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post #61 of 93
4/22/12 at 6:14pm
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Hello everyone,

 

Thanks for sharing your lists! I totally agree with you SouthernBYChickens and Yakibert about earthworms. My chickens dig up so many in the garden and get all excited thinking it's a skink or small lizard, but when they actually discover it's an earthworm they're usually so disappointed. hmm.png

 

The tally has changed and we have a clear winner now, with a few others tied for second place and third place. I have updated the tally to include all the new submissions, so it currently stands as thus:

 

FAVOURITE TREATS:

Bugs = 11 (These include: Ants, Black Soldier Fly Larvae, Cockroaches, Grubs, Junebugs, Mayflies, Moths, Stinkbugs & Worms)

Meal Worms (Fresh or Dried) = 8

Eggs (Boiled or Scrambled) = 8

Bread (Fresh or Stale) = 8

Corn (Kernels or Cob) = 5

Grapes = 5

Yoghurt (Flavoured, Natural, Kefir, Buttermilk or Clabbered Milk) = 5

Meat = 4

Grass = 3

Lettuce = 3

Watermelon = 3

Sunflower Seeds = 3

Suet (Raw Animal Fat) = 3

Oats (Raw or Oatmeal) = 3

Broccoli (including Leaves) = 2

Clover = 2

Strawberries = 2

Noodles = 2

Tomatoes = 2

Corn Tortillas = 2

Popcorn = 2

Azolla (Aquatic Fern) = 1

Cheese = 1

Cottage Cheese = 1

Cabbage = 1

Mushrooms = 1

Gophers = 1

Fish = 1

Hamburger = 1

Butterfingers = 1

Cheeze Its = 1

Goat Milk = 1

Lamyaay (Thai Fruit) = 1

Bird Seed = 1

Pizza = 1

Pasta = 1

Blueberries = 1

Pepperoni = 1

Chickweed = 1

Hackberry Leaves = 1

Human Toes! (Stormy Autumn's Ducks) = 1 lol.png

 

LEAST FAVOURITES

Earthworms = 2

Thawed Frozen Berries = 2

Oats (Raw) = 2

Cabbage = 1

Lettuce = 1

Pumpkin Seeds = 1

Citrus Fruits = 1

Dairy Cow Pellets = 1

Potato Peels = 1

Onion Skins = 1

Dryopteris Ferns = 1

Corn (Kernels or Cob) = 1

 

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 #62 of 93
4/22/12 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by lindsay297 View Post

1. Strawberries...( I have seen them beat each other off them)

2. Tomatoes...

3. Lettuce (of any kind...)

 

I dont know what it is about the red foods but they love them!!

 

 

 

 

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You should definitely try a juicy, red watermelon then! 

 

Cheers,

Gold Coaster


Edited by Gold Coaster - 4/22/12 at 6:21pm

"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 #63 of 93
4/22/12 at 6:34pm

I tried giving my chicks a strawberry the other day...they just looked at it and walked away. I came back to it covered in poo. I think that means they dont like it idunno.gif

Momma to four Columbian Wyandottes and one pretty EE fella.

Sister to a slew of wyandottes, EE, geese, a turkey sprinkled here and there, and a couple of piggies

 

Being a Nursing Student has opened my eyes to the fact that I have no life. I wake up, play with my chickens, go to school, come home, play with my chickens, study, work, sleep. Rinse and repeat

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Momma to four Columbian Wyandottes and one pretty EE fella.

Sister to a slew of wyandottes, EE, geese, a turkey sprinkled here and there, and a couple of piggies

 

Being a Nursing Student has opened my eyes to the fact that I have no life. I wake up, play with my chickens, go to school, come home, play with my chickens, study, work, sleep. Rinse and repeat

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post #64 of 93
4/22/12 at 7:01pm

Likes

1. sardines in tomato saucedroolin.gif

2. cucumbers

3. strawberries

( they also like to be hand fed these things except for the sardines. I have to draw the line somewhere.wink.png

 

This list also depends on the season. They also love watermelon and zucchini in the summer.

 

Dislikes

1. lettuce

2. ?

 

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post #65 of 93
4/23/12 at 1:50am
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Originally Posted by NeTNChknLover View Post

I tried giving my chicks a strawberry the other day...they just looked at it and walked away. I came back to it covered in poo. I think that means they dont like it idunno.gif

 

 

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Edited by Gold Coaster - 4/23/12 at 1:54am

"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 #66 of 93
4/23/12 at 1:54am
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Originally Posted by MissChikaDee View Post

Likes

1. sardines in tomato saucedroolin.gif

2. cucumbers

3. strawberries

( they also like to be hand fed these things except for the sardines. I have to draw the line somewhere.wink.png

 

 

Hello MissChikaDee,

 

My chickens love sardines also! Especially the soft spine. I agree with you, it really pongs and all the neighbourhood cats can smell it from a mile away.

 

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 #67 of 93
4/23/12 at 2:08am

mine love strawberries

maggots

grapes

also go mad for a little cat food.(not dog food).D.gif
 

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post #68 of 93
4/23/12 at 6:06am

#1 Bugs, Has got to be every ones favorite.

#2 Sweet corn on the cob. Throw just 1 cob in and its complete mayhem.

#3 Yellow squash. Just found this out with some crook neck squash that got too old on the vine. Sliced it in half and threw in in the rum. Pure madness.

7 Australorps, 6 Buff Orpingtons, 1 production red, 1 young bared rock roo, 1 pair of Old English Game Bantams, 4 bantam hens, 4 Freakin' cats,  (RIP Cookie) best dog ever, 1 dog sky(smartsmartsmart), and a variety of new chicks.

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7 Australorps, 6 Buff Orpingtons, 1 production red, 1 young bared rock roo, 1 pair of Old English Game Bantams, 4 bantam hens, 4 Freakin' cats,  (RIP Cookie) best dog ever, 1 dog sky(smartsmartsmart), and a variety of new chicks.

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post #69 of 93
4/24/12 at 12:53pm

 

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Originally Posted by NeTNChknLover View Post

I tried giving my chicks a strawberry the other day...they just looked at it and walked away.

 

My Barred Rocks didn't like it either ...dropped it and spent a few moments wiping their beaks.

"Praise be to the FSM and all His Noodly glory,and may you feel His Noodly Embrace"

--Pastafarians-12-24-66.

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"Praise be to the FSM and all His Noodly glory,and may you feel His Noodly Embrace"

--Pastafarians-12-24-66.

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post #70 of 93
4/24/12 at 1:00pm

 

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Originally Posted by ButchGood View Post

 

#2 Sweet corn on the cob. Throw just 1 cob in and its complete mayhem.

 

 

Do you give it to them raw or cooked - or does it matter?

"Praise be to the FSM and all His Noodly glory,and may you feel His Noodly Embrace"

--Pastafarians-12-24-66.

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"Praise be to the FSM and all His Noodly glory,and may you feel His Noodly Embrace"

--Pastafarians-12-24-66.

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