Chicken Seeds - Application
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Planting: Scatter the seeds across your chicken run or designated foraging area. Ensure even distribution to encourage uniform growth.
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Watering: Regular watering is essential to support seed germination and plant growth. Keep the area moist until the plants are well-established.
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Maintenance: Monitor the growth of the plants, and ensure that they are not overgrazed by your chickens. Trim and allow regrowth as needed to maintain a sustainable foraging environment.
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Harvest: Depending on your chicken flock size and the growth of the forage blend, you can allow your chickens to forage freely or harvest and feed the plants to them periodically.
PLANTING: Plant annually after danger of frost has passed. Caution: Flax can form prussic acid when exposed to frost so do not graze horses on this mix. Keep moist until germination (5-10 days) and then water regularly, depending on your soil type.
SOWING IN SOIL: Keep your birds away from the newly seeded area or they will eat the seed before it has a chance to germinate. When the mix is 2-5" tall turn the chickens loose on the planted area until they have eaten the grasses about half way down.
SOWING IN FLATS: For chickens that stay in runs, plant some Forage Blend in a 17" square flat. Add soil, sow thickly, follow the growing instructions above, then place the flat in the chicken run and let them eat it all up.