Alfalfa Hay

[sandburRanch]

will chickens eat alfalfa hay ?

 

[casportpony]

will chickens eat alfalfa hay ?

Yes they can.

 

[MamaPoult]

Yes it is high in protien making it a good filling snack! I cut it up before feeding so it wont get stuck in their beak.

 

[SourRoses]

Yeah, they really like kicking through it and eating all the green leaves. Mine leave behind the stems, which makes a bit of a mess but some good mulching.
I think fresh flakes of Alfalfa hay are better nutritionally and taste-wise than the bagged cubes and such.
But I have had a hen get Stridor (stuck food causing wheezing and distressing noises). It was from a green, bendy stem of alfalfa she tried to swallow. It cleared right up after a night on the roost with her head hanging down as they tend to do.

 

[texsuze]

I buy the Standlee brand chopped, bagged alfalfa and provide it to my girls in small handfulls a few times a week. They like to peck and scratch and pick out their own pieces.