eating alfalfa<\/a>, don’t let the leftovers go to waste.<\/p>\nChickens will happily gobble up alfalfa scraps after other animals have nibbled on it.<\/p>\n
These leftovers still provide useful nutrition for chickens.<\/p>\n
The animals remove the tastiest, most palatable bits first.<\/p>\n
But plenty of protein and nutrients remain in the stems and fragments.<\/p>\n
Chickens are not picky and will clean it all up.<\/p>\n
Scraps may be more stemmy or woody but chickens can break them down.<\/p>\n
Their gizzards effectively grind and digest fibrous material.<\/p>\n
Before feeding scraps, inspect carefully and discard any soiled or molded portions.<\/p>\n
Chop or break it down into smaller pieces for easier eating.<\/p>\n
Try stuffing bits into a suet feeder or packed into an old plastic bottle.<\/p>\n
This forces chickens to<\/p>\n
This forces chickens to work and nibble away at the alfalfa scraps.<\/p>\n
Spreading them out over the ground or lawn also promotes foraging activity.<\/p>\n
Just be sure scraps make up a small portion of the overall diet.<\/p>\n
They lack the completeness of pure dried alfalfa products.<\/p>\n
Always provide a quality complete feed in addition to any foraged scrap treats.<\/p>\n
Monitor to ensure chickens are actually eating the scraps.<\/p>\n
Some may reject woody, stemmy bits if given other choices.<\/p>\n
But letting chickens clean up alfalfa scraps is a great way to reduce waste.<\/p>\n
It provides entertainment, activity, and bonus nutrition.<\/p>\n
Just be selective about quality and watch feeding amounts.<\/p>\n
With a few precautions, alfalfa scraps make an eco-friendly chicken snack!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ll never forget the time my pet chicken Pecker gobbled up a huge pile of dried alfalfa thinking it was her regular chicken feed. That silly bird ate so much her crop was about to burst! But after researching a bit more, I realized alfalfa isn’t so bad for chickens in moderation. So let’s dig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}