Unusual Lettuce

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2 fluffy boars

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Hi guys.
A while back, I realized that people only seem to use red leaf or green leaf lettuce. I know that romaine has too much calcium and iceberg has no nutritonal value at all, but is anything wrong with little gem lettuce, round leaf lettuce, oak leaf lettuce etc.? I'm asking because where I live, it's very expensive and hard to get my hands on the usual types of lettuce.
Thanks:)
 
I'm interested in the answers to this as well. I avoid iceberg, but mine love radicchio, lambs lettuce, little gem, frisee, etc.
 
my piggies eat all types of lettuce,i use the mixed leaves once a week,a handful between 3 to four piggies.ensure iceburg is not in the mix.it is fine to feed lettuce occasionally in small amounts.:)
 
Mine have a base of gem lettuce, just a little then, spring greens, or baby leaf salad kale but only a little, for the first time I put in rainbow chard they demolished it.
 
Mine adore chard! My mum grows it in her garden. She's planting extra next year. :D
 
Mine destroy Cavalo Nero. It is the first thing they choose out of the mixed veg I give them! Might have to grow some next year! I'll see if I can find rainbow chard to see if they like it!
 
Thanks for all the tips guys. I'll try to find some chard and Cavallo Nero.:)
 
I always avoid the little gem lettuces as they kind of look like mini cos (which I think is also called romaine?) lettuce to me. We get the hydroponic oak lettuce's here cheap as but they are usually full of grit and insects but I will get one occasionally just for a change and rinse it well. I love iceberg lettuce but since I am the only one who eats eats lettuce and the piggies can't eat iceberg I don't eat lettuce now as I hate the fancy ones the piggies eat. What is Cavalo Nero?
 
My boys love round lettuce - is that bad? They of course love romaine too but get that very rarely following a few chalky wee episodes!

Baby kale is a fave when I can find it, but they both turned their noses up to chard and 'proper' kale..!
 
Mine adore 'proper' kale but don't get it very often. Every few weeks then they have it till the bag is gone. I alternate between kale and spinach every few weeks as they go crazy for spinach too. It is a treat cos it has lots of calcium.
 
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