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We eat celery, and it’s healthy for us and it’s also healthy for our backyard chickens.

I think we know that it is low in calories.

Did you know that it also has a high content of antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and other benefits?

Well, it is.

So if you go and start buying more celery now, don’t forget your feathered friends.

Yes…

The ones with spikes that look up at you to see what you have every time you walk into your backyard.

Did you know that celery actually has about 12 types of antioxidants, it’s also rich in vitamins A, B, C and K?

Y…

It’s also a great source of calcium to top it off!

I just knew it because the celery plant wasn’t packed with a lot of flavors, but it still packed a punch when it came to goodness for us.

And the same goes for our chickens too.

Apparently, this plant was cultivated in the swamp as a vegetable in ancient times.

Interesting data…

I had to put that.

Good…

There are people out there who would be interested in this information.

Like myself.

How to feed chickens with celery

Now we know that celery is good for chickens, how do we give it to them…

We all know that celery is stringy.

We know it well…

Because it gets stuck in our teeth, right?

But we know that our hens don’t have teeth.

they are the weevils…

So…

No stuck celery strings in here.

But celery sticks can be a problem for your chickens because they don’t have teeth to shred these stringy bits.

Can chickens eat celery with those long strands, do they really get in the way?

Am I going to suggest you remove all of them from the celery before giving it to your chickens?

Nope…

I hear a sigh of relief…

So…

Now what.

I would cut the celery into small pieces.

Not long ways.

Since you are still going to get long locks.

They may not seem so long to us.

But to a chicken?

Those strands go on and on when you have a flaw.

These strands shorten once you’ve cut them.

And when it slides into the chicken’s stomach, the stomach will take care of breaking it up after that.

And he’s very good at it, I can tell…

Is celery okay for chickens to eat?

As we have previously established.

In fact, celery is very good for backyard chickens.

With all those many vitamins and nutrients that are in here.

But as in everything…

You need to give it to him in moderation.

It must be a treat, you must maintain your main diet of chicken feed.

I eat too many vegetables and fruits after they have become accustomed to a diet of grains.

You will end up with pooey bums.

yes people

Diahoreah!

Can chickens eat celery stalks?

I think we’ve already addressed that celery is good for chickens.

And that the stringy bits that run down the celery stalk are full of them.

And we don’t want our hens trying to swallow these strings because they can’t chew them.

Not having teeth.

All you need to do is go out into the chicken coop and find a chicken staring at you with a string of celery dangling from its beak.

Because I couldn’t swallow it.

Now there is a view!

Then you have to catch the chicken and take it out.

In any case…

You’ve bitten into a celery stalk.

It needs a bit of chewing to break it down as it is quite hard.

So the spikes aren’t really going to cut it.

They might get pecked here and there and even break a bit.

But it could stay there for you to clean up.

Being abandoned by your chickens in the basket too hard.

In fact, I know.

So no whole stalks of celery being thrown at you chicken coop people.

Can chicken eat celery leaves?

Now this part of the celery plant.

Celery leaves can be a bit tough if they are older and a bit tougher.

However, these leaves also contain most of the potassium, vitamin C, and calcium, making this part of celery even better for your chickens.

Here’s the same question again in a different way…

Can chickens have celery tops?

It’s all the same…

Of course, give your chicken the celery leaves.

We mostly cut them up anyway when we’re cooking.

So it’s better to throw them in the chicken coop than throw them in the compost heap.

And younger, lighter celery leaves will be softer.

And therefore, they will most likely be the first to go.

But it is the darker ones that will have the most nutrients.

Your chickens will probably go for the lighter, softer ones.

Try to explain to your chickens that the darker and tougher ones are better for them then…

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