What to plant in poultry pasture?

I want to start a paddock shift system in Nashville in order to potentially eliminate the need to buy chicken feed. I have a black soldier fly box to offer as feed as well. So, what seed/plants should I put out in the paddocks for the chickens to get the nutrition that they won't get from BSFL and other naturally occuring insects?

I've had a thought about planting Maximillian Sunflower plants to provide seeds for them. I too am looking for pasture plants for my birds. They seem to particularly love brassica plants. If there are perennial brassica's that might be worth looking into planting.

I'll be planting clover, forage chicory, all klinds of brassicas, and comfrey, plenty of comfrey.

Great point about the clovers. The birds devour them!

I have noticed that my young pullets really like dandelion leaves, which is awesome, because I've heard they have good nutrient content. I haven't noticed if my older hens eat it or not.

This is a very interesting question, here is a general pasture plantlist. I look forward to hearing what others recommend for a more chicken pasture list.
mustard
burdock
alfalfa
lamb's quarter
fava bean
sweet clover
lupine
landino clover
buckwheat
hairy vetch
daikon
black-eyed peas
comfrey
sun flower
yarrow
borage
chamomile
dandelion
turnip
bee balm
lavender
mullein
pea (pisum arvitiuse)
stinging nettle
chard
maximillian sunflower
sorghum

Don't forget amaranth, oat (or barley if you have a high pH) and sunchokes with groundnuts

Nathan Hale wrote:I have noticed that my young pullets really like dandelion leaves, which is awesome, because I've heard they have good nutrient content. I haven't noticed if my older hens eat it or not.

My egg birds are about 7 months old now. I am doing pasture rotation with them. When I move them on to new pasture they go straight to the dandelion leaves first.

All the suggestions here are good.

Sunflower is great if you need to save feed for the winter. You can cut the whole head and dry it without any further processing. Give a dry sunflower head to the chickens any time and they will do the rest.