I have had perpetual spinach in a pot all summer which I have been giving to the girls. I also have some in the veg plot. The pot is more difficult to harvest as it’s overcrowded and now the edges of the leaves have started to brown so I decided to put the pot in the run for the girls.
Who is going to be brave enough to approach the scary pot of spinach
The little girls are the first to peck at the spinach
Now it’s deemed safe for all to peck at
Dotty climbs on to the pot
Honey climbs on to the pot
I returned half an hour later to find it stripped
I then turned the pot out so that the girls could get at the roots.
That’s scary, we will stay safely behind the wire
The girl’s were reluctant to approach it so I stepped on it to squash it out of shape a bit.
Inspecting
Now the girls got stuck into scratching it
Another half hour later
When I returned it had all been scratched and all that was left were the stalks. I think the girls had a lot of fun with the pot of spinach.
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I laughed so much at these photos .. They are just great ! I am glad to have been of service .
Thank you Jackie for your comments and the spinach seeds you gave me, which have provided my girls with spinach all summer.
So you will be planting spinach next year I hope .
I will do and chard as well. I realize now that I pulled up my chard too soon as I hadn’t realized it would keep coming. In the past my spinach has always bolted and gone to seed, the perpetual spinach was much better plus I look at our veg plot with a chickens eye now!
This is such a great example of typical chicken behaviour. It made me laugh out loud!
I am so glad this seems to have given a laugh. You know chickens, they are so chicken! That’s why they make us laugh so much! They are such funny critters!