Abbey Road Girl Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 A friend who has kept hens in the past brought me a huge bunch of freshly sheared goose grass saying that her hens had loved it. I thanked her (and gave her some chicken poo for her compost heap in return) but hesitated to give it to my girlies as I was worried that the long stems might impact their crops. I could see that hens might indeed loving picking off the small leaves when the plant was growing in the ground, but mine seem to treat stuff growing differently from stuff harvested. The first they devour but the latter they tend to ignore. For example, I'm sure they would raze any growing spinach to the ground but given the leaves from the supermarket they don't think much of it. Can anyone else confirm this preference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Mine won't touch anything hanging or like yours, spinach leaves from the shops is a no no. I actually have grown spinach and other stuff for them in pots - nope, no good either. But plant them in the ground and the whole lot is pigged. Perhaps it's because they find it easier to munch if the plant is resisting them more, hence daintier beakfulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
