There are numerous benefits to planting a chicken garden, including benefits to you, your family, the environment, and your flock.
Growing a chicken garden may appear silly at first, but it can help to mimic a chicken’s natural diet, vastly improve your flock’s health, produce better tasting eggs, and save you money.
1. Spend less money on chicken feed
Many people get chickens for the enjoyment of raising livestock in their own backyards and for the “free eggs.” Then they realize the eggs aren’t free; they have to pay for chicken food, bedding, the coop, and healthcare.
Growing your own chicken feed is one of the best ways to save money on chicken feed!
If you only have time to take care of a few plants in your chicken garden, growing big plants like squash, tomatoes, and sunflowers will give your chickens a lot of healthy food without much work on your part.
With the right amount of sunlight, these three plants grow like weeds and can produce an abundance of crops for you and your flock.
