Any ideas for snack serving containers (tired of sand in fruit)

[Tracydr]

I use the lid to a big rubber made container. Whatever they don't eat gets rinsed off into my lasagna garden (sheet composting) and covered with a layer of pine needles or horse manure.
This keeps me from having a buildup of spoiled treats on the ground, since I feed a lot of produce, leftover meat and other kitchen scraps.

 

[donrae]

I agree to not worry about it. Chickens actually need to take in dirt/grit/sand to digest their food. They don't have NEAR the hygeine standards we do! Plus, they know what they need. As stated, they'll often "season" clean food themselves.

 

[vclark321]

As one of the other posters said, my girls also insist on flinging their food to the ground a number of times before it actually gets eaten. I just put their veggies and fruits on the ground and any treats like yogurt and cottage cheese on an old lid from the cottage cheese container. They do okay with that and don't spill or get it dirty. If they are happy then so am I. Have fun and enjoy.

 

[kizanne]

I carry stuff out to the coop in left over plastic containers like large cottage cheese containers but in the coop I have a piece of plywood I throw it down on.

 

[Momhen]

I only have 7 hens and when I bring them out treats I have a hard time not just feeding them out of my hand. I love the feeling when they peck at whatever I'm holding for them. I don't like leaving food on the ground as whatever they don't eat feeds the slugs which I don't want to encourage.

 

[mamahen2011]

If I'm just serving one of 2 slices of something, I just put it in the bowl I have for treats. If I'm putting in something larger or that will get covered in dirt/crumbs ... I use one of those suet feeders for birds. The chickens LOVE them. It's a treat AND a toy!

 

[JodyJo]

they don't mind...remember they eat grit to digest their food! You can hang it in a suet feeder if you want...they will peck at it and eat it that way, so hang 3 or 4 around and that way it stays clean.