Feeding grass/weeds to hens?

[Pluto]

We have not yet finished our chicken tractor and our hens have eaten all the grass in their pen. I scatter scratch to give them something to do (in addition to free choice layer pellets). But today I decided to give them a couple of handfulls of grass and oxolas. They scarfed it down. Is it safe to give the handfulls of grass/weeds?

 

[CovenantCreek]

I do it all the time if I have someone who can't get outside. Most of my flock free ranges all day, so they get all the grass and weeds they want, but the chicks in the brooders will be treated to a few handfuls of fresh picked greenery, or anyone who's stuck inside with an injury.

 

[Rte.66_chicks]

The greens are good for them.

 

[patandchickens]

Sure, of course, that's a significant part of what they naturally eat

Everything that gets weeded or cut back out of my garden (with the exception of a few potentially poisonous plants) and any turf scraps from edging or from enlarging beds or planting trees goes right into the chicken run, often several bushels at a time. They LOVE it, and after they've picked it over and pooed on it for a few weeks it composts wonderfully in the compost pile.

Oh, and when the ant mounds in the garden beds get too big, I dig them up and give 'em to the chickens too

Have fun,

Pat