Tea for chickens?

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Noble Rooster

Noble Rooster

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Apr 28, 2009
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So my DH's relative (a farmer and commercial poultry raiser in Italy) was commenting (with approval!
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(If anyone had told me I would be asking about making tea for chickens this time last year, I would have laughed... and then said, "You know, that's not such a crazy question..."
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I make them porridge every morning using their layer pellets, a little bit of scratch, and enough water to cover the two. I microwave it for about 3 min. and it forms a nice warm mash. The six of them slurp it down in 2 min. flat. I, meanwhile, have cold cereal for breakfast, after I've fed them of course...
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My husband hasn't had me committed yet.
 
We don't have a water heater so every morning I fill their waterers with warm water and refer to it as their tea...they LOVE it, so I'm just as glad not to have a heater. I'm going to toss in an herbal tea bag next time!
 
Mine LOVE watery oatmeal made of oats, game bird crumble and a little scratch...as well any left over veggies etc from night before. They act like they are starving to death when the eat it...my hubby tells them "BREATHE!!!"

But I often soak alfalfa pellets in hot water, and let them fall apart, and add that to the oatmeal....so that what we call their "tea" I however, have my own tea and I have informed them they are not sharing!
 
You guys just inspired me to add green tea to their drinking water for the health benefits!
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So far they seem to like the taste, even if there is ACV in there already -ooops, that must taste kinda strange!
 
I tried some chamomile this morning and they weren't super interested, but they were distracted by being outside to play. I think I'll try again tomorrow morning when they are looking for warm food/beverages.
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I have to remind mine to breathe too! Invariably after they've begun scarfing down their porridge I'll hear a sneeze/cough because someone snorfed a mouthful down the wrong pipe.

I also never realized that chickens could "lick" something clean the way they do their feed tub after their porridge...
 

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