Do chickens like orange peel?

[Mmaya]

I don’t give my chickens the peels. When I use my juicer all the pulp goes to the chickens. But it is a combination of carrots, oranges, apples, celery, cucumber… they eat it all up.

 

[debid]

I eat citrus peels and I don't want to share! OK, so that's only partly true, candied peels are a seasonal treat here.

I'd be more worried about residues from spraying than whether they might ingest too much peel if they are allowed to peck at them. I wash thoroughly when I am making candied peels.

 

[Birdinhand]

my chickens will still turn the soil with peels in it, they don’t eat them but the peels do compost in the deep litter method.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

my chickens will still turn the soil with peels in it, they don’t eat them but the peels do compost in the deep litter method.

They take somewhat forever, but agreed, they do finally break down.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I'm not sure how this dead thread got resurrected, but yes, if you have orange peels, don't feed them to your birds, you likely don't have enough to grind them up to benefit your soil.

Either add to the rest of your compost, or candy them and dip in dark chocolate.