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[casportpony]

Are there any vegetable/fruit scraps that I should not feed to chickens?

People tell me they will devour my garden if I let them so I'm planning on giving them treats from the garden on but not letting them loose in it.

Onion, avocado, rhubarb are a few that come to mind.

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Originally Posted by caychris

Are there any vegetable/fruit scraps that I should not feed to chickens?

People tell me they will devour my garden if I let them so I'm planning on giving them treats from the garden on but not letting them loose in it.
Onion, avocado, rhubarb are a few that come to mind.

-Kathy

Garlic-too much will flavor the eggs
Green potato skins
Some say cabbage and spinach will remove calcium and make the egg shells week

Watch out for long grass clippings as it can impact the crop

 

[caychris]

Thanks

We gave them a carrot yesterday since they were outside and I pulled up a split one. They seemed to like that.
Proving you can find most anything you are looking for here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens


It looks like the pea pods are going to them next.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks

We gave them a carrot yesterday since they were outside and I pulled up a split one. They seemed to like that.
Proving you can find most anything you are looking for here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens


It looks like the pea pods are going to them next.

My girls eat carrots too. Many have posted that theirs do not eat carrots.

Thanks for posting the chart!

 

[chiqita]

I've Farmers products before and found their quality to be a little iffy. For example, once their scratch was missing milo, other times it had bits of corn cob in it. Lay crumbles and pellets look okay, maybe a little dusty at times, but the chickens still ate it. FYI, I think they also make a 20% lay pellet, which comes in handy sometimes.

-Kathy

Id do serious things for 20% pellet. Maybe try to talk up kings?

Are there any vegetable/fruit scraps that I should not feed to chickens?

People tell me they will devour my garden if I let them so I'm planning on giving them treats from the garden on but not letting them loose in it.

I think avacado is a pit and skin issue? Rubarb is a big nono. The love tomato and strawberries fresh corn and will seriously kill your children for pea plants ( the plant over the peas. I gave up on peas they went to herculan feats to get at them. ) they like carrot if they are bord and seem iffy about squash.

I have heard if the plants are big they can survive chickens . If your tomatoes grow 4-5 feet tall you can let them debug. As long as there is no peas...

 

[PetRock]

Thanks

We gave them a carrot yesterday since they were outside and I pulled up a split one. They seemed to like that.
Proving you can find most anything you are looking for here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens


It looks like the pea pods are going to them next.

Make sure your chicks have grit if you are feeding them treats. You can buy chick grit at the feed store or make sure they have access to sand with little rocks in it (not fine play sand).

 

[tls_ranch]

Thanks

We gave them a carrot yesterday since they were outside and I pulled up a split one. They seemed to like that. 
Proving you can find most anything  you are looking for here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens


It looks like the pea pods are going to them next. 

Most of my garden gets shared with my chickens. I have 8 tomato plants and I am the only one that eats fresh tomato in my family I grew giant red mangles one year for my chickens. Basically they are sugar beets. My chickens devoured the green leaves, wouldn't touch the roots which are supposed to be great for livestock food.

Update e I have a pip in one of the silver apple yard duck eggs from Zooweemama! Waiting on one last egg to hatch from my barnie eggs. It's pipped and looks like it's starting to zip. So far I have 8 cockerels and 3 pullets...hope the last one is a pullet!

Trisha

 

[caychris]

I think avacado is a pit and skin issue? Rubarb is a big nono. The love tomato and strawberries fresh corn and will seriously kill your children for pea plants ( the plant over the peas. I gave up on peas they went to herculan feats to get at them. ) they like carrot if they are bord and seem iffy about squash.

I have heard if the plants are big they can survive chickens . If your tomatoes grow 4-5 feet tall you can let them debug. As long as there is no peas...

Well the peas are due to end the season soon so I may let them at the plants here in a couple of weeks. The cool weather has prolonged the harvest a bit. They liked the carrot greens more than the carrot apparently. Broccoli is about done too. I'm not letting them near my tomatoes. I have quite a few potato pots as well. They are going to get hand fed the plants at this point.

 

[casportpony]

Associated feed distributes a 20% pellet made by Swanson Feed.
http://www.associatedfeed.com/images/E0074301/breeder.pdf

-Kathy

 

[caychris]

Make sure your chicks have grit if you are feeding them treats. You can buy chick grit at the feed store or make sure they have access to sand with little rocks in it (not fine play sand).

Will do I was watching them pretty closely when they were outside and it looked like they were picking up some from the dirt but I will be sure to have some handy.