Luckily we had some "helpers". One in human form:
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The other in our resident chicken, who we've named "Shaz-Licken":
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We have no idea where he came from, but he's been hanging around our front door at random intervals over the last week and a bit.
Once we had topped up our garden beds with compost mix, we planted our seedlings, using the *not so secret* formula below:
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1. Make a hole and drop in some clean egg shells
2. Add a couple of spoon fulls of fertiliser
3. Pop in your seedling pot, including the newspaper and the twine
4. Cover the pot with dirt and give a good water.
Unfortunately not all of our seedlings survived, but instead of raising more I just threw a couple of handfuls of various seeds into the two remaining garden beds.
Guess we'll see what happens.
Nawww, she looks like our old chickens <3 Has she left any surprise eggs?
ReplyDeleteNope...no such luck :( If she starts leaving eggs, I might let her come live with us ;
DeleteYou should get some pellets and make a nesting box with some straw...might encourage her :)
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