Can I feed my Chickens fruit?

[ChickensMomma]

I have three Chickens and they are 15 weeks old. They love their mealworms and cracked corn. When they were just a few weeks old, two had pasty butt so I fed them boiled smashed egg and they loved it too. I think I will try that again. Is there anything else I can feed them like fruit or veggies? I haven't tried because this is my first time being a mother to chickens and I don't want to make them ill.

 

[GitaBooks]

Here is a list of safe foods that chickens love:

Corn
Scrambled or hard-boiled eggs
Bread, wheat being the best for them
Almost any fruit safe for humans (it is sometimes suggested to stay away from citrus. Also, stay away from the pits of fruits if you can help it, like apples or peaches)
Greens, grass clippings, and clover
A huge variety of insects
Cat kibble and bits of meat
Oatmeal
Noodles (wash an salt or flavoring off of them)
Squash
Bird seed such as millet

And lots of others!
Don't feed avacados though!


Best of luck!

 

[donrae]

Chickens are omnivores. Just like humans, they enjoy a wide variety of different things to eat. Pretty much anything safe to feed your family is safe to feed your chickens. Mine seem to have a natural instinct not to eat specific things like onions or potato peels, other than that all our scraps go to the birds. They thank me by turning my garbage into delicious eggs

 

[ChickensMomma]

Hello! & thank you your chickens are so smart