What do you grow to feed the chickens??

[Arielle]

Feed out chickweed and grass from the garden!!

 

[bestnestbox]

Red mangel beets. They grow huge. I found out about this from Laura Ingalls Wilder. The chickens will not eat these during the summer, but during the winter they will gobble them up. It helps beat the winter blues.

 

[lazy gardener]

My flock are now devouring the kale since the weather has grown colder. They wouldn't touch it before. I wonder if it's sweeter now.

 

[HerbGir1972]

HerbGirl, I must be more tired than I though. .. milo I get. Silo, bunker or stack??? But what does silo have to do with milo????? LOL

Milo/silo was on the seed packet...idk...we picked it up from a oooolllllddddd fellow at a ooolllddd feed store...

 

[Chickiebaby49]

Yinepu - I had a good chuckle when I read your signature "I don't have poultry.... I have mini feathered velociraptors" Just the other day I was telling someone that my rooster makes a sound like a velociraptor and that's probably because chickens evolved from them. lol

 

[Oakgrove99]

I also grow fresh peas and during the winter I use frozen peas. They absolutely love them. We also ordered meal worms to raise and feed them. Very easy and much cheaper than buying the dried ones at store. If you want info on how we do the meal worms just message me. I think we started with 1000 and now have four tubs of them. They eat bran which you buy at the coop or TSC and fresh apples.

 

[UlmerChickens]

Really you can grow anything you would like for you to eat then give the leftovers to your chickens.
Just make sure not to feed them these things,
- Plants from the nightshade family
- Citrus
- Onions
- Apple seeds

This link below has some more information.
http://readynutrition.com/resources/10-foods-you-should-not-feed-your-chickens_09022014/
Hope this helped!

 

[Arielle]

Yinepu - I had a good chuckle when I read your signature "I don't have poultry.... I have mini feathered velociraptors"  Just the other day I was telling someone that my rooster makes a sound like a velociraptor and that's probably because chickens evolved from them.  lol

She also has six foot tall birds....lol

 

[Arielle]

HerbGirl, I must be more tired than I though. .. milo I get. Silo, bunker or stack??? But what does silo have to do with milo????? LOL

Milo/silo was on the seed packet...idk...we picked it up from a oooolllllddddd fellow at a ooolllddd feed store...

Lol. Probably milo. Old guy. Old feed store....i would visit often.

 

[Arielle]

Red mangel beets. They grow huge. I found out about this from Laura Ingalls Wilder. The chickens will not eat these during the summer, but during the winter they will gobble them up. It helps beat the winter blues.

omg they ARE huge. Lol. Do they need tilled soil?