? about chickens & oats

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Chris09 said:
Oats like most grass is a plant as soon as it has roots and leaves.
Now plants that sprout with cotyledons are not a plant until they have there true leaves and are no longer relying on the cotyledons to make photosynthesis. Also photosynthesis starts as soon as leaves receives sunlight.
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Thank You Chris09... reminds me of when my dad told me as a kid to only transplant once there were 'true leaves'.
 
wow excellent idea thanks
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I mix my oats with warm water, add corn, (red pepper in winter months),meal worms, molasses, honey, pre-shelled sunflower seed, etc.. Not all of it at once but i will mix it up. My girls love it. Just make it thick so it don't clog their nostrils. I even make balls of verity's for winter treats.
 
Karen Woman said:
I mix my oats with warm water, add corn, (red pepper in winter months),meal worms, molasses, honey, pre-shelled sunflower seed, etc.. Not all of it at once but i will mix it up. My girls love it. Just make it thick so it don't clog their nostrils. I even make balls of verity's for winter treats.
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RIGHT ON Karen Woman THATS A GREAT IDEA...!!!! I made a hot mash for my older horses every winter, and they lived 24 years longer then any horse should have...! plus the corn helps to keep them warm , and the meal worms are a great treat for the chcikens, my parrot loves hot peppers ,but I didnt know that chickens would also like it...? thats a great recipe...!!! i just made mine some corn bread last night with a lot of those ingredients....lol... and added in a bit of wild bird seed....lol... told the hubby not to eat it.....lol.... but he did sneak a tiny piece any way ....lol...
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but didnt like all the seeds.....lol........lol...
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thanks for posting your recipe...!!! take care Dianna
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I make them proper porridge now the weather is getting colder and they love it. I also started giving a small bowl of oat milk to one of my girls who wasn't eating enough grit/shell/calcium and she absolutely loved it and I've not had a problem egg from her since.
 
dchickenman said:
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Sort of a dumb question, I guess, but here goes-


I want to feed my chickens oats as a treat this summer, because I've read that oats won't jack up their body temp. So, do I go to the feed store for whole, raw oats? Or can I feed something like Quaker Old-Fashioned Oats (the kind you cook before serving). I'm guessing instant oatmeal isn't what I want? If the stuff is dry, pre-packaged oatmeal, would it expand & do them harm after they eat it?


Thanks for your advice!
[/quotqumy feed has feedstore oats in it some people soak them in water i don't know what it does I just give it to em plain!
 

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