Chicken eating grass (plants). What's their fate?

[Topbless]

Because i dont want my fowls and turkey to stay indoor through out, so i allow them to play outsides some times.

But I discovered that they (Plymouths and turkey) do eat many grass, plants, especially okro leaves.

Hope eating this won't have any effect on them or should I keep them indoor throughout?

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[NatJ]

Grass, and okra leaves, and many other plants, are all fine for chickens.

It is healthy for chickens to eat some of these things, just like eating some vegetables is healthy for people. Of course, chickens and people need to eat other foods too, not just okra leaves.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I let my chickens out to free range an hour before sunset daily, weather permitting, and the first thing they do is eat grass and weeds.

Then they search for bugs,

and dig for grubs and worms.

They really enjoy their foraging. GC

 

[Chickassan]

Their fate is to be happy and thankful they have nice greens to eat.
Side effect is slightly more impressive poops.

 

[3KillerBs]

I couldn't let my in-town chickens out into the yard so I brought the weeds to them after clearing them out of my garden.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

I WISH I could let my chickens eat grass and weeds. Unfortunately, my yard has NO grass, so the chickens have to make do with the sage, roses, and rosemary I toss in their run.

 

[Wormhunter]

I let my chickens out to free range an hour before sunset daily, weather permitting, and the first thing they do is eat grass and weeds.View attachment 2174563
Then they search for bugs,View attachment 2174566
and dig for grubs and worms.View attachment 2174571
They really enjoy their foraging. GC

Love the photos, can almost hear a contented clicking!

 

[neo71665]

We feed our chickens veggie table scraps and all the clipping from the garden.

 

[Topbless]

Their fate is to be happy and thankful they have nice greens to eat.
Side effect is slightly more impressive poops.

This is exactly what I suspected after I discovered that their poop was deep green!!!

 

[Chickassan]

Like little cow poops.

This is exactly what I suspected after I discovered that their poop was deep green!!!