Chickens

Out of all the animals you could possibly own on your farm or homestead, chickens are the ones with huge appetites out of all proportion with their tiny stature. Any keeper who has been around a flock long enough will tell you that, given half a chance, chickens will steal food from other animals and

If you’ve taken it upon yourself to give your chickens a complete and varied diet beyond their usual feed, you’ve probably already learned that they can eat all sorts of fruits… Chickens only need fruit on a limited basis but it still plays an important part in their diet, and not for nothing most chickens

I think if we’re being honest, pretty much every person who owns animals would admit to the urge of sharing some of our favorite foods with them. If our favorite treats make us feel good, that naturally follows that maybe they’ll make our animals feel good too… Every once in a while, this is true,

Chickens, as you probably know, will eat just about anything they can reach. Rather, they will try anything they can reach, and it turns out that they like quite a few things that they shouldn’t normally eat! Whether this is other animal’s food or a few choice snacks that we drop, chickens are notorious food

Whatever else you might say about them, chickens are definitely some of the most varied and adventurous eaters among all the animals you might own. If chickens are awake, they are thinking about eating and plenty of keepers know the joy of seeing their chickens react positively to some new treat that they bring to

Chickens have a reputation for being very enthusiastic, borderline adventurous eaters. Once they find a food they like, they usually leave little behind and in the case of plants, there are some that they will eat right down to the surface of the ground- buds, stem, and all. They are certainly efficient, but can all

Pretty much every chicken keeper knows by now that chickens can eat fruit, and many chickens seem to love the stuff. However, not all fruits are safe for chickens, and some are downright controversial. Citrus fruits are one such example, with some folks claiming that they are overtly toxic for chickens while others say they

If you allow your chickens to free-range, it won’t take long before you notice them taking a few bites out of every kind of plant they can reach. But if you watch closely, you might notice that some of your chickens’ favorite plants actually happened to be herbs, specifically many of the same herbs that

If you leave chickens to their own devices around your property, it won’t be long before you notice them chowing down on all sorts of plants, including ones that you grow in your own garden! As it turns out, some of chickens’ favorite foods happen to be kitchen herbs that we use ourselves. Chickens are

Alfalfa has been raised as provender for livestock for millennia in various places around the globe, a practice that continues to this very day. Although it’s typically thought of as feed for larger animals like horses and cattle, other animals can eat alfalfa and not just mammals at that. How about our precious chickens? Will