Cayenne Pepper - Got it - Now what!

[Chook-A-Holic]

wood&feathers :

Are we talking pepper flakes or powder here?

I use flakes. The pepper is ground up to about the size of the seeds.​

 

[DLS]

I get the big jugs of cyanne pepper FLAKES at sams. I have a spot where I pour some about 1 time a week. they get used to getting it & It will start them to laying again. It is supposed to be a wormer for then also.

 

[joebryant]

wood&feathers :

Are we talking pepper flakes or powder here?

What Anne bought at Sams is powder, but I'm thinking Chook-A-Holic is talking about pepper flakes, a size the chickens could see and peck at to eat.​

 

[Kev]

I'm wondering what form the pepper is in.. powder, flakes or..?

Never heard of using it to get hens to lay but some put in feed as a rodent deterrent. When I had a bad mice problem mixed cayenne powder in the feed.. seemed to work a bit in keeping mice out of the feed buckets.

Whoops, some already responded as I typed..

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I just wanted to clarify that I use the peppers mainly for rodent control. It does work, the rats and mice(and most bugs) can't stand to get a hold of it. Especially if they cant find water. If it does indeed help with egg laying, that's just another plus of using it.

 

[joebryant]

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I just now read your post to Anne. She said that she has never heard of cayenne pepper flakes; however, she showed me that she has a small jar of "crushed red pepper", but I don't think that red pepper is the same thing as cayenne pepper. Does your jar say "Cayenne Pepper Flakes"? If so, I'll pick some up this week.

 

[newnanchic]

We made ours a big pan of cornbread with their own eggs and added the pepper to it and they love it !!!

 

[joebryant]

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Could you give sort of a recipe for making that cornbread please. Could I make it in a skillet?

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

I've always just used the red pepper flakes. I don't know the specifics of which pepper it actually is but they are HOTT!!!...and they work.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

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Could you give sort of a recipe for making that cornbread please. Could I make it in a skillet?

Here we go... something told me I was going to get hungry during this thread.