that feeding your chickens certain plants will result in orange egg yolks? Or that onions contain a toxin that, in excess, will destroy red blood cells and can cause death in hens? If you're thinking of combining chicken keeping with gardening, there are things you need to know!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started; title: The raised bed and beyond; title: Herbal feed supplement gardens; title: Edible gardening and your chickens; title: Creative gardens for chicken keepers; title: Composting; title: Landscaping your run.