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I was waiting for you to say dandelions. I haven't seen any stinging nettle in the urban setting, but even if I did, I don't think I want to mess with something that's going to give me a skin reaction. I grow dandelions for them. I try to catch the poofy seed balls early so they don't blow everywhere, and I replant them. My neighbor probably hates me for it, but the girls love them. 🤣 I also grow comfrey, nasturtiums, cabbage and Brussels sprouts leaves for them. They get a nice mixed salad several times a week. I even occasionally cook them up a bit of ground beef, and these little dinosaur raptors LOVE it! They are quite spoiled.

I started keeping chickens long before it became popular and before there were any books for backyard chicken keepers. So I asked my grandmother how to care for them. She told me to give them lots of dandelions. She also told me to put wood ashes out for them to dust bathe in. We have stinging nettles growing in our yard and hubby always wants to get rid of it and I always stop him.

❤Momma duck has been sitting on a secret nest and today I found 4 baby black ducklings! They’re all safe indoors now with all the comforts without Momma duck, who spent the day complaining in the yard.😂 Mom is a mallard and dad is a black Cayuga. Glad I keep quick chik powder for the water and feed ready so I pulled the set up together in 20 minutes. There are more eggs in the nest so I’ll keep watch for a few days before clean up.

Can't wait to see my partners reaction when I tell him I'm making tea for my chickens 😂❤ Great tip, thank you!

The moss growing on the back of that hardwood tree looks beautiful

Back in the day when I had a flock I would give my feathered babies perslane. They loved it!

Whoooo. I actually seeded a patch bordering my chicken run last year for my consumption. It’s advised to wait a year before harvesting so this year is it. Bonus my chickens can reach through the run and are able to munch on them!

One of the many weeds I dry for winter chimken enjoyment. Also plantain, dandelion, and various garden greens.

Seeing Monkey on your shoulder always makes me smile! I only have one chicken that enjoys my love lol. Thanks for another awesome video!

I just got my first four chicks!!!!

I switched to that flake oyster shell as the primary about a year ago and my chickens absolutely love it. I always put in a mix of flake, the regular chunk kind, and their eggshells, and they pick that flake stuff out every time, followed by the egg shells and the chunk last.

I planted comfrey and they love it. Bought 3 more plants!

We have ton of nettles in summer wow glad to here🙌❤️

Love you!! Monkey is adorable as usual and your hair looks amazing ❤

The Comfrey plant is a good source of vitamins, including vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B12, and vitamin E. It also contains essential minerals like Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorus, and Iron.
Additionally, this plant is rich in phytochemicals such as allantoin, rosmarinic acid, and tannins, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Comfrey leaves are a valuable source of protein, containing an average of 15-30% protein by dry weight.

Thank you! I was looking for ways to boost my hens' health. The shells of their eggs seem thinner than usual. Here in the Andes of Ecuador, these stinging nettles are called tsini by the Kichwa-speaking indigenous people. It grows in abundance everywhere including my corn field. My chickens are free range, but I want to collect some tsini for tea to add to their water to make certain it becomes part of their diet. Local shamans (yachakkuna) use tsini branches in spiritual cleansing rituals and to punish criminal acts committed inside their villages. People report feeling refreshed and energized with positive energy after a flogging with tsini. I can't bear one small prick of a tsini thorn, so I can only tell you what I hear! In any case, I will be collecting some tsini from my fields and give them a try! Grateful for this tip.

Monkey is such a cutie, I just love her!!! Wonderful video thanks so much.

It is great thing, the stinging nettle. Lot of minerals and vitamins, true! It is also great for stopping blood when wounded or in other cases when you loose much blood. But because of this - those on blood thinners need to be really careful. It is really really powerful thing. Aside from that nettle also is great as fertiliser when fermented with some sugar. :)

I'm getting my buffet boxes replanted- nothing edible left in the yard! LOL!
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We have a lot of deadhead nettles on my property and those also have calcium, vitamin A and VitaminC. This nettle has no "stinging".

