Can Chickens Eat Celery?

 

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Chickens have an outstanding sense of what food they should eat and what food would be harmful to them.

They are very instinctive about it.

 

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For example, they would not even touch the plants from the nightshade family such as eggplants and tomatoes as if they know that it’s harmful to them.

 

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Quite smart, right?

But they eat celery, and it is beneficial for their health.

The health benefits of celery for chickens

It is a good source of Riboflavin and other below-mentioned-nutrients.

 

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Calcium

Magnesium

Vitamin B6

Pantothenic acid

Vitamin A, C, K

Folate

Potassium

Manganese

Therefore, adding celery to their diet would only contributes to maintaining good health for chickens.

 

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You can also plan the diet for chickens according to what is beneficial for us as humans, with a few exceptions of course.

Because chickens’ nutrition requirements are quite similar to that of humans.

 

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You need to make sure not to give chickens sugary and salty foods.

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