Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

[SundownWaterfowl]

Does anybody here use wheat germ oil? If so, where do you get it and how much do you give your chickens?

 

[Oklahoma Lightning]

I don't use it but you can find it at a health feed store

 

[max101]

excellent info my chooks are going to be happy tonight and forever on thanks

 

[NYREDS]

I have to disagree about the citrus-many people put a couple of orange halves in with shipped birds mostly for the moisture they contain. I have fed birds citrus on many occasions w/no apparent ill affect.
Maybe your chickens are smarter than any I've ever owned but I've never seen a chicken smart enough to connect eggs I feed back to them with eggs in the nests.
There's also controversy in this thread about feeding cat food. Many show breeders use it as a conditioning aid because of the high protein. I started feeding some to my ducks a few years ago during the breeding season & it really improved the fertility.
How would a chicken eat an avocado pit?

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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NYRreds, now that's a great question! Wonder why nobody has ever asked that.

Thank you also for your comments about some of the items on this thread. I think the key to remember is that anything in quantity can be deleterious.

 

[AHappychick]

is green swiss Chard ok??? i cant find it on any list but seem to recall that it might be bad but can not remember

 

[PacsMan]

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What about "unpopped popcorn?" I have some mixed up with other grains... see pic here;

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1791253

Marty

 

[Oklahoma Lightning]

I feed boiled eggs to my hens and it is a game for them.
They play with them then eat them.
And they loved the pop corn I got.

 

[PacsMan]

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Popped or unpopped?

Marty

 

[Oklahoma Lightning]

Unpoped