Have you been wondering if it’s safe for your chickens to eat bailed clover hay, clover sprouts, clover seeds, or living clover growing from your lawn? For the most part, clover is a food that chickens should be able to eat in limited quantities safely. With that said, it’s not nutritionally complete, and it can […]
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Romaine lettuce is a popular leafy green that many people enjoy in their salads, but can chickens eat romaine lettuce? If you’re a backyard chicken keeper or farmer, you may wonder what types of vegetables and greens you can feed your chickens. The short answer is yes; chickens can eat romaine lettuce. Romaine lettuce is […]
Have you fed your chickens some chicken scratch before? They love it. They will come running when you shake that bag – but should they have it? Is it good for them? Do they need it? We love to give our hens treats, but we need to remember that they need a properly balanced diet. […]
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We all love our chickens and want to do what’s best for them. I know I love nothing more than spoiling them with kitchen scraps and homemade treats, but did you ever stop to think you might be feeding your chickens to death? Over-feeding your girls can lead to obesity and a whole lot of […]
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Feeding your chickens is one of, if not the most important, tasks when it comes to raising backyard chickens. Get it right, and you will have a healthy flock who merrily cluck every time you bring them one of their favorite snacks or kitchen scraps! Get it wrong, and it can lead to reduced egg […]
Making sure your chickens’ diet is right, is the difference between having happy hens laying lots of eggs and grumpy hens who will peck your finger off if you go near them! We changed our chickens’ diet last year and were amazed when within a couple of days their egg laying had plummeted- so we’ve […]
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