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7 Early Vegetables to Grow for You and Your Flock

Posted by Melissa Caughey on March 23, 2014 Visit Tilly's Nest

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by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest

Do you garden? Why not plant some veggies that have a bigger bang for their buck this year, especially for the chickens? Chickens love fresh treats from the vegetable garden. Many times they happily eat leaves, stems and roots. They also don’t mind bug chewed leaves that normally would find their way into the composter.Typically around this time, we start our seeds off indoors in seed trays. Once the seeds have germinated and are a few weeks old, we begin to “harden them off”. On warmer sunny days, we bring the trays full of seedlings outside to the picnic table, so that they can acclimate to outside temperatures. We bring them back indoors in the evening. We do this for about a week. After a week or so, we then plant them in the garden.

Soon enough, it’s harvest time. When sharing fresh vegetables with your flock, always be sure they have access to chicken grit and fresh drinking water. Also, if you have applied any garden chemicals, be sure to give them a good washing prior to sharing.  Here are seven great plants that tolerate the chilly evenings of early spring, are easy to grow and perfect for you and the flock to enjoy.

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Broccoli

Broccoli is an excellent source of folate, vitamin K, B vitamins, riboflavin, calcium, manganese, iron, magnesium, selenium, phosphorus, zinc, and some omega-3 fatty acids. After you harvest the blossoms, feed the leaves and stems to the chickens.
 
Lettuces

Mixed salad greens grow quickly and can be harvested sooner than most vegetables. They are rich in Vitamins A, B, and also full of antioxidants. The entire plant is edible. I always plant extra and toss the entire plant, roots and all, into the chicken run.

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Kale

Kale is low in calories but packed with many vitamins and minerals including Vitamins A, K, C, B complex, iron, calcium, potassium, Vitamin E, omega-3 fatty acids and folate. The entire plant is edible. Kale can grow the entire season and is simple to grow. You could even grow it in a container with mixed greens.

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Beets
One of my chickens’ favorite treats are beet greens.  These are packed with Potassium, Vitamins A, C, and iron. Did you know that the beet tops, including the leaves and stems, are absolutely delicious. If you’re not planning on eating them, share them with your flock!
Cauliflower
This vegetable is a relative to broccoli and chickens will not only eat the flowering white portion but also enjoy dining on the leaves and stems as well. Full of potassium, Vitamins A, D, B12, B6, C, iron and magnesium, the chickens get a healthy dose of nutrients.Swiss Chard
I love growing Swiss Chard and in the Northeast, it can grow like a weed. Once in the ground, our plants produce all season long until the first hard frost in fall. Swiss chard is rich in Vitamins A, K, C, E, B12, calcium, iron, folate and fiber.Carrots
To chickens, this entire plant is edible including the leafy greens. Carrots are a great boredom buster and keep the flock busy as it takes a bit of work to eat them. Carrots of course are known for beta-carotene, but they also are a great source of vitamins A, C, B6, and potassium, Try growing heirloom varieties that come in many gorgeous shades of yellow, orange, purples and pinks. Next time for a little fun, try tossing an entire carrot plant into the run as a treat.

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Fresh vegetables are an excellent way to treat your chickens without feeling guilty. Whether you start a small garden in containers, built raised garden beds or till a large plot of land, chickens will happily work the soil and help with pest control. However, a word of caution, they are excellent, focused, and efficient workers. Therefore, be sure to supervise them in the garden, redirect their efforts as needed, and never leave them unattended. They can and will devour your entire garden in less time than you think.
About the author: Melissa Caughey is a backyard chicken keeper, beekeeper, gardener, and cook who pens the award winning blog, Tilly’s Nest. She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts with her family of four and her Miniature Schnauzer. She regularly writes for HGTV Gardens, Community Chickens, Grit magazine, and contributes to Country Living Magazine. Her blog was recently named one of Better Homes and Gardens Top 10 Gardening Blogs. Melissa is currently working on a backyard chicken book with Storey Publishing to be released this upcoming year.


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Laurie McCullen
4 years ago

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We have a big garden this year so our chickens will get plenty of treats. Love the t shirt

Eileen Monti
4 years ago

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Cool shirt! No wonder my chickens fight me to get into my garden!

