Chicken plants

When designing a chicken-friendly garden around your chicken coop, it's important to choose plants that are safe and beneficial for chickens. Chickens can be quite destructive to plants because they scratch, peck, and sometimes eat them. However, some plants can provide chickens with shade, entertainment, and a nutritious supplement to their diet. Visit our blog for safe plants around your chicken coop.

Have you thought about supplementing your chicken feed with plants around your garden? Here are the top 10 plants to grow for chicken feed.

Comprehensive list of plants to grow to ensure healthy chickens. Chicken plants can be used as food supplements, water additives, etc for healthy chickens.

In this article, I'm sharing a few of the odd planting methods I use to keep plants growing in, around, and over my chicken coop. Growing the chicken-friendly plants, flowers, and shrubs in my chicken run prevents erosion, promotes flock health, and provides supplemental feed.

Take a look at some of these plants that you can grow to supplement your chicken feed and save your wallet, too! #chickens #homesteading #gardening

Raising your own chickens can be a great source of regular eggs, and maybe even chicken meat. However, before you can eat anything the chickens give you, it's

Raising poultry and growing a garden go hand in hand. They are both excellent ways to be self-sufficient and promote a healthy lifestyle. When you are planning your garden for your family, why not add a few plants that are beneficial for your feathered friends as well. #gardening #chickens #homesteading #farming #backyardflock #chickensandgardens

One important aspect of raising chickens is maintaining healthy living environments ensuring that the flock is always safe. And this includes knowing what plants are bad for chickens, especially when they’re free to roam your property. Learn more here.

Well known for their health benefits, not all marigolds are equal. Which should chickens eat for health and egg quality?

Feeding chickens can be expensive, especially when you buy organic or non-GMO feed. Learn what chickens eat naturally to help save on your feed bill. With a little planning and creativity, raising chickens doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. Like us, you may have realized that the cost of chicken feed is

Grazing frames to protect grass for your chickens. Free plans here: http://www.thegardencoop.com/blog/2012/02/07/grazing-frames-backyard-chickens/

Wouldn't it be nice to have a list of plants you'll want to avoid around chickens? For that reason, you'll want to make sure you don't plant certain,,,

What are the best plants to grow that chickens can eat? A blend of shrubs and wildflowers in my backyard creates amazing scenery to look at. For my flock of chickens

Raise the 'coop'tation with these fab 🐔 run ideas! Grow luffa plants 🌱 for a natural shade and wind block 💨. It's not just for sponges, folks! Bonus: your pet chicken 🐣 will love it! #ChickenRun #LuffaLove #GardenGoals

Chickens that free range may occasionally encounter weeds that are toxic. Even so, most toxic plants don’t taste good, so chickens are rarely tempted to eat them.

If you’re growing a garden, consider adding herbs for chickens. Their benefits are two-fold, because they’re good for your birds and you! Herbs are notoriously easy to grow and maintain. They’re not picky and can be grown in almost any soil and will adapt to almost any situation (except being waterlogged). You can even