Chickens as slug and pest control
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- Subject: Chickens as slug and pest control
- From: "* R* <f*@moran.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 12:13:48 -0700 (MST)
> We had geese in our home garden when I was a child. What they didn't kill
> by tearing at it with their sharp bills they ruined with their wild
> stomping. I think this is why duck and goose wallows around lakes are mud
> wallows. Chickens, now, chickens are better, provided you don't keep too
> many.
>
>
I'm trying Guinea hens this Spring (?!). I've been told that they don't
scratch like chickens do. I had chickens completely destroy a large stand
of Cypripedium acaule (Ladyslipper) orchids by scratching.
BTW, the stews were great.
Keith, zone 5 46F and the sun is shining. No reason to complain.
