Grass seed

[ShrekDawg]

I think my girls might have eaten grass seed. They keep pecking it and I have to shoo them away. I know they ate it I just don't know if it is grass seed or not. But will they be okay if it is?

 

[PD-Riverman]

I think my girls might have eaten grass seed. They keep pecking it and I have to shoo them away. I know they ate it I just don't know if it is grass seed or not. But will they be okay if it is?

The grass seed should not be coated with anything that would harm them----if it was poisonous---think of all the birds that would die from eating it. They should be OK. BUT I would keep them penned till the grass seed gets started good.

 

[DakotaDreamer]

They like various types of plants and grasses-mine go crazy when I throw some in their coop. They should be fine having some seed.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The grass seed should not be coated with anything that would harm them----if it was poisonous---think of all the birds that would die from eating it. They should be OK. BUT I would keep them penned till the grass seed gets started good.

Thanks! That's true i suppose, I'm just paranoid i guess haha

Are the eggs safe?

 

[PD-Riverman]

Thanks! That's true i suppose, I'm just paranoid i guess haha

Are the eggs safe?

Sure.

 

[ShrekDawg]

They like various types of plants and grasses-mine go crazy when I throw some in their coop. They should be fine having some seed.

Thank you!

Oddly, our grass is pretty long in some spots cause we had a few storms then warm weather, so a lot of the grass has the i guess grass heads on them??? But they won't touch that, I thought they would go crazy for it.

Yet they eat the seed my mom put down

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sure.

Well that's good to know

Oddly they won't touch the long grass with the heads/seeds on it (we had some rain storms and warm weather so the grass shot up) but yet they eat the grass seed my mom put down hah

 

[PD-Riverman]

Thank you!

so a lot of the grass has the i guess grass heads on them??? But they won't touch that, I thought they would go crazy for it.

I wonder Why??? LOL Chickens do not like tall grass. Do your own test----go grab the tall grass--pinch you some of it----tough isn't if---hard to pinch of a piece---now pinch off a piece of the blades of kept cut grass---pinches off so easy! You ever heard the saying "old tough bird" meaning the older the chicken gets the tougher its meat gets---"old" grass is the same way. If you went out there and stripped off a hand full of the little grass seed---they Might eat some of it---might not.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I wonder Why??? LOL Chickens do not like tall grass.  Do your own test----go grab the tall grass--pinch you some of it----tough isn't if---hard to pinch of a piece---now pinch off a piece of the blades of kept cut grass---pinches off so easy! You ever heard the saying "old tough bird" meaning the older the chicken gets the tougher its meat gets---"old" grass is the same way.  If you went out there and stripped off a hand full of the little grass seed---they Might eat some of it---might not.

Wow I never thought of it that way! I thought chickens ate tons of seeds and plants and stuff hah they do seem to like clover and some other plants though