Once you’ve owned chickens long enough, you’ll probably come around to the idea that there is seemingly nothing that they can’t eat. Just about every kind of plant and veggie, worm and insect, and even lots of meat. Is there anything that chickens just cannot eat? How about dairy products? They aren’t mammals after all. …
If you have chickens, and especially if you let them free range for food, you have no doubt already noticed them scurrying around grabbing food from wherever they can get it on your property. They will take food from other animals, eat some choice bits of plants, a few bugs, a few worms and even …
A typical day for a domestic chicken usually involves eating lots of chicken feed and the occasional bug or worm that they can pluck out of the dirt. But chickens also eat greenery, and there are many kinds of plants and produce that they like. But do chickens eat all parts of a plant? How …
It seems like chickens can eat just about anything, but as varied as their diet is and adventurous as their appetites can be, there are a few things that are truly bad for them. Most of these things are well known, and chickens tend to avoid them anyway, but there are some other foods that …
One of the best things about keeping chickens is seeing all the different breeds that are out there. Seeing all of the varieties and all the differences in their physicality and temperament is a hobby unto itself. One of the most interesting heritage breeds is the Faverolle, hailing from France. Originally kept as an egg …
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When it comes to livestock, chickens are just about the most varied eaters there are. Chickens are omnivores, which means they eat both plants and meats, and when it comes to plants they eat all sorts of things, including many of the same vegetables that people eat. Most things that humans eat are safe for …
I don’t know about you, but one of the best things concerning the changing of the seasons is seasonal produce. Especially when fall rolls around, I love the variety of pumpkins, squashes and all the rest. But whether you grow your own or not, not all pumpkins are destined for being turned into jack-o’-lanterns. Many …
When you let your chickens roam where they will, it never fails that you’ll see them pecking, picking and scratching all over the place in a quest to find the tastiest morsel of food. Chickens eat all kinds of things, and one minute they could be grabbing a bug, and a few bites from a …
Everyone but the newest, greenest chicken keeper knows that these birds will eat just about anything. Highly omnivorous, chickens have the most varied diet there is out of all the common species of livestock: All kinds of meat, every kind of bug and worm, plants, fruit and vegetables, including vegetables that people eat. However, there …
For some chicken owners, hatching and raising new chicks themselves in an incubator and then in a brooder is all part of the lifestyle. For others, it is a chore, major drudgery. If that describes you, why not let nature take care of it as it always has? Some hens are much more prone than …
