Plants Chickens Love To Eat So Grow Them Next To Coops to supplement your chicken’s diet of feed, insects, and grass in their chicken run.
Many people have discovered the major health benefits of raising chickens for their fresh laid eggs.
Many others have found out that they can combine raising chickens and gardening. This is primarily because their chickens get health benefits from some of the most commonly planted vegetables and herbs found in today’s backyard garden.
This article was created by the author in hopes to help share their vast knowledge of both gardening and raising chickens.
The article describes several different herbs and vegetables that would be really good choices to be planted very close to your chicken coop so that your chickens can eat them and get the health benefits that many of the plants have to offer.
All of the information is presented in a way that makes it really easy to read.
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Herbs:
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Comfrey
Fennel
Thyme
Rosemary
Wormwood
Oregano
Chickweed
Dandelions
Nettles
Mint
Lemon Balm
Bay Leaves
Catnip
Cayenne Pepper
Chamomile
Cilantro
Cinnamon
Comfrey
Fennel
Feverfew
Garlic
Ginger
Nettles
Peppermint
Pineapple Sage
Sage
Spearmint
Tarragon
Thyme
Wormwood
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Vegetables & Grains:
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Amaranth
Cucumbers
Plantain
Clover
Alfalfa
Sunflowers
Peas, Beans, & Legumes
Lentils
Squash
Rhubarb (no leaves)
Buckwheat
Garlic, Onions, Leeks (Alliums)
Asparagus
Leafy Green Swiss Chard
Corn
Avocado skin and pits contain persin, which is toxic to chickens.
Raw green potato skins contain solanine, which is poisonous to chickens.
Don’t give your chickens leaves of rhubarb, potato, or tomato plants.
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Fruit & Shrubs:
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Most Fruit Trees & Canes
Raspberries
Blueberries
Strawberries
Watermelon
Currants
Mulberries
Siberian Pea Shrub
Blackberries
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Flowers:
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Calendula
Sunflower
Lavender
Nasturtium
Echinacea
Geraniums
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Impatiens
Lilac
Pansy
Pea Blossoms
Peony
Phlox
Snap Dragon
Squash Blossom
Violet
Roses and Rose Hips
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Weeds:
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Beautyberry
Bitter Cress
Burweed
Catchweed Bedstraw
Catsear
Evening Primrose
Fat Hen
Hawkweed
Mugwort
Oxalis
Plantain
Purslane
Shiny Cudweed
Smartweed
Yellow dock
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Please AVOID AVOID AVOID planting these: Azalea, Clematis, Corn Cockle, Foxglove, Henbane, Iris, Lily of the Valley, Sweet Pea, Rhododendron, Trumpet Vine, Castor Bean, Honeysuckle, Vetch, Buttercup, St. John’s Wort, Daffodil, Daphne, Boxwood, Cherry laurel, Ivy, Jasmine, Mexican Poppy, Monkshood, Lantana, Oleander, Tobacco, Tulip, Wisteria, Yew.
