What veggies do chickens like?

[CabritaChicks]

Hi, mine enjoy spinach now and again, and go wild for coriander (cilantro if you're American ) and flat leaf parsley, strangely they don't go for curly leaved parsley so much

It’s funny how names change depending on where you are—I’ve lived all over the world, and it’s the same plant playing dress-up. Technically, cilantro refers to the young leaves and stems, while coriander is the seeds. But depending on who you ask (and how close the plant is to blooming), you’ll hear both. Basically, in more “rustic” corners of the world, everything’s coriander—and nobody’s losing sleep over it, but the flavor does differ from the point of harvest (in which is USA they harvest at an extremely young age compared to other parts of the world). Fun little herb fact for you.

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

It’s funny how names change depending on where you are—I’ve lived all over the world, and it’s the same plant playing dress-up. Technically, cilantro refers to the young leaves and stems, while coriander is the seeds. But depending on who you ask (and how close the plant is to blooming), you’ll hear both. Basically, in more “rustic” corners of the world, everything’s coriander—and nobody’s losing sleep over it, but the flavor does differ from the point of harvest (in which is USA they harvest at an extremely young age compared to other parts of the world). Fun little herb fact for you.

Ha, I grow my own, along with parsley, guess Wales is pretty rustic

 

[Mother of Chaos]

It’s funny how names change depending on where you are—I’ve lived all over the world, and it’s the same plant playing dress-up. Technically, cilantro refers to the young leaves and stems, while coriander is the seeds. But depending on who you ask (and how close the plant is to blooming), you’ll hear both. Basically, in more “rustic” corners of the world, everything’s coriander—and nobody’s losing sleep over it, but the flavor does differ from the point of harvest (in which is USA they harvest at an extremely young age compared to other parts of the world). Fun little herb fact for you.

As one of those with the genetics that make cilantro (the green parts of the plant) taste somewhere on the continuum of soap to ancient never-washed gym uniforms, I have no problem with coriander seeds but can smell cilantro a mile away, and it takes hours to get the taste out of my mouth. It reminds me of IPAs, fingernail polish remover, and stink bugs - that lovely acetone taste.

RIP, the beloved ihatecilantro.wordpress.com, especially the haiku section.

If Ina Garten and Julia Child can (could) hate cilantro, I can too! blech

 

[rosemarythyme]

As one of those with the genetics that make cilantro (the green parts of the plant) taste somewhere on the continuum of soap to ancient never-washed gym uniforms, I have no problem with coriander seeds but can smell cilantro a mile away, and it takes hours to get the taste out of my mouth.

Hubby is in your category, which makes me sad because it's so heavily used in Mexican and Chinese food. So like I have to make salsa without cilantro (and then dump a mountain of it on my own serving).

Meanwhile I'll whiff it as if I could get high off the fumes. It's less the actual taste of it and more the fact that you can smell it as you're eating it that appeals to me.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Hubby is in your category, which makes me sad because it's so heavily used in Mexican and Chinese food. So like I have to make salsa without cilantro (and then dump a mountain of it on my own serving).

Meanwhile I'll whiff it as if I could get high off the fumes. It's less the actual taste of it and more the fact that you can smell it as you're eating it that appeals to me.

It took me years to figure why I didn’t like Indian food. I’m now starting to cautiously cook it at home, because without that rank cilantro taste coating everything, I can start tasting the amazing spice flavors.

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

As one of those with the genetics that make cilantro (the green parts of the plant) taste somewhere on the continuum of soap to ancient never-washed gym uniforms, I have no problem with coriander seeds but can smell cilantro a mile away, and it takes hours to get the taste out of my mouth. It reminds me of IPAs, fingernail polish remover, and stink bugs - that lovely acetone taste.

RIP, the beloved ihatecilantro.wordpress.com, especially the haiku section.

If Ina Garten and Julia Child can (could) hate cilantro, I can too! blech

I too cannot abide the smell or taste of it, the things we suffer to give our girls treats

 

[Bigdumogre]

Eggplant and squash mine go crazy over. They never get enough of the seeds of both. Plus mush their whole face into the squash till their beaks are fully covered. Tomatoes they really enjoy too, but the leaves of my tomato plants they go crazy. They will fight for them

 

[Bob 1313]

I buy bags of frozen corn, thaw, feed and scarf!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Also grow coriander/cilantro, parsley, dill, basil, oregano, thyme, lemon grass, turmeric, scallion, tomatoes, rosemary, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, apples, now figs, and a few citrus (none fruiting yet) as well as olives (also not fruiting). Spinach, shard, cabbages in season

My birds will sometimes eat a leaf off somethign if it has a bug on it, and used to love dustbathing in the oregano, but otherwise ignore the plants till they are fruiting (grapes, berries) or in seed. Then the seed tops go away, the rest of the plant remains.

Cucumbers, summer squash, melons off all sorts very popular. Peppers, not.