Author name: Tim Makay

I know it isn’t totally responsible, but part of the fun of owning any animal is figuring out what fun treats that they can have. Animals have feelings just like we do, and there’s hardly anything more joyous than getting your favorite morsel to eat. They are certainly no different, and though chickens can eat

It’s kind of funny when you think about it, that most of the produce that we eat is also safe and healthy for our animals, at least usually. Especially when it comes to green vegetables, more often than not they are good and healthy rather than harmful for livestock, especially in the case of chickens

Chickens love to eat all sorts of fruits and veggies, including many of the same things that you and I like eating. It turns out that chickens are among the most omnivorous animals you can own, and watching them try out new foods and figuring out their favorites really is half the fun of owning

When it comes to supplementing your flock’s diet of the usual chicken feed with whole vegetables, the leafy ones are usually your best bet. Chickens, left to free range, are naturally drawn to many leafy vegetables as a source of nutrition, and they can also safely eat many of the same veggies that we do.

When it comes to vegetables, broccoli is a powerhouse that can’t be ignored. It’s also extremely popular around the world… Since our chickens can eat many of the same vegetables that we can, it is worth investigating if broccoli is a safe and worthwhile addition to their diet. But we’ve got to be sure that

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