Feeding comfrey to chickens?

[purpletree23]

What are the thoughts about feeding comfrey to chickens?

 

[Veer67]

Comfrey has many medicinal uses and is healthy for chickens. It is used to cure digestive disorders and helps speed the growth of broken bones, sprains, and cuts. I feed it to my chickens sometimes they will also sneak into the garden to eat some once in a while.

 

[chfite]

My chickens like comfrey and will eat it to the ground, if I let them. I keep it fenced so that I control the consumption of comfrey.

Chris

 

[barbjess]

Two comfrey questions: What kind of comfrey do you plant? and did you start with a root, a crown or a year old plant?

I read that Bocking #4 is less bitter to chickens and more tolerant of drought than Bocking #14 but another site said go with Bocking #14 because it doesn't produce viable seeds so it won't be invasive. I am interested in comfrey both as a feed supplement for the chickens and to use as/with compost to enrich my heavy clay soil.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[deerchooper]

I would like to learn more as well.