Hay is for horses not chickens????

[bald Rooster]

Hello again
This is my first year with chickens since I was a teen,back then I had to feed them but I really didn't learn much about taking care of them.
My grandchildren and I are doing fine with our new chickens.
I can't let my chickens run our 6 acre place unless I'm home because dogs and other dangers are to great.
We have 31 chickens now, we have a very large coop and I built a coverd run thats about 40x40.
Well its fall and they have striped it down to nothing.
I also have a couple horses,and I have noticed the chickens eating the grassy part of the hay I feed them.(Timothy )
So I went a step further and took a large leaf of Timothy hay and spread it in the run.
two days its gone!
They don't eat the straw parts but all the grassy stuffs gone.
I think orchard hay would be a treat or Maybe some peanut hay .
Will Hay hurt my chickens?

 

[Erik the epic]

hay is fine it is basically grass.

 

[centrarchid]

I use alfalfa hay and red clover hay. During winter it give them something to stand on that does not conduct heat away from birds feet. Also has entertainment value.

 

[bald Rooster]

Thanks

 

[Percheron chick]

Your chickens will love the perennial peanut hay as well. Good for a little extra protein too. Will help keep the yolks bright orange.