Chickens Fav Treats!!!!

[lindamiller]

stick a bounce sheet in your collar or if you have pockets...it keeps the bugs mosquitoes, etc. away from you!

 

[iwiw60]

I just gave my girls half an Acorn Squash...good Lord you'd think the world had come to an end!! And fight over the seeds...yikes!!

 

[krose2001]

That is too funny! Yes I have had that issue with other plants in the garden-- it all started out "innocently" and I was praising them for their helpfulness pecking and scratching all my little weeds out of the garden, and then one pecked at a broccoli leaf! And it went downhill from there...apparently broccoli leaves are Soo tasty, they are only surpassed by the cantaloupe and watermelon leaves.

So I have to actively watch them in the garden now LOL, No free ranging in there!

 

[evemfoster]

Our chicks favorite treat is uncooked rolled oats, with red grapes and cantaloupe rinds a close tie. I have never fed mine tomatoes and they seem to avoid the ones in the garden, so others feed their chicks tomatoes and they seem to like them?

Mine didn't like tomatoes until they got one that had been damaged. The first thing they eat is the seeds.

 

[chicksurreal]

Mine didn't like tomatoes until they got one that had been damaged. The first thing they eat is the seeds.

Same here. My chickens love to peck the seeds out, but they will eat the whole tomato if it's mushy (not moldy).

 

[sunflower4you]

I just gave my girls half an Acorn Squash...good Lord you'd think the world had come to an end!! And fight over the seeds...yikes!!

Does this mean they will love it if I crack open one of the many pumpkins in my garden for them?

 

[iwiw60]

Does this mean they will love it if I crack open one of the many pumpkins in my garden for them?

Heck YEAH!! Chickens go bananas over pumpkin. Just crack it open and watch the chaos!!

Plus it's good for them, too!!

 

[Farm Girl 1]

My girls LOVE slightly cooked cannon ball squash

 

[ksandvig]

My girls love grapes!! They run after them like little dogs ha I've been giving them grapes, watermelon, zucchini, cukes , carrots and lettuce. They did get salmon the other day but my dogs were jealous haha so I am sticking to fruit and veggies now.

 

[Farm Girl 1]

I sprinkle barley in their run, so they scratch around pecking for some. They really like barley and they LOVE barley with water