<\/span><\/h2>\nMushrooms are a treat and shouldn’t make up a large portion of a chicken’s diet.<\/p>\n
For most standard-sized chickens, feed 1-2 ounces of chopped mushrooms 2-3 times per week.<\/p>\n
Adjust amounts based on your chickens’ size; bantams should get less.<\/p>\n
Observe chickens after eating to look for any issues with digesting mushrooms.<\/p>\n
Reduce frequency if chickens develop loose stool or seem lethargic afterwards.<\/p>\n
Spread out treats throughout the day rather than one big meal.<\/p>\n
Try mixing dried mushroom powder into feed for a nutritious boost.<\/p>\n
Scattering pieces in their enclosure lets chickens forage for treats.<\/p>\n
Avoid feeding mushrooms every day long-term.<\/p>\n
Monitor production for any drop in eggs that could signal too many treats.<\/p>\n
Discuss any concerns with your avian vet and adjust feed as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let me tell you about the time I went mushroom hunting in the woods and found some pretty honey mushrooms to take home and try feeding to my chickens. I love taking my girls Mabel and Gertrude out into nature to teach them about edible wild plants. Well, on this particular forage, we came across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3035,"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\/3033"}],"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=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}