SHTF Militia — DIY Grass Beds / Feeders For Chickens
July 31, 2010 Seed Bird Feeder
www.shtfmilitia.com DIY Grass Beds / Feeders For Chickens by Johnny How to make grass beds for chickens, I am not sure how this will work out it is just something I have wanted to try for a very long time. Materials: Chafing Pans Stucco wire or gutter screen zip ties or tying wire grass seed or sod and your soil of choice (we used top soil and peat moss) Optional – Use an under the bed container as a green house to stimulate the grass growth. Tools: Something sharp to poke holes (we used a GIG and leather man scissors) Scissors or wire cutters (depends on if your using plastic or metal screen) Small shovel or your hands Basically what we are doing is taking a chaffing pan poking some holes in it and adding some peat moss and topsoil in then mixing in grass seed. Then we cover the top with some simple plastic or metal stucco wire or gutter screen and zip tying into place. Then we placed in an under the bed container that we flipped up-side down to make a small green house. The idea behind this is to make a couple of them and rotate them with the chickens so when they eat one you can replace it with another while the other one grows back. The screen is to try to prevent them from killing the whole grass roots by keeping a buffer zone between the chickens and the grass. www.shtfmilitia.com
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good Idea! thanks