They also are used as a biological agent in Japan, eating weeds in rice paddies.
In summer, they eat grasses, plants and weeds.
Then you could wander around eating weeds, for all I care.
Shortages of water and food led to near starvation, and inhabitants were forced to eat weeds, grass, rats.
Cows eat weeds and turn them into high-quality proteins and fats.
But for all its effect on breeders and protectors alike, they might as well have been eating weeds.
Ah yes,' he mused, peering closely at me, 'you're the man that eats weeds.
Some even resorted to "eating leaves and weeds, or even straw raincoats".
The chickens are eating bugs, seeds, and weeds, which is saving manpower in the garden, too.