Linda
4 years ago

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Our chickens love most anything that we eat. There are no wasted scraps around our house. We plant extra veggies for them.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I’m the winner!!!! thank you!!!!

The Prudent Homemaker
5 years ago

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I like so many of them! But my favorites aren’t made in the sizes I need (children’s sizes 2 and up); I like the I hug chickens and wee peep shirts!

Marlene Rose
5 years ago

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I like the Crazy Chicken Lady shirt

Cabbage
5 years ago

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I talk to chickens’ for sure, cuz it’s true!

Beth
5 years ago

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Wow–so many cute t-shirts and more! I certainly qualify as a “crazy chicken chick” so that might be my first choice.

bunn51
5 years ago

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I love growing my own veggies. Broccoli is so yummy. I also grow peas,yellow beans(hubby’s favorite)Tomatoes, cherry@early girls.This year I’m trying zucchini,pumpkins, onions@carrots. My plot is small, but it works. I love the T-shirts. Hope I win. Good Luck to everyone!!

deenamac
5 years ago

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My babies love the broccoli blossoms, yet REFUSE to eat the stems and leaves, and want nothing to do with carrots 🙂
They are quite spoiled, though, and get more tasty treats than I do haha!
P.S. I love those shirts.

Michael C. Lazarchick, PhD
5 years ago

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I have an organic garden and I have a flock of chickens. Life is just wonderful!

Kathie Craig
5 years ago

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I like the “Faster than a Speeding Pullet” shirt.

Jennifer Keeler
5 years ago

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Spring Chicken in my favorite. All are very cool though.

Elizabeth Brown
5 years ago

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I have 2 favorites. I think I like the Farm Fresh design the most but the I hug chickens is so close it’s a toss up!

Emily R
5 years ago

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I just looked through all the shirts and now my husband has gift ideas, thank you!

    Emily R
    5 years ago

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    I forgot to write my favorite shirt. My favorite is probably the I hug chickens shirt, though it is so hard to choose between all the punny shirts!

Robin Cherfane
5 years ago

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Love the shirts!

char41356
5 years ago

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I like the Men’s XXL that says Top of the mornin to ya! in a black tea with white writing.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love this shirt! Thanks for the chance to win.

bac1
5 years ago

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Top of the mornin to ya! shirt

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Thanks for all the tips!

kathy
5 years ago

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I absolutely LOVE chickens and hope to have some again soon. Love the T-shirt

michelle karling
5 years ago

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I would love to win that shirt for my dad, every time our cock crows, my dad crows back at him…cock a doodle doo, lol.

edgefarms
5 years ago

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I would love a shirt like this!

Linda Sheridan
5 years ago

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I like the mint green Rooster tee shirt that says Top of the Morning to You..Last June i got my first 6 chickens. We always put in a big garden with lettuces,swiss chard and everything that you posted above especially celery that we have been feeding our rabbits for years..My chickens loved the swiss chard and lettuces the best last year

Karen
5 years ago

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I’d love a shirt that says “Cock-a’doodle’doo”…that’s cute! I have been feeding my chickens the chickweed that grew in my raised beds over the winter! They love it.

Cesar
5 years ago

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Certified FOWL Mouth is a blast!

Little C
5 years ago

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We are finally getting rain (instead of snow) here in MN. This article was fun to read, make me excited to get my garden going!

Shekhinah Golden-Dove Davis
5 years ago

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I love this page….

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Everything in the store is cute, but my favorite tee is
A momma and her chicks!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I can’t wait to share my garden with the chickens and my rooster Elvis.

Judy
5 years ago

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I like the “Hello My name is…… This is soooo my daughter!

Paul Molnar
5 years ago

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<3 the “Faster Than a Speeding Pullet” shirt

Anonymous
5 years ago

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The ladies would love me sporting this shirt…

Mary
5 years ago

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I always produce more than I can eat, so all of the extras go to the hens. Good suggestions on some greens that so far they haven’t tried. Love the shirt–it will bring a smile to everyone who sees it.

ravenfandar
5 years ago

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Farm Girl, Rise and Shine! Love it!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Thanks for the great ideas! I cant wait to try these out! And I couldn’t pick just one favorite shirt, I love them all! Maybe Iw ould start with the “Have you hugged your chickens today?” shirt.

fuzzy48353
5 years ago

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I love the tshirt Farmland Security, it is way too cute! Chickens are wonderful I have had chickens as pets since I was young. Thanks for your wonderful site.

