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What is your Chicken's Favourite Food? (List 3 only)

post #1 of 93
4/10/12 at 2:37pm
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Hello everyone,

 

I really hope this thread is not a repeat of a topic that may have been posted up in the past. However, I would really like to know what your chicken's favourite foods are. By favourites I mean something that sends them wild even if you offered it up to them daily!

 

I am pretty sure that once a few members have submitted their lists we will discover certain foods which form a majority consensus between chicken flocks, while other lists might provide an insight into new foods that we have yet to try and offer to our chickens!

 

Please list only 3 all-time favourite chicken treats, with 1 being the highest and so on. I hope this will prove to be an interesting and fun topic.

 

Here is my list to share:

 

1. Bugs including meal worms!

2. Sweet Corn (cobs or kernels)

3. Grated Cheese

 

Cheers,

Gold Coaster

 

"If I could do one thing with the world, I'd turn the entire human race into empaths. Make everybody feel everyone's pain. If we could all truly empathize with each other, there would be an immediate end to most human misery. Famines would stop as rich countries fall over themselves to send aid..." - L. J. Smith

 

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post #2 of 93
4/10/12 at 2:45pm

I have ducks, not chickens, but their favorite treats are:

 

1. Bugs including meal worms! (small world, huh!?)

2. Romaine Lettuce or Leaf Lettuce

3. Mushrooms

 

I hope you don't mind me adding a new category- the least favorite!

Mine is thawed frozen blueberries. They just circled around the bowl eyeballing them suspiciously. When I came back later, the blueberries hadn't even been touched and were covered with ants.

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post #3 of 93
4/10/12 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by Stormy Autumn View Post

I have ducks, not chickens, but their favorite treats are:

 

1. Bugs including meal worms! (small world, huh!?)

2. Romaine Lettuce or Leaf Lettuce

3. Mushrooms

 

I hope you don't mind me adding a new category- the least favorite!

Mine is thawed frozen blueberries. They just circled around the bowl eyeballing them suspiciously. When I came back later, the blueberries hadn't even been touched and were covered with ants.


 

Hello Stormy Autumn,

 

Thanks for adding your list - ducks are most perfectly welcome as are any other fowl.

 

Wow mushrooms! That's one I've never tried. I knew I would be able to learn something by starting this topic.

 

The least favourite list is also a great idea and I would have to agree with you on your choice. Thawed frozen berries of any sort are snubbed by my flock of four, yet they have completely raided my raspberry, blueberry and mulberry bushes and even when the berries are still not even ripe! Fresh is best I guess. smile.png

 

Cheers,

Gold Coaster
 


 

 

"If I could do one thing with the world, I'd turn the entire human race into empaths. Make everybody feel everyone's pain. If we could all truly empathize with each other, there would be an immediate end to most human misery. Famines would stop as rich countries fall over themselves to send aid..." - L. J. Smith

 

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"If I could do one thing with the world, I'd turn the entire human race into empaths. Make everybody feel everyone's pain. If we could all truly empathize with each other, there would be an immediate end to most human misery. Famines would stop as rich countries fall over themselves to send aid..." - L. J. Smith

 

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post #4 of 93
4/10/12 at 4:57pm

These days, probably "bugs, stale bread, and azolla," in that order. But it's a tough call...

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post #5 of 93
4/10/12 at 5:43pm
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Originally Posted by sky the chicken man View Post

These days, probably "bugs, stale bread, and azolla," in that order. But it's a tough call...



Hello Sky,

 

Thanks for your input!

 

I had to look up azolla because I hadn't heard of it until now. It's an aquatic fern "super food" for livestock (dairy cattle, pigs, ducks, and chickens) from what I've read and is rich in proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Do you know if it only grows near dams/ponds?

 

I wonder if I can get my hands on some here in Australia.

 

Cheers,

Gold Coaster

"If I could do one thing with the world, I'd turn the entire human race into empaths. Make everybody feel everyone's pain. If we could all truly empathize with each other, there would be an immediate end to most human misery. Famines would stop as rich countries fall over themselves to send aid..." - L. J. Smith

 

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"If I could do one thing with the world, I'd turn the entire human race into empaths. Make everybody feel everyone's pain. If we could all truly empathize with each other, there would be an immediate end to most human misery. Famines would stop as rich countries fall over themselves to send aid..." - L. J. Smith

 

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post #6 of 93
4/11/12 at 5:55am

Mine love

mealworms

hard boiled egg mixed with yogurt

the heels of Dave's Good Seed Bread

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post #7 of 93
4/11/12 at 5:58am

I will be watching this thread! Ours are still on starter gro, looking forward to giving them treats! Where do you get the meal worms?

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post #8 of 93
4/11/12 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by Mule Chick View Post

Mine love

mealworms

hard boiled egg mixed with yogurt

the heels of Dave's Good Seed Bread


That reminds me. Mine also like to eat toes.

 

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post #9 of 93
4/11/12 at 6:51am
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Originally Posted by TheLoveShack View Post

I will be watching this thread! Ours are still on starter gro, looking forward to giving them treats! Where do you get the meal worms?



You can get them at the pet shop. They come in a little tub of sawdust. My sister keeps mealworms in the refrigerator for her lizards. Apparently the cold temperature makes them kind of go into hibernation so they stay alive with no care for a really long time. You can also raise your own mealworms. The worms grow up to be little shiny black beetles and they reproduce really easily.

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post #10 of 93
4/11/12 at 2:27pm

Grass, and gophers. Needless to say this isnt what we feed them but as free range chickies they eat what they want and these are good eatings for them I suppose.

Odd things.

 

30+ chickens, 30 on the way, 1 maltese,1 mutt,1 pyraneese,9 barn cats, 150 cows, 2 ducks, 1 bunny and one crazy 8 year old.

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30+ chickens, 30 on the way, 1 maltese,1 mutt,1 pyraneese,9 barn cats, 150 cows, 2 ducks, 1 bunny and one crazy 8 year old.

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