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post #21 of 38
12/25/11 at 8:45am

My birds love hot grain (oatmeal, rice, cornmeal, quinoa, etc.) mixes with yogurt.  Throw some other cereals (no sugar) in there, some veggies and fruit (they love berries).

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post #22 of 38
12/25/11 at 8:51am
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Our chicken love to eat the cat food that we have out in the barn.  They go crazy for it, the barn cats don't find it so amusing though.


I have heard that cat food contains something that is not good for your birds -- dog food is ok tho.


It's just that you have to read labels, even on pet food.  Cat food tends to be high in sodium, especially canned cat food.  The sodium is bad for their kidneys, so it's not a good thing to give them long term... but for one day to get them through until she can get some chicken feed, it shouldn't hurt them.

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post #23 of 38
12/25/11 at 11:35am

And they would probably appreciate the break from the boring chicken feed anyway!

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post #24 of 38
12/25/11 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by artsyrobin 

cat and dog kibble works in a pinch too....


I can't keep our chickens away from the dog food.  They love to eat it

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Mom to 2 beautiful babies, wife to a wonderful man, I have 2 Blue Copper Maran roosters and 2 hens that we are hatching from now to build our flock, i will have Black copper maran as so as February, I also have Mottled Japenese Bantams we are hatching from now, I have a flock of Cayugas we are hatching from and a mixed breed flock of ducks but they are good layers, 1 Milk Goat, 5 Boxers, and a...

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post #25 of 38
1/12/12 at 3:36pm

Chicken eat eggs?  Do they eat chicken?

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post #26 of 38
1/12/12 at 3:40pm

They LOVE eggs and DEVOUR chicken.

 

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post #27 of 38
1/12/12 at 3:43pm

oatmean, cereal, even dog or cat food will work for a meal..... Cornbreak works(our chickens love it)......

also birdseed from walmart will work in a pinch...Good thing here is we can just freerange ours if needed.

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post #28 of 38
1/12/12 at 3:43pm
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They LOVE eggs and DEVOUR chicken.

 

They are brutal, little, dinosaur beasts.  If they were 300 lbs, they'd eat you in a heart beat.



HAHA! I did not know they would eat chicken and eggs...... Carnivores.... Attack of the Giant Killer Chickens:)

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post #29 of 38
1/12/12 at 3:53pm

Yes chickens are carnivorous! They eat eggs, cat food and even each other if they are crowded when they are chicks ep.gifour Cornish hens will peck you when your not looking !

 

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post #30 of 38
1/12/12 at 7:53pm

Cat food is generally quite loved by chickens.

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