Am I the only one who grocery shops for the chickens?

[gryeyes]

Heck, no. The odd thing is that I eat very little veggies - compared to normal folks - and yet I'm in the produce department looking for (and buying) stuff for the chickens!

I happen to love grapes, but most of them go to the chickens. (Oh, and I have to share them with the dogs, too, since THEY have developed a liking for 'em.) I grow tomatoes because *I* love 'em, but more than half of them go to the chickens.

I buy old-fashioned oatmeal for the chickens (I eat the envelope kind), I buy shredded mozzarella cheese for the chickens (and snatch a handful for a snack, now and then), just bought two small pumpkins for 'em, and I buy salad greens for the chickens, too.

I've forgotten to buy raisins the last few trips to the grocery, but I will try to remember those the next time.

 

[Ariel301]

It would cost too much to do that for my adult chickens, especially with so many greedy useless roosters hanging around, but when I have baby chicks, I always pick up stuff for them--grapes, bananas, oranges, watermelon, cabbage, spinach, whatever is cheap and yummy.

 

[pookiegoldman]

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OKAY....What exactly is a flock block? And how do I make one? I'm thinking along the lines of a suet block for wildbirds???

 

[Tdub4chiks]

Ok, I guess I just make a suet block, not a flock block. A flock block is usually hard and will last weeks, depending on how many chooks you have. Suet block is made with all the stuff I said or actually, you can put whatever you want in it. With beef fat or lard. Mine is in the freezer at the moment. I will cut a chunk off in the am to see how the girls like it.

I'm still wondering how to make the flock block so it is hard. What would bind it together to do this, anyone know?

 

[Tomhusker]

I am looking forward to the cheap pumpkins this weekend.

 

[animalover]

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Grapes and raisins can be toxic for dogs.

 

[shortstaque]

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OKAY....What exactly is a flock block? And how do I make one? I'm thinking along the lines of a suet block for wildbirds???

You've got the right idea. They've been discussing it on this thread, what they put in, how they bind it, etc.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=111647

 

[Lilacfeather]

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Um, no, no you're not.

 

[Rozzie]

Uh not me. I do grocery shop for my box turtle, though. His dietary needs require fresh foods.

I will go look for some marked down squash and pumpkins this weekend. I should be able to get some big pumpkins super cheap. Last year and the year before we had a shortage on them but this year we've got scads leftover still.

I'll admit that WE will eat the pumpkins. The birds will get the pumpkin "guts" to devour. They will need to share with the turtles, though.

 

[MakNugget]

What a silly question...

My girls eat better than I do. Sad truth. I have to restrain myself if I'm near a farmers market. If I was half as concerned over how I eat compared to the chickens, I would be amazingly healthy.