[moomoos42]

Ok can anyone settle a argument between my husband and me?
Can chickens have lettuce?
I say yes in moderation as with all things.
The other half says it't bad for them!
If i let the Gals decide they eat everything, up to and including a mouse that happened to run across their path  (they really are Raptors in feathers!)
Thanks

[joyfull]

I give my 17 a whole lettuce between them every now and then and they are ok 

[Trillium]

Most people with chickens that I know depend on their chickens to finish up overgrown/old lettuces, just don't overdo them per day.  Free range chickens depend on greens for their diets and lettuce is perfect. Cabbage, I find, tends to give them smellier eggs, but other veg like kale, chard, etc  are fine too.

[moomoos42]

Thank you both. And i wondered why their eggs sometimes tasted a little different!  :blink:

[Sassy]

Lettuce can give them diahorrea! Just small amounts should be fine. I have yet to have a hen that will eat it!!

[Geo]

Most people with chickens that I know depend on their chickens to finish up overgrown/old lettuces, just don't overdo them per day.  Free range chickens depend on greens for their diets and lettuce is perfect. Cabbage, I find, tends to give them smellier eggs, but other veg like kale, chard, etc  are fine too.

I have been feeding cabbage to my lot for the last 3 or 4 months and I cannot say I have noticed any difference in taste or smell. I gave them lettuce every day up until the cabbage were ready. 

[cbv8]

If you feed them eggs will the eggs tase even more eggy  sorry i couldn't resist that 

[8doubles]

Lettuce can give them diahorrea! Just small amounts should be fine. I have yet to have a hen that will eat it!!

I have a Light Sussex who is (given the chance) a lettuce junkie !

As Sassy says too much goes through `em like a Ferrari !