Do chickens eat green bean stalks & leaves? Corn stalks?

[Mamasan7]

Time to clean up the garden! Can I give it to the chickens?
I also have pumpkin leaves and vines & zuchini vines.
I can compost the whole lot of it, but if it's edible for chickens I'd rather give it to them.

 

[Imp]

I did a little googling and it seems all are edible for people. I don't know if chickens will eat them.

Read the following links:

http://www.gardensablaze.com/GardenQA/Edibles.htm

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/72047-zucchini-leaves/

http://www.elperfecto.com/2010/06/23/can-you-eat-pumpkin-leaves/

http://www.appropedia.org/Edible_leaves

Imp

 

[RedfogsFlock]

When I took my garden fence down a few weeks ago I just let em in! We had brussel sprouts, corn, zuchinni, peas, green beans, lima beans, sunflowers, bell peppers, bannana peppers, & tomatoes! My flock made very quick work of it all & everyone is still alive, lol. I hope that helps. If something in there isn't good for them i'm sure someone will let us know!

 

[bigoakhunter]

Mine eat all the bean stalks/leaves any green stuff from garden. Brussel sprout and pepper plants. They do not seem to like corn stalks though.

 

[Mamasan7]

lol, redfog! That's what I ended up doing! We have a "fence" of marigolds that the chickens just wouldn't pass through so I pulled up a big clump and they filed right in - it was hilarious! They are loving the corn rows and the beans as long as we de-pod them for em.
Lazy girls!

I was done picking beans so I put them back in their yard and rewarded them with a nice fat zuchini! Tomorrow I'll let them in the garden again, thanks for the advice!

 

[geebs]

Not and live... Green beans are poisonous

 

[Boo-Boo's Mama]

I gave mine fresh green beans this summer.

I have been thinning blackeyed peas and sharing these with the girls.