Edible Flowers for Chickens

Spring is a wonderful time to add fresh freebies to your flock’s diet! Here are some flowers that are safe for your chickens to eat, and chances are, you already have them growing in your yard!

Chickens are omnivores and need nutrients from both animals and plants to thrive If you let your hens out to free-range, they can usually find these goodies themselves You can let your flock free range without worry Chickens like to test everything, but they seem to know what’s good, and what’s not One little bite and they know instinctively if a plant is safe

Planting a Garden for Your Chickens

Yes, you heard that right! Plant a garden FOR your chickens!

Myself and many others have fought the good fight to keep chickens OUT of our summer gardens since the beginning of time Crafty and able to squeeze through most affordable types of livestock fencing, chickens can destroy a garden It’s not their fault, they are opportunistic free rangers, eating whatever they can find

Here are a few tips to distract your flock this year, saving your garden!

Plan for Extras in Your Garden

As the old saying goes, “Sow four beans as you