Chickens

One of my favorite things about owning chickens is seeing how they react to new foods. People get tired of eating the same thing day in and day out, and you better believe that our chickens do too. Spicing up their menu with novel proteins or fresh fruits and veggies is a great way to […]

If you own chickens, do you let them live on just chicken feed, or do you take the time to feed them a variety of whole foods, too? If you do feed them whole foods, you should know that there are all kinds of things that chickens can eat, including many common fruits. However, chickens

One of the neatest things about chickens is just how many fascinating breeds there are out there. No matter what kind of chickens you need, there is guaranteed to be a breed or 10 for the job. More than this, there is certain to be a breed that strikes your fancy! From tall, imperious and

If you own chickens, you probably already know that they eat all kinds of things, including a huge variety of produce, fruits and vegetables alike. And though fruits and veggies are definitely natural, that doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily good or even safe for chickens. Accidentally letting chickens eat something that they shouldn’t have could

Carrots are among the most ubiquitous vegetables out there: they’re featured prominently in our own food, and also as food for various species of livestock. Chickens are among the most varied and adventurous eaters that you’re likely to find on a farm or homestead, but even they cannot eat everything. But how about carrots? Is

It’s hard to imagine any piece of fruit that is more perfect and more appealing than a ripe, juicy strawberry. Enjoyed all around the world and appearing in countless desserts, strawberries are one of the world’s most popular fruits. That’s all well and good, but what we need to know today is if our chickens

There are days when it seems like there isn’t anything our chickens won’t eat. They’ll eat anything we can give them, everything they can catch in the yard, and every plant they can reach, including those perennials we worked so hard on. Oh well, at least it is nice to know they are getting a

If you know anything at all about chickens, you know that their wild ancestors, the red jungle fowl, had a highly varied diet. Furthermore, our own chickens will eat all sorts of things if you let them free-range. The trick is that chickens can’t eat everything just because it grows in nature, and some things

If there’s one thing you can count on your chickens to eat, it’s vegetables. Left to forage on their own, there are all sorts of plants out in the wild, or just around your property, that your birds will nibble on. Every chicken keeper that also has a garden knows the frustration, even anger that

One of the most enjoyable parts about owning chickens is seeing how they react to different foods that you give them. Sometimes they’ll turn their beak up, other times they will dig in with relish, and eagerly look forward to the next treat. Chickens can eat most whole fruits and vegetables, but not all. What