What are favorite vegies to feed to chickens?

[Juliechickens]

Hi,
I'm wanting to start a new garden just for growing vegetables for my chickens. What would be the best vegies (favorites) for the chickens. Someone told me hers loves squash so I planned on that. Any other favorites that your chickens love, please let me know so that I may plant it in my garden. I live in Memphis, TN. Lots of sunshine here! Although we had a cold spell last weekend,,,,that's just not normal this time of year for us. Oh well!
Please let me know your chicken's favorite vegies!
Thanks, Julie

 

[mudhen]

Lettuce, carrots, and not a veggie, but grapes too.

Oh, and broccoli...

 

[Rooster01]

My hens love Greens, especially Kale. You could plants a few extra tomatoes plants for them. They also love Cucumbers.

 

[justusnak]

My hens and roos, just LOVE watermellon, and cantelope....lettuce....tomatoes...apples...grapes. They are a whole lot like feeding little piggies, they will eat most anything...but just for treats...they still need thier feed.

 

[Picco]

My hens love tomatoes, zuchinni, yellow squash, *pumpkin, *butternut squash, lettuce, sweet corn, water melon, *cateloupe. honey dew, green beans, *kale, apples, strawberries, *carrot peelings.

*good for orange yolk color

 

[Juliechickens]

Wow!!!! Sounds like they will eat anything!! Well,,this helps me a lot actually,,,now I need to figure out what will grow well for me here in Memphis! One more question,,,,as far as lettuce goes,,,,,any kind of lettuce?? Iceberg too? I think I read somewhere NO on iceberg lettuce but I'm not certain. Thanks you guys!

 

[Kambi]

Mine love cantalope especially. Also give them a little cottage cheese if it's slightly out of date and you don't want it for your family. A real treat and they can use the calcium

Kathy

 

[Picco]

Its not that iceberg lettuce is bad it is just that its basically water and contains hardly any nutrients. Romain, buttercrunch and redleaf are better choices - they contain some nutrients and are more palatable to chickens.

 

[CarriBrown]

Mine love tomatoes, grapes and melons. I'll feed them slightly out of date melon and they go crazy for it!! Nothing funnier than "chicken keep away"!!

 

[merryreader]

I grow broccholi and kale for my chickens. Of couse, corn on the cob! Merry