Rolf Wirkki
5 years ago

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I love your Blog. I don’t own any chickens yet, but plan to one day. You have a wealth of information and I thank you for it. I hope I win the shirt.

hockeymom574
5 years ago

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cute shirts! I like the one that says “my pet makes me breakfast” adorable 🙂

Dianne Bosque
5 years ago

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I plant tomatoes, lettuce and pumpkins just for my chickens. Well, I plant them for the family but I plant extras just for the chickens. They just love all the greens. Oh yea, I love that t shirt, very cute.

bethtwo13
5 years ago

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Women’s Bamboo Tank.

Hank Wolgast
5 years ago

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I like the men’s heavyweight t shirts…So hard to find them.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Not an “early” crop, but for some reason, I think my girls’ favorite is pumpkin.

Farmer Jen
5 years ago

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I like so many but the department of farmland security is my favorite with the chicken in place of the eagle

Bullyk9r
5 years ago

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I like the “farm chick” with the chick wearing cowboy boots. Too cute

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I would have to hide the shirt when I wasn’t wearing it so my daughter wouldn’t steal it!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Grandma’s chickens loved potato peelings!

chickzilla
5 years ago

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Great shirt! I don’t own a chicken shirt yet

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I like the crazy chicken lady one but if I win I will let my mom pick for mothers day
heather hgtempaddy@hotmail.com

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I like the locally grown design

WVBarbara
5 years ago

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This is the year we finally get chickens!! Yes!!!! Love the T-shirt!!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I already own 2 CHICKEN SHIrT T shirts and I love the new crazy chicken lady design!

srabalos
5 years ago

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I have allowed my peepers to graze in my winter garden, since all the crops have already bolted. I hope I don’t regret this since I planted a few tomatoes & zucchini plants in it today! I’d love to win any of these cute T shirts.

Courtney G
5 years ago

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The Fowl mouth shirt is my favorite.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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The balk stops here is my favorite

Tonya Delk Prescott
5 years ago

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I really like that shirt my Americauna Roos name is Cock-A-Doodle-Roo..
Almost a named shirt…lol

Paula Plunk
5 years ago

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Love the shirt and the veggies too!

Erin Garrett
5 years ago

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My chicks have always loved peas! I snap them off the vine and bring them right to the fence. They pace back and forth when they see me coming!

pat navarre
5 years ago

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my chickens love cabbage

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I’ve not committed to chickens YET, but we’re pushing for it. So, all the veggies will go to the family or our dear friends who are having their chicks delivered this week!

M. Richardson
5 years ago

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loves beets, I always have a hard time growing them for some reason!

Jules Conde
5 years ago

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Farm Fresh Women’s T Shirt in Medium

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I would LOVE to win this t shirt!!!! gotta love a chicken!

Pam Ladds
5 years ago

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Love the Spring Chicken shirt. My girls are great gardeners. I dig, they inspect. I plant, they “weed” and they are the first to harvest.

LesleyfromWI
5 years ago

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I like the Womens Tri-Blend Long Sleeve T-Shirt

Trophy and Barb
5 years ago

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Spring chicken or Mone Coop Runneth Over

Anonymous
5 years ago

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My hens will arrive at the end of April. Can’t wait. I love the T-shirts and guess I prefer the “Don’t ruffle my feathers!”

Photo Spread
5 years ago

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Cute shirt! I’d wear that!

Ron Willett
5 years ago

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Thanks for the gardening information. Nice t shirt.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Spring Chicken is just how I feel.

FarmerGirl
5 years ago

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I talk to chickens is my pick, cuz I do!

Mike Beckham
5 years ago

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I need a new T-shirt!

Amber
5 years ago

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I like Spring Chicken, Crazy Chicken Chick, and My Pet Makes Me Breakfast

ladyxmess
5 years ago

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The Golden Egg has some really cute T-shirts! Love having my flock– 🙂

Nancy
5 years ago

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I Love Chickens!!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Diane – an old tale says if you keep a rooster in the kichen it brings you good luck (not life of course)

Kathy Lane
5 years ago

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I love the A momma and her chicks shirt!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I love the Tees! I’m not a spring chicken but I like the shirt (navy)anyway. LOL I also like the Crazy Chicken Chick(long sleeve) . My favorite is the green “Farm Girl At Heart” with the brown chicken.

