what is growing in my field?

[Ella19]

Please can anyone identify what this is that is growing in my horse paddock? There are 4 of them. Happy to leave them if they are safe but need to know if they are poisonous and need to be pulled! Many thanks

 

[Bede]

Fat hen, Chenopodium album. Not poisonous, in fact can be cooked like spinach apparently!

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

The chickens always went mad for that stuff, not sure if thats why it's got the name Fat Hen. I think it is a member of the brassica family so more than likely to be beneficial as part of general grazing, but possibly not in large quantities!!

 

[Ella19]

Brilliant thank you!