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  1. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    When my first chicks were young, they tried earth worms for a few days, but soon decided that they don't want to eat them. They still love to dig through the soil when I work in the garden and they eat all the bugs, except for the earthworms. I can only imagine why (sqirming in the stomach...
  2. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    I forgot and left the gate open to one of the gardens today, and the ladies helped themselves to 15 types of food plants and herbs.
  3. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    Oh, That's nice! I guess the same "rule" applies to us humans too then!
  4. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    Ok, it doesn't surprise me that chickens will eat cooked chicken, but doesn't something seem wrong about that? I remember reading something about how mad cow disease in cattle, caused by "prions", got started by feeding cattle their own brains. There might be a biological reason to avoid...
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    What did you give your chickies today?

    This is my first year passed with hens. When they were young they were fussy eaters and left most of the plants alone. Now I have the strawberries sort of fenced off, but they can still reach through if they try, and they do eat some of them on the plant, and they eat them if they are from...
  6. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    I went to town today and brought back a small cheese danish. I came in through the back gate and pulled out the danish and started eating it from one end. The hens jumped up and started eating it from the other end. When we got near the middle I let them have it.
  7. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    They are kind of like humans. The young ones are really fussy, and they are cautious with new foods, but as adults they eat pretty much anything. Thanks for the info on they beans. I try them on them again, but like if I give them a stew with lots of ingredients, they will eat everything...
  8. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    Gee, I read that chickens can't digest the protein of beans, and my hens won't eat beans anyhow. Is this not true?
  9. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    I made a stew yesterday with little chunks of beef liver, and let the hens try liver for the first time. They were cautious at first, but ate it ravenously once they tried it, so I had fun for a while throwing tiny pieces out in the yard and having them run for it. Today the usual sprouted...
  10. ehecatl

    What did you give your chickies today?

    My hens will and do eat anything I eat, except for beans and citrus. But their favorite foods are; 3-day sprouted wheat, yogurt, raw shelled sunflower seeds, and they like to eat a little dry cat food from the cat dish once in a while, but not much. However if there is any styrofoam in the...
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