Subject: Re: [permaculture] Wanna toy with a chicken coop/duck run/ veg
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 02 10:50:43 -0000
>The chickens and ducks fulfill very different functions. But since they
>live in the same house, is there a way to, say, get the ducks into an
>established planting off cabbages to clear the slugs w/o letting the
>chooks in as well. I havent' kept ducks so I'm not familiar with their
>habits.
The ducks will really enjoy a good feed of cabbages whiles they munch on
the slugs - you'd really need to monitor this carefully - could be you'd
only get damage on outer leaves but I'd be very cautious. Ducks enjoy
eating lots of greens, not only weeds but many vegies.
Robyn
Re: [permaculture] Wanna toy with a chicken coop/duck run/ veg,
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