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Will be making a 1-2 acre poultry run this summer and want to plants some bushes and trees that will provide them with a food source. At suggestions?
 
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Mulberry trees are are a pretty easy tree to grow and chickens love the berries as well as the young leaves. Make sure you get a fruitinh variety because there's a lot of fruitless varities that they sell as landscape trees for the kind of people who find fruit to be a nuisance.
 
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I second the mulberry idea, particularly black mulberries. The nigra species is much sweeter and juicier. I've never used currants and gooseberries integrated into chicken forage, but both of them grow well and will produce a bit even in the shade so I'd also recommend trying those.
 
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