alfalfa tea for chickens??/

[Fluffy-Butt-Farms]

ok, my friend got a poultry magazine, and it had a recipe for alfalfa tea... they use a flake of hay and a big garbage bag. i was going to use alfalfa pellets as they are easier and cheaper. you boil it, and then you use 1/2 and 1/2 in the chickens water.

here are my questions.

1) is it good for chicks? they say it's a good source of natural "green" protein

2) has anyone done this? and do you think it would hurt to give them?

thanks.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I do something similar.


I often soak the alfalfa or hay in water for a couple hours before givng the slop to the chickens/ducks/geese. They like the rehydrated grass/alfalfa.

 

[DESIREDchicken]

My grandfather had an alfalfa feild so i wanted to know what i could do w/ it. is their anything else i could add to make it even better???