I really miss my girls. We lost them over the years to different things and now have none. We hope to get more soon though.

Tracy Spangler
5 years ago

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There are a lot of great shirts, but “Peep Show” is absolutely my favorite! Thanks!

Helen LaRue
5 years ago

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I love the chicken shirt!! And the information on what easy vegetables to grow is just what I need!

Jane
5 years ago

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Great idea…thanks… love the T…

Stacy
5 years ago

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I like I talk to chickens or spring chicken.

Melanie Wood
5 years ago

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So glad to have a place that combines my love of gardening and chickens! Can’t wait to learn more about how everything can work better together!

Broody_Hen
5 years ago

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I can imagine the comments I’ll get from that t-shirt! Ha! I grow swiss chard just for our birds, they LOVE it!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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My hens won’t eat the beet greens. They do love cabbage, though. I guess they’re all different, kind of like everything/everyone else.

Lord Prescott
5 years ago

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Crazy Chicken Chick!

DJ
5 years ago

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love the ‘crazy chicken chick’ tee shirt, but it’s hard to say which I really like the best, so many great designs and sayings

Kim H
5 years ago

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My chickens love chard, tomatoes and squash LOL Great shirt!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I would love this shirt! SO CUTE!

mulberryrose
5 years ago

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Getting my chickens soon. Love the shirt.

Joanne
5 years ago

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My chickens gathered around me yesterday watching me plant!

chrissi vergoglini
5 years ago

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Love the shirt! I plan on doing mixed lettuce greens for me & my girls!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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My chickens need to be fenced out of the garden but get random treats while I weed. They do get the run of the compost pile though and they truly appreciate that, an I like the work they save me having to turn it!

Camille
5 years ago

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Would love to have my own chickens!!
We use every bit of broccoli, except for the massive root part.. Sometimes we feed little extras to the dogs. They love their broccoli.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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We’re getting ready to start raising chickens for eggs and meat. Love the tee

Unknown
5 years ago

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Great info in the article. I learned quite a bit – thanks!

Lori Benton
5 years ago

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I like the purple Women’s Hooded Sweatshirt that says, “I Talk to Chickens”!

    Lori Benton
    5 years ago

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    Silly me! Thank you Melissa for the reminders of why we grow veggies other than the challenge: Healthy Food!

cherrie
5 years ago

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my chickens are prettier than your chickens

Be The Light Chapel
5 years ago

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Just noticed you said 7 veggies to grow but only show 5 🙂

Looks like I’m just going to have to grow an extra garden just for the girls lol nope they are not spoiled at all – good to know they can eat the broccoli and cauliflower leaves and such – when I thin out the seedlings, if I don’t put them in a juicer to drink I throw them in the run for the girls to enjoy

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I love ALL the shirts, it is hard to pick just one favorite, but I guess it would have to be “Farm Fresh”. Enjoyed reading about growing veggies that the chickens would love to eat also.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I like the CrazyChickenChick the best; 2nd best is Chicken Love and 3rd is I Love Fuzzy Butts!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Good article. T-shirts are fabulously cute! from the bird lady in AZ

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I love chickens and t-shirts!

Lori Barrett
5 years ago

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Loved the I hug chickens shirt in pink of course! 😉

crit r
5 years ago

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love the dept of farmland security

Doris
5 years ago

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Top of the Morning to ya!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Would love to wear this!

Jan
5 years ago

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I like the Spring Chicken design! I’m a 66 year old Spring Chick myself! 🙂 My husband and I are getting our first chickens this Spring and we’re very excited!

Linda Garcia
5 years ago

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I need this shirt…I’m the crazy chicken lady around here lol

tim
5 years ago

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great ideas for the garden. I’m going to start planting next week! and love the “circle of life” shirt design!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I like the: That’s all yolks! shirts

URON
5 years ago

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I love the tee above and on the site the Spring Chicken tank, I Talk to Chickens hoodie, and Farm Chick bandana (which would be great for putting my hair up when I tend to the ‘ladies”) Would love to win this tee giveaway. Theres a lot of great stuff on the site for us chicken parents to buy. 🙂

squirrelie55
5 years ago

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Have you loved your chicken I think is my favorite. 🙂

Anonymous
5 years ago

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love the pinwheel/chickens, very nice!

woman78
5 years ago

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Great article. I love the “Mine Coup runnith over” shirt

love to win
5 years ago

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“Don’t Ruffle My Feathers”

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I love the Chicken Shirt!

