{"id":65,"date":"2023-07-20T23:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T23:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideahatching.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/control-pests-on-your-berry-farm-with-free-range-chickens\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T23:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T23:44:26","slug":"control-pests-on-your-berry-farm-with-free-range-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideahatching.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/control-pests-on-your-berry-farm-with-free-range-chickens\/","title":{"rendered":"Control pests on your berry farm with free range chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

introduction<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Poultry is a great addition to any backyard or farm. They can also be easy for pets to care for and provide you with delicious and nutritious eggs. They can help you grow a pesticide-free garden and blueberries. Their droppings will help fertilize your lawn. They have a voracious appetite for ticks, grasshoppers, mosquitoes, fleas, slugs, snails, and other pests.<\/p>\n

Here are seven considerations when using free-range chickens to help control pests on your berry farm and provide you with delicious eggs.<\/p>\n

1. Free game chickens should be fenced out of the garden as they scratch and tear up the garden. Chickens are more destructive in the garden than guinea fowl in this respect. But, when the gardening for the season is done, they work over the garden bed for the next season!<\/p>\n

2. Chickens can be used to patrol the fence that borders the garden and reduce the numbers of grasshoppers and other insects in the garden. This can help you grow pesticide-free berry and vegetable plants.<\/p>\n

3. Chickens will not completely control the insect population but they can help reduce their levels. While chickens do consume a lot of insects, they are likely of limited value in keeping insect populations at low levels. Chickens can reduce the amount of insects in the garden. One person reported that before they got chickens, some gardening crops were completely destroyed by grasshoppers. Chicken also helps control scorpions. The chicken pecks at the stinger and then eats the rest of the body. All birds need building protection for weather extremes and safety from predators.<\/p>\n

4. Game Hens (Originally Bred for Fighting) are more feral in their habits, making them wonderful survivors and great breeders. Game chickens are best for running free on the property. They take care of all kinds of insects and help control carpenter ants, mosquitoes and ticks. They will even kill and eat small snakes. Other chicken breeds that some people prefer are Silkies, Red Rangers, and Barred Rocks. The Red Ranger is a broiler developed by S & G Poultry in Clanton, Alabama. It has a good growth rate and forage conversion, the Red Ranger is a versatile bird and is an excellent forage well suited to free use.<\/p>\n

5. Chickens can reduce the presence of fire ants by eating the bugs and seeds that the ants can coexist with. Chicken can also reduce termites which are some nasty ubiquitous pests.<\/p>\n

6. Where there are animals in the barns, there are also mice and rats. Animals leave bits of grain on the ground after they eat, and some undigested grains show up in their dung. With all that food, you could have a serious rat and mouse problem. Free range hens will accompany the animals and clean up all the grain on the ground and in the dung. Careful elimination of a rodent’s food source will help keep these pests under control.<\/p>\n

7. Chicken can also provide you with fresh eggs. Free range eggs are awesome! Hens fed organically and free range produce eggs that make store-bought eggs look pale and lackluster by comparison!<\/p>\n

When planting a garden, you should include blueberries as one of the fruit crops you grow. Blueberries are easy to grow if you prepare the soil to the correct pH (4.5 to 5.0). Provide plenty of water in well-drained soil or in raised beds to avoid standing water. Buy pesticide-free cranberry plants from a reputable nursery.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Range Chicken is a cost-effective, chemical-free way to control insects while providing entertainment and gourmet food. Pesticide-free greens and cranberries are also very cost-effective and healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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