I built my three hens a little addition to the chicken run to use up some of the scrap hard wire cloth and lumber I had floating around in the shed. It's a little 3'x3' pen that I can open up for their snacking pleasure.
I have two points of access- the closest side in the photo below can be completely removed so I can muck it out / add more grass / whatever.
I threw in some grass seed that I had on hand and it's just starting to take off.
I'll let them have access to it for an hour or so a day, once the grass is filled in and jungle-y.
My hope with this addition is to increase the nutritional value and production of the eggs that my hens provide. I have no idea if it'll help or not, but I bet they'll have a blast destroying it. :)
so... it's a buffet salad bar then? :D
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Haha, exactly! I should make a little sign for it. :)
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