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

[Topbless]

Like little cow poops.

Yep !!!

 

[Topbless]

OK thanks all, I really appreciate these comments. Now I can rest well, allowing them to flex round.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It is what nature intended, really.

 

[RebelChief]

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.

I'm not sure where you live but here in Texas cilantro is 3 bunches for a dollar. Other veggies on sale can be pretty cheap too. I grab a little extra for mine when I shop. I also grow fodder for them inside and alternate with the store bought stuff and weeds so they are getting plenty of green.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

I'm not sure where you live but here in Texas cilantro is 3 bunches for a dollar. Other veggies on sale can be pretty cheap too. I grab a little extra for mine when I shop. I also grow fodder for them inside and alternate with the store bought stuff and weeds so they are getting plenty of green.

I live in southern NM. Thanks for the ideas!

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

If you don’t have grass or weeds, find someone who does and offer to collect them and haul them away.

I do the same with fall leaves in my neighborhood to use in my run compost pile.

You get some funny looks, but nobody has ever said no.

 

[NNYchick]

By them eating grass and weeds they will also have better tasting eggs and the yolk will be darker orange. It’s healthy for them as long as your yard isn’t sprayed with chemicals for fertilizer or insects.

 

[Topbless]

By them eating grass and weeds they will also have better tasting eggs and the yolk will be darker orange. It’s healthy for them as long as your yard isn’t sprayed with chemicals for fertilizer or insects.

Nothing like chemical spraying. Every green is natural

 

[Al Gerhart]

You will have happy and healthy chickens if they eat grass and other forage. There are plenty of hogs still raised on pasture including grass, saplings, even roots. Chickens aren't ruminants but they do have a powerful gizard and can access the nutrients in grass.

 

[RebelChief]

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.

you could grow some for them with grazing screens.