“I understand that chickens like to eat fresh greens and that providing

Chickens do love fresh greens, and it’s great for their health to have
access to some in the winter. 
I haven’t fed chickens wheatgrass myself, but the internet is full of
reports of other chicken-owners doing so.  It seems like the best
method is to plant the wheatgrass in trays topped with hardware
cloth.  After the green tops reach a certain height, you can put
one tray in the coop, and chickens will eat the greenery down to the
wire.  Then you take that tray out to put in a sunny windowsill and
regrow while the chickens are consuming a second tray.  Another
method is to simply cut the wheatgrass tops off yourself and dump those
directly into the coop.



To answer your second
question, chickens seem to be pretty good at picking around anything
poisonous, so I wouldn’t be particularly worried about giving them
something that will hurt them.  As long as they have access to
plenty of food and aren’t starving, chances are they’ll just turn up
their noses (beaks) at anything that doesn’t taste good.



(Click on the photo to see the source and to learn more about how to grow wheatgrass.)

Congratulations to Sue Loring and the Landergrens, who won first and second prize, respectively, in our winter chicken photo contest!  I also really enjoyed hearing from all of the voters about why they chose the entry they did.



I hope your chickens are
all snug and warm during this recent cold spell.  Ours are starting
to lay more despite the weather, and one hen thinks she’s going to find
an out-of-the-way spot to hatch out some chicks.  More on our own
chickens in a later post!