Apples-i should know this but gonna ask?

[Matejka]

I found 3 lb bag apples for 87 cents. Haven't tried my birds with apples.
Do chickens like/eat apples?
If so hang whole apple and let them play? Dice? Chunk?
I know the seeds are dangerous-deseed or not enough seed to hurt the birds?
Sometimes, I get a brainfart and just don't remember/know.
Guess I'm showing my age-I can't remember everything from 40 yrs ago. Thanks for everyone's help and opinions

 

[CHlCKEN]

I found 3 lb bag apples for 87 cents. Haven't tried my birds with apples.
Do chickens like/eat apples?
If so hang whole apple and let them play? Dice? Chunk?
I know the seeds are dangerous-deseed or not enough seed to hurt the birds?
Sometimes, I get a brainfart and just don't remember/know.
Guess I'm showing my age-I can't remember everything from 40 yrs ago. Thanks for everyone's help and opinions

Personally I would de seed but they aren’t enough to hurt them. I would just do it any way. Beside that, I like to stick my apple on a wobbly wooden dowel stick in the ground for them to peck at! They love it!

 

[Matejka]

Great! Thanks.
That gave me an idea-I have a piece of rebar already in the ground, it is a stake for another project going on-I will pop an Apple on it and see what happens.

 

[CluckerFamily]

The dowel is a great idea! I usually de-core and string a piece of string through the missing core to hang the apples. Then it's more like a pinata.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I use screw eyes and rope to hang whole apples. I do not core them. There aren't enough seeds to be an issue.

 

[CHlCKEN]

The dowel is a great idea! I usually de-core and string a piece of string through the missing core to hang the apples. Then it's more like a pinata.

Cool! For the dowel if you decor, you don’t put the dowel through the de cored part or it won’t stay on bc the decor is to wide. You just turn it sideways and stick it through. I haven’t tried the string before but I bet they would like it. I have a bottle full of scratch that had holes drilled in it so when they peck it scratch falls to the ground. They LOVE that toy and you can reuse it!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Great! Thanks.
That gave me an idea-I have a piece of rebar already in the ground, it is a stake for another project going on-I will pop an Apple on it and see what happens.

Great I bet they’ll love you for that

 

[Owntalin]

There is a great post somewhere in here about all the foods chickens can eat and can't eat. Type. In food list in the search. I have bookmarked it as its fab!

 

[Matejka]

There is a great post somewhere in here about all the foods chickens can eat and can't eat. Type. In food list in the search. I have bookmarked it as its fab!

Thanks-looking now.

 

[Owntalin]

Thanks-looking now.

Ohhhh blast no it isn't its on the Happy chicken coop.com

https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/chicken-treats/