lettuce

[chickadde]

Can chickens eat lettuce?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

Yes.

 

[kesali]

Iceberg, the lettuce people most commonly eat, has no nutritional value, but is harmless to them. Other lettuce like romaine, etc., do contain various nutrients.

 

[debid]

They especially like it when the lettuce has bolted from the heat so you pull the whole stalk and throw it in. The bitterness I taste is apparently not offensive to them.

 

[Lovable Chicks]

All my chickens LOVE lettuce.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

They go crazy for lettuce or any leafy greens. Just make sure they have grit if they are not free range so they can digest it.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Mine won't touch it unless I chop it up into bite sized bits and put it in their treat bowl.

Such spoiled girls.

 

[southerndesert]

Any type lettuce or greens are quickly consumed around here...

 

[the4heathernsmom]

mine prefer the sunflowers

 

[ChickenAl]

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They'll love it. Ours eat it from the garden when I chuck some in the run. Tonight they left some in there, which was unusual, but as I said in another post, since we switched to crumbles from pellets they eat more of their food and are not as hungry for the treats.