What are some good plants that dont need sun for chickens??

[Chicken Chicken Love]

I want to plant some plants in my chickens' pen that they can eat. What are some good plants that don't need almost any sun??

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Does anybody have any suggestions for plants????

 

[SueT]

The chickens will probably kill the plants, dig up the roots, etc. Unless you put some sort of protection around them. I've had a tomato plant survive in the chicken run, which I put a tiny fence around, then the hens eventually got to harvest the tomatoes. The plants that have survived in their run are ones they don't eat, various weeds, which make it a nice habitat.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

The chickens will probably kill the plants, dig up the roots, etc. Unless you put some sort of protection around them. I've had a tomato plant survive in the chicken run, which I put a tiny fence around, then the hens eventually got to harvest the tomatoes. The plants that have survived in their run are ones they don't eat, various weeds, which make it a nice habitat.
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Ok thank you for responding!!

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Anyone else???

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Anyone else???

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

anybody else have a guess??????

 

[Acre4Me]

You can sow grasses in a frame with wire I’ver top. The chicken can eat what grows above the wire.

some people set up fodder systems. Check out the article sectionon BYC, I know there is a popular fodder article there.

We grow marigolds do that we can toss the flowers to the chickens. And they grow ok in the shade on the north side of the barn.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

You can sow grasses in a frame with wire I’ver top. The chicken can eat what grows above the wire.

some people set up fodder systems. Check out the article sectionon BYC, I know there is a popular fodder article there.

We grow marigolds do that we can toss the flowers to the chickens. And they grow ok in the shade on the north side of the barn.

Thank you for replying