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GROW YOUR OWN POULTRY AND ANIMAL FORAGE

It is to your advantage to grow some food for the chooks as this will reduce feed bills and also provide the chickens with a healthy, varied diet. The chickens will be happier provided with both shade and entertainment. More information........

Poultry Forage Kit

Perennial and/or highly nutritious plants which will provide some of the essential requirements your chickens need, improve their health and reduce your feed costs. More info.....

Pigeon Pea

Cajanus cajan

Pigeon Pea is an excellent chicken forage for warmer areas, providing high protein seeds, edible leafy greens and shelter. It is a perennial nitrogen fixing, drought tolerant shrub to 2 – 3 m. It is also useful for on-site mulch production and is an excellent animal forage. Sow spring and summer into warm soil; autumn in frost-free areas only. Suitable for (warm) temperate, subtropical and tropical areas. More information .....

SP123 50 seeds $3.00 Inoculant provided

Tagasaste syn. Tree Lucerne

Chamaecytisus proliferus

Tagasaste is a very useful chicken forage for Mediterranean (dry summer) areas. It is a shrubby, frost and drought tolerant small tree to 5 m, with fragrant white flowers. It is useful for windbreaks and fire retardant hedges; salt and wind tolerant. It is an excellent high protein animal forage. Sow spring and summer. Suitable for temperate areas only.

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ST100 50⁺ seeds $3.00 Inoculant provided

ST101 25g (approx. 1100 seeds) $11.00 Inoculant provided

ST131 100g $28.00 Inoculant provided

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