Shade for chickens

Discover the best shade plants for chickens to make your chicken coop both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Choose from a variety of chicken-friendly plants that thrive in the shade, creating a perfect landscape for shade and forage. By incorporating coop-friendly plants into your outdoor space, you can provide treats for chickens while lowering your chicken feed bill. Explore herbs that are safe for chickens and grow around your chicken coop effortlessly.

In this article, I'm sharing a few of the odd planting methods I use to keep plants growing in, around, and over my chicken coop. Growing the chicken-friendly plants, flowers, and shrubs in my chicken run prevents erosion, promotes flock health, and provides supplemental feed.

Shade Trellis for the Chicken Coop, a post from the blog Gentleman Homestead, written by Mike on Bloglovin’

I thought I would create a thread to share some plants with you all that thrive and survive in my chicken run/yard! You can also post pictures or tell us...

Below is a list of shrubs that are all safe for your chickens because even gardens that are scavenged by chickens deserve to be beautiful.

Beat the heat with these top 7 tips for keeping your hens safe and cool in the summer heat! Great for backyard chickens and large coops.

A dust bath is essential for killing lice and mites - tiny parasites that can seriously harm your chickens. Here's how to make one in two minutes.

When you’re new to chickens, you’ll find that one of the most surprising things about raising them is how dramatically they behave in both the hot and the cold weather. From everything you’ve read, you probably think that your chickens will be happy in 80-90 degree temperatures, and that they’ll b

Pallet shade and flying predator cover

Try implementing some of these easy tricks to keep chickens cool & make the heat more bearable for your hens. Summer heat doesn't have to = miserable hens.