The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Rosemary on January 14, 2014, 07:32:21 pm
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The bloke that does tree work for us from time to time gave us a load of Cypress bark chippings. They are fresh - and smell wonderful. There's quite a lot of green in them.
I was minded to put some in the gates to the poultry pens and on the wet bits round the hen houses (although it's dry now, I don't expect it to stay that way ::) ).
Would it be harmful to the hens? Inevitably they'll rake about in it and peck at it and I don't want them to get ill.
If it's OK, Duncan says he can get us any amount :)
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Mine are on Leylandii chippings and used to roam under my two specimen cypress trees at the front. The chippings were down for a good 6 months before the hens went out the back, but the cypress trees were just there and I never thought to check if they were Ok - they did make huge holes in the ground under them as it was so dry so I broke my ride on mower when I went into one.