How to transform your backyard into a thriving chicken sanctuary
In short: Expert Jessamy Miller shares essential advice for keeping backyard chickens. This guide covers everything from building predator-proof coops to using chicken waste to nourish your garden and improve your own well-being.
Chicken expert Jessamy Miller suggests that keeping poultry can benefit both your mental health and your garden. To succeed, she recommends providing each bird with roughly 0.5m of space and ensuring the coop is fox-proof with a secure roof and a solid lip to prevent digging.
Effective care involves maintaining cross ventilation and offering environmental enrichment, such as a hanging feeder or a yogurt-smeared xylophone, to prevent boredom. For nutrition, a daily balanced meal of micro pellets supplemented with greens and scratch grains is ideal. Finally, you can repurpose old straw and greens from the coop as compost or mulch to support your vegetable patch.
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