- Jan 29, 2012
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Hi all,
I am the reasonably new and proud owner of six Australorp hens. They're about 14-16 weeks at the moment. We have a feeder in the coop with pellets in it which they seemed to like at first but now they seem to ignore it. During the day we let them roam in the yard which is large and has plenty of flower beds and bushes for them to forage around in. Anytime we bring scraps out for them they seem uninterested - they won't touch vegetables at all; we've tried cabbage, lettuce, carrot, pumpkin, cucumber etc. I've today got them to eat yoghurt but only with bits of bread/pellets in it so it looks solid. Bread is the only scraps they eat and anytime i give them something they look completely starved.
Does anyone have any tips on what they might like to eat or any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I am the reasonably new and proud owner of six Australorp hens. They're about 14-16 weeks at the moment. We have a feeder in the coop with pellets in it which they seemed to like at first but now they seem to ignore it. During the day we let them roam in the yard which is large and has plenty of flower beds and bushes for them to forage around in. Anytime we bring scraps out for them they seem uninterested - they won't touch vegetables at all; we've tried cabbage, lettuce, carrot, pumpkin, cucumber etc. I've today got them to eat yoghurt but only with bits of bread/pellets in it so it looks solid. Bread is the only scraps they eat and anytime i give them something they look completely starved.
Does anyone have any tips on what they might like to eat or any ideas?
Thanks in advance!