Msgwenn
5 years ago

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Neat shirts!!!

Kathy Cerwin
5 years ago

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Great idea, I will have to plant extras for the chickens and goats.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Too cute!

Valarie Rude
5 years ago

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OH I just love the shirts!! I can’t wait to order some.Thanks for the link!

Chris Fox
5 years ago

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Good ideas

Diana
5 years ago

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My girls love everything! Every time they see me they thing I should be bringing some treat.

Vicki Maye
5 years ago

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Cute T-shirt

Mary Jo
5 years ago

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My girls love broccoli and spinach the best. Going to try kale this year and am sure they will love it too. Love the shirt!

dropastitch@yahoo.com
5 years ago

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http://goldenegg.spreadshirt.com/spring-chicken-A12157838/customize/color/145

spring chicken t

romi
5 years ago

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I already share a lot of these vegetables with my chickens and ducks, thank you for reminding us all how good they are, not only for us but for our favorite birds!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Our ducks also love fresh veggies!
Deena K

Shirley Steele
5 years ago

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I like the farm chick and one hot chick designs the best

Sharri
5 years ago

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I had my hens and 2 roosters a long while back. I am in hopes to have them again soon; very soon!
I learned a new technique from a movie I recently watched with four of my grandchildren, “FLICKA 2”. That smart young lady took an umbrella out to that hen house and each time that feisty rooster took after her, she opened that umbrella giving him the “HAAA” signal!!! I giggled so hard!
Would enjoy prancing around in that T~Shirt in my new hen house.

    Sharri
    5 years ago

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    I adore the Crazy Chicken Chick shirt, but then the Young Chick is sweet too.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love chickens. Don’t have any now, plan to get some soon. The Tees are so cute, too.

David Church
5 years ago

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My wife would love it. She loves her chicken’s

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love the T-shirts!!!

noah1282
5 years ago

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I love the shirts!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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I wish I could understand what chickens were talking about!
Philip

Jewell Ford
5 years ago

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What a cute shirt!

Dawn
5 years ago

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I have an entire raised bed just for growing vegetables for my chickens, ducks, and rabbits.

Jeremy Obermeyer
5 years ago

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Love the shirts!

Don
5 years ago

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Nice shirt

emeraldmaz
5 years ago

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I love them all… but I think I like the I talk to chickens one best.

Lynn Noone
5 years ago

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Wow! What cute tee-shirts! If I am the lucky winner, I’d choose Farmland Security! My roo is a menace to visitors! Thanks for the contest!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Oh ya, I had to restart my garden twice didn’t know what was eating the seedlings! Finally caught them red-h(e)nded one day. Had to fence in the garden.
Nice shirts by-the-way.

Stephanie
5 years ago

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I like spring chicken tee shirt.

Jen Ubelaker
5 years ago

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Farmland Security? It’s really true — we have Great Danes and chickens, the chicks are definitely the security keepers….

Graceful
5 years ago

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Love the shirt!
graceinapril@gmail.com

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Farm Fresh Eggs or The Real Henny Penny. Cute

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love all the chicken shirts! Torn between “I talk to chickens” and “Farmland Security”. Being military, that one connected with me on lots of levels!

bauersix
5 years ago

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I’m always amazed at what my chickens will and will not eat!

    bauersix
    5 years ago

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    And love the Farm Fresh shirt!

    Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    I like the “Barnyard Security” with the pitchfork.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Looking forward to sharing our garden with our flock this year! great tips! thanks!

Gunda B.-S.
5 years ago

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Love the shirt………..Have you hugged your chicken today 😉

Jodi
5 years ago

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So many shirts that made me go, “I like THIS one!” Torn between “Mine Coop Runneth Over” and “Farm Fresh”. Great site!

Sandyfroglegs
5 years ago

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Chicken shi(r)t

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love the chicken pinwheel design, but the “Don’t Ruffle My Feathers” is so me!

tim trammell
5 years ago

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cool idea, I will keep this in mind this summer as I have garden waste

Dan
5 years ago

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You’d have to be cluckin’ crazy not to like the ‘Don’t Ruffle My Feathers’ design!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love the Farm Fresh Eggs tee!