This property was covered in stinging nettles when my mom bought it. She and her husband, got them all out. I bet I can find some in this area.

FYI nettles don’t sting after they’re dried or put in hot water. You can clip off big chunks with glvoes and let dry in the sun for easy grabbing, gloveless, later :) I grow a big pot of nettles for me (soup!) and chickens. It’s perennial!

Bonus- if you do get stung crush up jewelweed or dock leaves and rub them on the affected tissues. These weeds are very common growing near the nettles.

At this time of the year, my go to free superfood for chickens is chickweed. It is plentiful here, and is considered a weed, so no one cares that you're harvesting it. I feed it to my flock on a daily bases during the spring and my hens and rooster gobble it up. It full of essential vitamins (such as A, B, C, and D), minerals (like calcium, potassium, and iron), and protein.

Mine baby’s absolutely love comfrey and purslane. Free as well.

I transplanted nettles along the run border, they eat as they feel like

I have it all over! Did you know it provides 9of essential amino acids for us. It helps cleanse or bladder kidneys. It's an amazing plant!🙏❤

You are so sweet and awesome ❤😂

I wish I had stinging nettles. I do have dead nettles. And I feed my chickens a chopped kale almost everyday.

I don't have nettles here on the dry side of WA. I would have to order some. Thanks for the info.

Excellent video- thank you 🐔

My chickens get all my yard weeds. Grass I have pulled up. Cabbage spinach and lots of other greens. My girls get molasses in their water every day. They have oyster shell whenever they want it freely.

Soooo cool

I think I’ll try to add them to a home made flock block❤

Yr just amazing xxx

Nettle is a superfood for humans too! Sauté it in olive oil. Cleanses & energizes. Amazon has the tea too!

Question for a futture video? What do you think of wearing gloves vs hand to chicken contact? I see you always wear gloves. I don't. I found they LOVE it so much compared to my husband who wears gloves. If I put gloves on, they won't let me touch them. Of course, hand washing goes without saying. I have a sink set up right outside the coop. From chicks to 4 yr old chickens, they love my bare touch.

Love your glasses 🤓🤩🤓😂😂😂❤❤

Wow, my backyard is full of this. I thought they were just weeds.

Nettle is super good for humans as well 😉

Hi! what do you use to sanitize their food and water bowls

Dandelion flowers

Can they just eat the nettles as in the wild? Do you have to process them in some way?

Stinging nettles; nope....Dandelion; yea.

On the leg mites you didn’t make clear dip in oil everyday for ten days or repeat in ten days

Can the chickens just forage and eat it fresh? Or could you pick it fresh and just throw it in the coup for them to eat? I'm all about easy- I don't really have time to make tea or saute it for them!

Henlo!!

I see Small Pet Select has all sorts of herb mixes. Do you think they're all okay for chickens? They market for rabbits and guinea pigs.

Two "weeds" that my chickens enjoy are canna leaves and tradescantia (wandering jew).

Love from Sweden.

What about hen bit & dead nettle?

Thanks for the electrolyte recipe in another video! So grateful for your wisdom. I have salt w garlic coming for the chooks, my question is, can I give this to new chicks or would I be better off using Redmond salt I use in the kitchen? (They are coming home tomorrow. so I don't have time to order something else)

So the chickens are not supposed to eat the growing plant?

I have lots of nettles here. I'm not sure if they've come up yet.

Can the chickens eat the nettles as fresh plants?

I know we have that growing around our land but is there something that looks exactly like it and it’s bad?

Do chickens eat them from the ground too?

Im guessing dandelions...was i right? I like feild trips.

I’m not sure if this has been covered yet, but I really want to know what you do with all your eggs!

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The aplea vinegar is hlping on wet cough

Mine will be spoiled!

Try raking

My girls love the flaked oyster. So glad I tried it. Thanks

Where's all the yotes

Freeze drying is another way , they don't lose any nutrients that way . I'm definitely going to get some for my babies. Thank you for the info

Please send some eggs to Trump!!! 😅😮😅😮😅 LOL