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I will, rather uncharacteristically, keep my mouth shut. I haven't a clue what grows in Canada, I just know I don't want to live there (Climate). I dislike heat, but I do NOT do cold. Also, my "green thumb" is the blue-purple of a freshly swelling black eye - which is an improvement, yes, but...

^ this is the way. Keep supplimenting your "grass" with variety suited to your growing zone and soils, selecting those plants which are perennials and/or are high in key nutrients - but seek also to do it "Chinese menu style" - you want a legume (several really), maybe a pulse (which is just a...

And that's why I have my Acres of weeds. Which I work at improving each year, with additional variety and plants chosen to suppliment their diet or improve my soils. (and I finally got my soil tests back!)

Our chickens lives depend on us. When they get weird food cravings due to a dietary imbalance, they can't tell us, and they can't raid the pantry themselves. When I, or Kiki, or whomever responds to a feed/treat post in a way which may seem callous, please understand that its simply that we...

I haver muscadine - as an occasional treat, the chickens love them. High moisture content makes them unlikely to imbalance the diet. Unfortunately grape skins are very high in tannins, so must be kept in moderation. Tannins have strong anti-nutritional properties in appetite suppression and...

I would focus on adding living variety to your pasture, rather than reaching for dried bagged mixes. In fact, I do. and fwiw, my birds ignore roses, basil, rosemary, and a host of other plants. A few of my birds snack on oregano - I allow it to overgrow one of my raised beds, pictured here...