GRIT Country Skills Series

Nutritious Green Plants

hile green plants cannot constitute the sole diet for pastured poultry (geese are one exception), it is important that the vegetation they do consume has a high level of digestible nutrients. If it does not, there is little reason to make pasturing part of the diet. Common plants found in a pasture or open-growth area contain

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