On Monday I went with my friend Jackie to the allotments and we collected some greens for our girls. Every day this week they have been enjoying the lettuce that had gone to seed, chard and dandelion leaves. I have been saving the cabbage until last as I felt it would keep the longest.
This morning I gave the girls a couple of cabbages. I wasn’t sure if they would be too hard for the girls but they love them. I think because they are quite solid it makes it easier for them to keep pecking at them than loose leaves. The cabbage stays put while they peck at the outer leaves.
Peaches and Barley peck at the cabbage
These two girls are always together
Two little combs together
Later in the day the cabbage is disappearing
This has kept them entertained all day today and will continue to entertain them tomorrow too and I still have one large cabbage left. Nothing from the allotments gets wasted with our chickens to hoover up the greens.
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I’m glad they enjoyed them . Nothing gets wasted here either.
As you know other allotmenteers know we have chickens and there is always their left overs as well.
There is more where they came from ..on a dry day .
It’s supposed to be dry after today. It’s pretty horrible right now though.