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<\/a><\/p>\nI did drop a little manure in the water, but otherwise it just grows and grows on sunlight.\u00a0 Here is a detail of the structure:<\/p>\n
The big test: I took a large handful of the Azolla down to my chickens in the morning, before their feeders were filled (they have all the feed they want all day).\u00a0 At this point they are very hungry, and will all swarm around me, begging to be fed.\u00a0 I walked into the throng and set down the handful of Azolla.\u00a0 Immediately, several of the most aggressive hens lunged forward and took huge mouthfuls of it.\u00a0 Then, they froze.\u00a0 Cocked their heads side to side, looking up at me, puzzled, as if to say, “What is this?\u00a0 We were expecting food!\u00a0 WTF?”<\/p>\n In short, they didn’t like it much.\u00a0 I came back a while later in the morning and they had in fact eaten it, but it took a while for enough chickens to wander by it bored\/curious enough to take a bite.\u00a0 Here are my theories:<\/p>\n To grow a more useful amount of it, i’ll need to come up with some waterproof basins or troughs, and a way to maintain their water level.\u00a0 Also, mosquitoes are definitely an issue, so i’d either have to make my troughs deep enough for larva-eating fish, or some other idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As my Azolla grew, i found a place to put in: in a plastic trashcan lid.\u00a0 On the gravel under the eaves of our house, it looks quite zen-like – if anything can be said to ‘look zen-like’, which of … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/bdiscoe\/SIgiKQBLGZI\/AAAAAAAAAmA\/zy_7DlhI-kc\/s288\/DSC02789_detail.jpg\")
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