How much to expect to pay for feed 6 weeks

[silkiechicken]

To my knowledge, chickens lack the enzymes in their stomachs that ruminants have to break down the high collagen content in grass. They may have some bacteria in their guts that can break down and tear apart the grass, but not nearly enough to get substantial nutrients from it. I guess if you inoculated them with a strain of bacteria that could produce collagen digesting enzymes they could. No gaurentee this bacteria could survive in the chicken though. Ruminants have multi part stomachs that contain billions of bacteria and other microorganisms that they use to process grasses and often chew their cud so to say, as it is a long process to get good out of it.

I free range my cornish x but they still eat mainly their feed with just a bit picking at grasses.

 

[greyfields]

I'm guessing that they are just trampling the grass so it looks like the area has been 'grazed'.

 

[unionwirewoman]

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I feed mine grass all the time in the summer . I pick the blade of grass and watch them eat it ..... They act like they've gone to heaven ! I believe it's true that they can't digest it very well.....but they sure do enjoy it.......better than half the scraps I give them as a matter of fact !

 

[tiki244]

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I watch my bantys closely and they have excellent eyesite and they dont miss bugs. They also choose to eat greens of all sorts, they love them. And the eggs taste great even if they are small, and they yolks are orange.