MASTER GARDENERS: Picking the perfect chickenThis time of year I am always asked if I am going to cut back my backyard after the first freeze. After the first freeze, I stand at my kitchen sink looking into what occupied so much of my spring and summer time.

What Can Chickens Eat Out of the Garden? - Backyard Poultry Add to Favorites Recently one of my podcast listeners asked me, what can chickens eat out of the garden? He wrote: "A question that occurred to me recently is regarding garden waste. I recently finished picking all the green beans out of my garden and I was considering using the 'chicken tractor' to let the chickens eat down the rest of the plants.