Plants for chickens

Have you thought about supplementing your chicken feed with plants around your garden? Here are the top 10 plants to grow for chicken feed.

When designing a chicken-friendly garden around your chicken coop, it's important to choose plants that are safe and beneficial for chickens. Chickens can be quite destructive to plants because they scratch, peck, and sometimes eat them. However, some plants can provide chickens with shade, entertainment, and a nutritious supplement to their diet. Visit our blog for safe plants around your chicken coop.

Q: What are the best plants for chickens? A: Chickens enjoy many different plants as treats. Consider planting a chicken-friendly area for your flock. Chicken friendly plants: • Vegetables: Lettuce, kale, swiss chard, cucumber, broccoli, beets, carrots, squash and pumpkins. • Herbs: Lavender, mint, oregano, parsley, cilantro, thyme and basil. • Perennials: Daylilies, hostas, daisies, roses, coneflowers and ferns.

One important aspect of raising chickens is maintaining healthy living environments - ensuring that the flock is always safe. And this includes knowing what plants are bad for chickens, especially when they’re free to roam your property. Learn more here.

I thought I would create a thread to share some plants with you all that thrive and survive in my chicken run/yard! You can also post pictures or tell us...

Discover the best shade plants for chickens to make your chicken coop both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Choose from a variety of chicken-friendly plants that thrive in the shade, creating a perfect landscape for shade and forage. By incorporating coop-friendly plants into your outdoor space, you can provide treats for chickens while lowering your chicken feed bill. Explore herbs that are safe for chickens and grow around your chicken coop effortlessly.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a list of plants you'll want to avoid around chickens? For that reason, you'll want to make sure you don't plant certain,,,

Grow these 15 herbs for chickens near the chicken coop. They will improve immunity, keep them parasite free, reduce their stress, and prevent boredom. Healthy, happy chickens lay more eggs. Growing herbs is a simple and economical way to keep your backyard flock healthy and productive.

I love chickens! And I love plants! But how do you successfully combine the two? No one wants to spend time and money at a nursery only to have their backyard flock consume everything, but we also don’t want our chickens to be in an ugly dirt wasteland (or even worse, get poisoned). In this […]