Chicken Stimulation (ideas anyone??)

[chickencoop789]

How can I make my boring yard more fun and exciting for my hens?

 

[bobbi-j]

Make sure they have plenty of dirt to scratch around in, plants to eat, room to roam and bugs to chase. Can you make a mulch pile out of raked leaves? They'd love to dig and scratch in that for extra protein. I don't believe that chickens really need to be "entertained" as long as they can do all those things.

 

[sumi]

A mulch pile is a great idea. Chickens LOVE scratching in things and if you can mix something edible in there, even better. You can also toss a cabbage in there now and then for them to eat. What you can also do, for a bit of fun in the warmer months (for you and the chickens!), is leave one or two corrugated sink sheets flat on the ground in the run. I left it undisturbed for at least 3-4 weeks to give the crickets time to discover it... Every 4 weeks or so I called the chickens and flipped the sheets over. Enjoy!

 

[Nutcase]

Chickens are good at entertaining themselves (not always in ways you approve of! but if they are confined in a boring fun...well, they can get bored and possibly pick at each other. I've done the same things sumi talks about above, but I used concrete pieces instead if corrugated sheets. I call them 'renewable cricket farms'! Mowed grass, garden clippings and mulch all go into the run and there are slanted logs for them to climb on.

 

[BrickWall Honey]

Hang a cabbage about 12"-16" off the ground