Anyone plant crops for chickens

[bigblueteach]

Anyone plant vegetables or herbs etc for their chickens?

 

[Debbie292d]

Kale.

They also like other stuff from the garden, but the Kale is just for them. They love it and it's extremely healthy.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

I'm not planting anything for them at the moment, but I do allow things to grow for them. They love pokeweed, which is extremely poisonous for mammals, and it grows like crazy despite the chickens ravaging it. A nice plant, purely for them

 

[Perris]

I sprinkle seeds of native wildflowers in places round the property that I expect to suit them, and leave the rest to nature. If they like it where they fall, they grow, and the chickens may or may not get some benefit from them, directly or indirectly. If not, no matter, I'll sprinkle something else there next time and try again. I believe I have increased the quantity and especially variety of plant and invertebrate forage available to the chickens by doing this for nearly 10 years now.

 

[yankeekid51]

I have not (yet) grown anything specifically for my flock, but I harvest some of the stinging nettle around my property for them to eat. Humans can utilize it too, but I don't; save it just for the chickens.

 

[Mrs. K]

According to my dear husband, it would be good if all the Swiss chard was for the chickens.

 

[SqaukingNTalking]

Anyone plant vegetables or herbs etc for their chickens?

I planted a row of sunflowers. Also I had a huge tomatillo crop last year and they are shooting up everywhere! So the ones I weed out I throw in the run

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Acres of weeds.

 

[Sally PB]

Acres of weeds.

@U_Stormcrow, don't you mean acres of Biodiverse Polyculture?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

@U_Stormcrow, don't you mean acres of Biodiverse Polyculture?

I've had an adult beverage [__ tea]. I can't type that.

But yes, thank you for the correction.