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Even in the desert there are things for chickens to eat as long as they have a regular feed source and water supply. Though grass is nice and beneficial, I would definitely allow your flock to take advantage of what you do have.

I live in a neighborhood, however, where most of the surrounding houses are abandoned. Terrible for my home's value, but great for "being left alone." My chickens have a 100 X 100 ft area, but 20 of them can still keep a lot that size pretty bare. I've resorted to taking advantage of my...

Not necessarily. Check your sod suppliers for information. y're that There was a guy in the 1930's (I don't remember his name) who did research on chickens and eating greens. He concluded that chickens who ate greens (particularly wheat grass) actually doubled their egg production. Wheat...

I personally don't think sprouting seeds for chickens is all that worthwhile, especially with sod squares so cheaply available, not to mention the fact that they can simply forage in any grassy or weedy area and get the same benefit. If you still would rather sprout seeds, I would suggest wheat...

I grow wheatgrass and give my spent flats to the chickens after I cut and juice the grass. The grass comes out of the plastic flat like a square of lawn sod. I just lift it out and place it on the dirt in the run pen. It disappears very quickly.