Chcken Coop

Each spring I plant a few varieties of sunflowers. The wild birds enjoy some of the seeds throughout the season, and the herbs and other edible flowers I also plant in the garden enjoy the natural shade that the towering sunflower stalks provide them from the sweltering Southern sun.  By late summer it's time to harvest the seeds for the chickens. Sunflowers seeds are an extremely nutritious flock favorite and an excellent source of protein during the fall molting season.