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Chicken who wont eat vegetables! What do i do???

post #1 of 4
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My Isa-brown 9 months old is refusing to eat her vegie scraps.

 Ive tried cabbage, lettuce, carrot, cucumber, banana, tomato, capsicum, porridge, cracked corn/sunflower seed/barley mix.

Occasionally i feed her brown & white rice with a can of tuna- she loves it but i cant afford to feed her that all the time. I do have layer pellets i know they are best for laying hens but she isnt eating them now either... the magpies are. 

Maybe I have spoiled her for choice, but with the constant whining ( she cries) i worry shes hungry(she lays for us every day)

She is a free range chicken with a big backyard with lots of grass and bugs to eat, but i wonder if thats really a balanced diet for her.


Edited by MelanieCapewell - 4/9/12 at 10:06pm
post #2 of 4

I think you have spoiled her too much.

 

They are just like kids....that would rather eat Ice cream, chips and soda,

rather than a balanced meal made by mom.

 

Maybe stop feeding "treats" for a while, your girls will go back to eating their feed.

 

They are designed to "find" food so they will find it again.

 

I don't think they are starving.... just spoiled. smile.png

post #3 of 4

That is crazy.  I have never heard of such fussy eaters as that :)

Are the scraps old?  Maybe they don't like the rotten stuff.  just kidding - chickens don't care :)

Very funny though that there are chickens with discerning tastes

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Thank you for those replied messages;  i knew she was PLAYIN' me! I just could not believe it!

Naughty girl. Shes stressed out two perfectly capable cooks(2 chefs in the house)- no one has ever complained about my food before. Yes; she gets no more treats till she eats her greens. tongue.gif

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