SO WHAT TYPES OF CROPS WILL BE DEVOURED BY YOUR CHICKENS?
SHOOTS
As any chicken keeper knows, chickens have a fondness for young tender green shoots which are not only highly digestible, they’re packed with minerals and nutrients too. Shoots from grains such as wheat, oat and rye are highly prized by poultry and lend themselves to being sown in shallow trays. Once the shoots are around 6-8cm (2-3in) high you can offer the juicy pickings by the tray load.
FRUITS
Chickens seem to devour fruit with relish while fruits pilfered from overhanging canes or the lower branches of fruit trees seem to give them extra pleasure!
Fruits, which also include tomatoes, members of the Cucurbitaceae family (cucumbers, pumpkins and squashes) are generally packed with
