As you know I'm a huge fan of feeding chickens for free or on the cheap. I realized a few years back that if I make a small effort to plant some extra vegetable plants when I'm planting my garden, I can use those for feed for the chickens and make a dent in my feed bill. What started as an extra zucchini and some tomato plants is now a cute little chicken garden. I choose the plants based on how much they produce in a small area and how easy it is to feed it to the chickens. Things that need chopped up or cooked before being fed to the chickens do not make it to the chicken garden (I'm looking at you kohlrabi)
I don't usually buy plants for this garden. Well, except for last year when I thought I picked up 4 cucumber plants and they were zucchini. I had already started zucchini seeds. *sigh* Into the chicken garden they went! But otherwise, I either start from seed or dig out the volunteers that always pop up in my garden and move them over to the chicken garden. Sadly, as much as I would love to say I can let the chickens in their garden, they absolutely destroy it. Instead I have to take the veggies to them. It's a simple step though that saves tons of cash off my feed bill! Here's what I usually plant in the chicken garden:
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Planting a chicken feed gardenwas originally posted by Favorite Chicken Blogs
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