Cherries?

[ssteiner]

My girls are between 12-16 weeks old and I have some cherries I was going to throw out but then I thought, why not give them to the girls? Any reason not to? They're not going to choke on the pits or anything, are they?

Thanks.
Scott

 

[poultryone]

Hi Scott. Your hens will be fine if you feed them cherries. As with feeding any sort of supplemental feed (such as fruit and kitchen scraps), be sure the extra feed given does not disproportionately outweigh the balanced, purpose-specific feed you are giving your chickens. This is especially important for layers, in which the calcium- and protein-ratios need to remain steady.

 

[rainbowgardens]

Last summer when the wild cherries in our yard were loaded with fruit, I threw some to my girls. They went wild! There were red juice stains all over their beaks afterwards.
It looked like a murder scene!!!

 

[pupsicle]

When I let mine out in the mornings during cherry season, the ground underneath the cherry tree is their first stop. Gotta see how many fell during the night, you know.

They eat around the pits, leaving them scattered all over the yard.