Encourages Natural Foraging
Encourages natural foraging behaviour from a young age. Nesty Boxes My First Greens supports healthy gut and immune development.
My First Greens Seed Blend
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Nesty Chick & Duckling My First Greens Seeds Forage Mix
A soft and leafy blend designed specifically for recently hatched poultry.
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Certified Seed Formulated by Experts
Designed by our agronomists & animal nutritionists to ensure your flock receive optimal nutrition. Trialled and tested, this blend provides a rich source of vitamins and minerals in a palatable and poultry safe way.
Ideal for Tiny Beaks
Soft, high protein greens ideal for tiny beaks. This blend includes protein rich legumes to encourage growth and development in infant poultry.
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Red Clover
Red clover is a nutrient-dense perennial legume valued for its high protein, digestible fibre, and natural nitrogen-fixing properties. It enhances soil fertility while providing a rich, palatable forage for poultry and small animals. Its deep roots draw up essential minerals such as calcium, potassium, and magnesium, promoting vitality, bone strength, and overall health. Red clover’s leafy growth supports consistent grazing and sustained energy, while its vibrant blooms attract pollinators, improving biodiversity. Well suited to temperate conditions, it delivers reliable regrowth and balanced nutrition, making it an ideal component of small animal and poultry seed blends for healthy, productive pastures.
White Clover
White clover is a nutrient-rich perennial legume prized for its high protein content, digestible fibre, and natural nitrogen-fixing ability. It enhances soil fertility while providing a balanced and palatable forage for poultry and small animals. Its soft, leafy growth encourages regular grazing and supports digestive health, feather quality, and overall vitality. Rich in calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium, white clover aids bone strength and egg production. Thriving in cool, moist conditions with excellent regrowth potential, it maintains green feed availability across the growing season, making it a versatile and valuable component of small animal and poultry seed blends.
Lucerne
Lucerne is a deep-rooted perennial legume celebrated for its exceptional nutritional quality and soil-enriching properties. High in protein, digestible fibre, and essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, it supports muscle development, strong bones, and overall health in poultry and small animals. Its nitrogen-fixing ability naturally improves soil fertility, making it ideal for regenerative growing systems. Lucerne’s tender, leafy growth provides a highly palatable and energy-dense forage that encourages healthy feeding behaviour. Suited to well-drained soils and sunny conditions, it offers sustained regrowth and premium nutrition, making it a valuable addition to small animal and poultry seed blends. NOTE: Only a small percentage of lucerne is used in our small animal sowing seed mixes, please contact Nesty Boxes directly for further information.
Sub Clover
Sub clover is a hardy, self-regenerating annual legume valued for its high protein, digestible fibre, and nitrogen-fixing ability. It enhances soil fertility and structure while providing a nutritious, palatable forage for poultry and small animals. Rich in calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus, sub clover supports bone strength, egg production, and overall health. Its dense, low-growing habit provides excellent ground cover, reducing erosion and suppressing weeds. Thriving in temperate climates with cool, moist winters, it delivers reliable feed quality and natural soil improvement. Sub clover is an excellent inclusion in small animal and poultry seed mixes for sustainable, nutrient-rich growth.
Balansa Clover
Balansa clover is an adaptable annual legume known for its excellent feed quality, nitrogen-fixing ability, and strong soil improvement benefits. High in protein and digestible fibre, it promotes healthy growth, muscle development, and egg production in poultry and small animals. Its soft, leafy texture ensures high palatability, while its mineral content, including calcium, potassium, and magnesium, supports bone health and vitality. Balansa clover thrives in a wide range of soils, including waterlogged or heavy conditions, making it a resilient and productive option. Its dense ground cover also aids weed suppression, making it a valuable addition to small animal and poultry forage blends.
Persian Clover
Persian clover is a high-yielding annual legume prized for its rich nutritional profile and adaptability to a range of soil conditions. It delivers excellent levels of protein and digestible fibre, supporting strong growth, egg production, and digestive health in poultry and small animals. Naturally palatable and leafy, it encourages consistent grazing while its calcium, potassium, and magnesium content promotes bone strength and overall vitality. Persian clover also contributes to improved soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, enhancing productivity for future plantings. Ideal for temperate regions with moderate moisture, it is a reliable and nutrient-dense addition to small animal and poultry seed blends.
Nutritious Greens for Newly Hatched Chicks
Formulated for optimal early life forage, My First Greens is a high protein leafy blend designed to be pre-grown and offered from day one. This mix supports gut development, natural foraging behaviour, and early access to plant-based nutrition. Soft, palatable, and ideal for small beaksShipping Estimate
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the benefit of sowing or sprouting vegetative seeds for my chicks?
By growing crops specifically for your chicks, you can improve their nutrition and provides enrichment and stimulation. The combination of legumes will offer a valuable source of vitamins and minerals and protein. Sowing or sprouting seed blends last far longer than purchasing vegetables or greens for your chicks and will reduce their consumption in crumbles whilst grazing the vegetation.
How do I know when my seed blend is ready to eat?
It is recommended to sow all the Nesty Sowing Seeds range in soil. If sowing the crop, the blend should be ready once it reaches 15 to 20cm in height with an established root system. Test by tugging a plant; if it uproots, the sown vegetation is not ready. Once you can tug on a plant and not have it uproot, it will be ready for its first grazing. Monitor carefully to ensure you do not over graze. If sprouting the crop, the blend should be ready in a minimum of 21 days. This is dependent on the growing conditions provided and could be ready sooner or later too. Allow for the blend to grow to 7cm to 20cm before harvesting. Once the legume blend reaches a desirable height, gently pull apart clumps and feed. Any leftovers may continue to grow or best composted.
How do I best manage my plants so they regrow back?
If sowing directly into soil: The key is to not “overgraze.” Ensure that the plants don’t get too trampled or eaten right down to the base. Shorter periods on the vegetation will enhance the lifespan of the blend. Watering is strongly encouraged to keep the plants fresh, lush, and palatable. If managed correctly with adequate water, nutrients and grazing management, the blend should last you months, if not years! If sprouting this blend, it will only last for 1 to 2 grazings before needing to be composted or thrown out.
Can only baby chicks eat the greens?
Despite this blend being formulated specifically for young poultry including (but not limited to) chicks, goslings, ducklings, keets. However it is completely safe for all adult poultry. It can be a fantastic way to provide additional calories to your flock during periods of stress, recovery, or illness.
Will this blend last all year round?
If sown in soil and given enough light, fertiliser, and water, this blend will be a long lasting option that has the potential to last multiple years if not overgrazed and correctly managed. If sprouted, this blend is only good for consumption once or twice before needing to be composted.
What size area will 500g grow?
For best results, we recommend sowing in trays of soil. Sow 10 to 100g per metre squared, 10 millimetres below the surface. Thus, 1x 500g bag of My First Greens will sow between 5 and 50 metres squared.
When is the best time to sow or sprout?
If you are thinking of sprouting this blend, we suggest trying the Nesty All Seasons Sowing Seeds instead. This blend contains a high percentage of cereals which will germinate quickly and make for a great sprouting blend. Most of our other blends are designed to be sown in soil. This can be in trays, planter boxes or directly in the ground. The optimum time to sow is when the temperature is warm but the soil is moist.
