I've fed soaked alfalfa pellets to my chickens with no detriment, but they didn't like them at all(that's just my chickens, maybe not yours.) This was straight alflafa though. They might devour the oat mixed cubes.
cafarmgirl, as far as the milk digestibility, do you have a link to an article...
Has anyone tried letting them graze in alfalfa or clover fields or fed them fresh plants, not just hay?
I have a grass mix of annual rye, perrinial rye, bromegrass and orchardgrass planted last spring. If I can get the orchard shredded and planted before the next rains come in, I plan on...