What Greens do chickens like?

[Chicken Fury]

yea they love sardines too! i get the ones in water with nothing added. I make sure they eat every last bite; I dont want Yogi bear comin’ lookin’ for sardine lunch

I knew they liked meat and I can't believe I didn't think of sardines. For my cat though, I did give it thought yeah, can't have Yogi showing up!!!

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

hanging cucumber is fun but doesnt last!

 

[Debbie292d]

Is it ok? I would love to feed them kale if I could.

Somewhere on the internet I read that chicken shouldn't have kale. Was that a lie?

For eight years ours have been getting Kale we grow in the garden. We even freeze it for them for in the winter, but sometimes we'll buy fresh stuff from the store and rinse it first. These are silkies who are more susceptible to diseases and illnesses than most chickens and they're all healthy as horses!

 

[Debbie292d]

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

In Connecticut, Kale grows 8 months of the year. All the hens have access and nibble all that time. Kale for the win. I tell the girls, ok, time for your salad! They enjoy it all those months. Good luck!

 

[No Coop No Problem]

I have gigantic pokeweed growing in a number of places and my chickens voraciously eat it. Very tough plant

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-cockatiel-cult.1645107/

 

[NatJ]

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Are those daily values for a human or a chicken? Without the actual measurements I can't tell, but the daily needs are VERY different in some things.

For example, humans need about 1300 mg of calcium each day, while a laying hen needs about 4-5 grams of calcium (4000 to 5000 mg, so about 4x as much as a person).

Humans need vitamin C in their diet. But I do not see any vitamin C mentioned on this page of poultry nutrient requiremens: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...nal-requirements-of-poultry#Vitamins_v3344215

Also, talking about how many nutrients in " a single cup of raw kale" is different for a person who can eat that cup of kale along with many other things in one day and for a chicken who is more likely to eat a tablespoon or two of the kale rather than the whole cup.

 

[Perris]

as an adjunct to the last, chickens don't need vit C added; they can make it themselves, unlike us and guinea pigs, but like most animals and most birds.

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

Hi again, I’m just wondering what fruit and veggies chickens like to eat. Mine are being a bit picky. We’ve given them lettuce, silver beet, spinach, carrots, cucumber, apple, broccolini and sweet corn and they don’t seem to want any of it. They are sometimes interested in the cucumber and occasionally peck at the spinach, but apart from that they don’t seem interested. We have, or had, a lot of greenery in the garden, but they’ve eaten most of it so we’re trying to supply them with extra. What other greens can we try?

You could try chopped kale, or for good health benefits, coriander (cilantro) or parsley, carrot leaves, radish leaves, mine go wild for chopped grapes, but lots of sugar so be sparing.