Anonymous
5 years ago

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would love to win and give this to a friend’s young daughter who takes care of the familie’s chickens

Anke
5 years ago

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What a great looking t-shirt! Would love to wear it “around town”. 🙂

Nancy Dawn
5 years ago

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I am known among my friends as The Crazy Bird Lady. I have chickens, ducks, geese and guineas and honey bees around here. The weather has been so crazy we haven’t been able to start our Spring garden. I am thinking it is time to move to raised beds to be able to have what we want and to be able to share with the flocks. I enjoyed the post today. Would love to win that shirt! 🙂

John R
5 years ago

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I think my girls would look funny in one of those shirts.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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My flock gets fruits and veggies every day.

Teresa Brewster
5 years ago

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Love the shirt. Perfect conversation starter.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Love the saying on this shirt… I work for a poultry distributor, would be great to wear to work 😀

jayington
5 years ago

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I like the “I talk to chickens” and “have you hugged your chickens today” shirts the best

kathy
5 years ago

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You can’ t have too many tees

Danny Gholson
5 years ago

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I like that shirt….

Hillside Happy Hens
5 years ago

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I love any chicken T-shirt. Love chickens too! Hope to plant more containers this year.

Kristen
5 years ago

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My favorite is the Top of the mornin to ya! shirt.

Michelle
5 years ago

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Our chickens love the culled tomatoes best from our garden. Would love the shirt!

Teri Robinson
5 years ago

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These shirts are adorable.

Anonymous
5 years ago

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Oooh, I love the tee shirt!
Carol

Ben
5 years ago

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I like the Department of Farmland Security Shirt!

Marcia Hines
5 years ago

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I like the Farm Fresh Eggs one.

Carmen N
5 years ago

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I like the Spring Chicken shirts

Maria Elena Salazar
5 years ago

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Adorable t-shirt! Would be great to wear around town, as my neighbors think of me as the crazy chicken lady… Thanks for the gardening post, as I have broccoli,lettuce, and kale seedlings for our chicken/duck garden, but didn’t know about cauliflower & beets–looks like we need more seeds!

Mike
5 years ago

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I don’t have chickens at this point in time, but get my “fix” by reading your blog. That is one fine lookin’ t-shirt!

B
5 years ago

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cute shirt

Melanie
5 years ago

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My girls LOVE Kale, but weren’t to fond of the beet greens. I have to keep an eye on them when I let them free range, or they will make a beeline for the gardens and go for the kale.

    Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    Mine also. This year is the first summer for the girls. They were too young last summer to let free roam. I have a feeling that I am going to have to fence off the garden! They LOVE anything green! Especially this time of year!!

    Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    Would love to win the shirt, we have 5 chickens, all were suppose to be hens, but guess what, 2 turned out to be roosters, so, we had to build another pen and coop as we don’t want chicks. Our girls are laying 2 to 3 eggs a day.

    Sally
    5 years ago

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    As long as you pick up the eggs, you won’t have chicks. No need to keep them separate.

    Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    My friends daughter got the nickname “Rooster” because she was born in the year of the rooster. It might not be appropriate for an eight year old, but I’d wear it until she she grows up a bit.

    Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    I only count 5 vegetables….are the other 2 top secret?

    Jamaica Rose
    5 years ago

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    That’s my question too. I have two suggestions for the missing two plants. Brussels sprouts and French sorrel. I feed all the above but the beet greens to my “girls” (they turn their noses … er … beaks up at the beet greens). But their very favorites are the Brussels sprout leaves (they will leap up for these – now that my BS plants about about 5 feet tall), and French sorrel leaves. They also LOVE dandelions and wild mustards. When I go for my walks through the neighborhood or some of the nearby hills, I’m always “weeding” other peoples yards for those treats or foraging in the hills.

    Tilly's Nest
    5 years ago

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    Oh goodness, the rest of the post must have slipped off when I added the giveaway! Yikes! I’ll fix that and yes, all great suggestions!

    Melanie
    5 years ago

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    I love the “2 + 2 = more ” …. that is adorable

Elaine Schaefer Hudson
5 years ago

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What a fun shirt! I love the ones that say “I talk to chickens”…



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