There should be, over time - we seed a mix of red and white clover, and alfalfa in the bare patches they scratch up, for both our laying flock and meat birds. Chickens don't get much of their diet from foraging, but it definitely rounds out the diet. It will be of more benefit when we add other grazing species - cows, geese, ducks, etc -
After they run through is there any benefit to laying down quality forage seed to sprout?
There should be, over time - we seed a mix of red and white clover, and alfalfa in the bare patches they scratch up, for both our laying flock and meat birds. Chickens don't get much of their diet from foraging, but it definitely rounds out the diet. It will be of more benefit when we add other grazing species - cows, geese, ducks, etc -