Can chickens eat grapes?
Yes, chickens can eat grapes in small amounts. Woodgreen lists grapes among chickens’ favorite treats. Poultry specialist James Hermes (Oregon State) suggests on Ask Extension treating extras like these as candy: a little is fine.
How to serve it: a few grapes
Kitchen scraps: The rules depend on where you live. US extension services allow small amounts of table scraps, no more than 10 percent of the daily diet (Oklahoma State). In the UK, it’s illegal to feed kitchen scraps to chickens, even pet hens (RSPCA, APHA). In the EU, Germany’s agriculture ministry (BMLEH) says kitchen and food waste must not be fed to laying hens.
Sources
- Woodgreen Pets Charity – What to feed your chickens
- Ask Extension #139784 – Chicken health (answer by James Hermes, 2013)
- Oregon State University Extension – Keep the eggs coming with the right chicken care
- Oklahoma State University Extension – Backyard Flock Production (AFS-8202)
- RSPCA – Keeping chickens as pets: how to care for backyard hens
- APHA (GOV.UK) – APHA warns not to feed kitchen scraps to farm animals because of disease risk (2017)
- BMLEH (German Federal Ministry of Agriculture) – Animal feed: frequently asked questions (kitchen and food waste, in German)
Last checked: November 2026