Chicken who wont eat vegetables! What do i do???

[MelanieCapewell]

My Isa-brown 9 months old is refusing to eat her vegie scraps.
Ive tried cabbage, lettuce, carrot, cucumber, banana, tomato, capsicum, porridge, cracked corn/sunflower seed/barley mix.
Occasionally i feed her brown & white rice with a can of tuna- she loves it but i cant afford to feed her that all the time. I do have layer pellets i know they are best for laying hens but she isnt eating them now either... the magpies are.
Maybe I have spoiled her for choice, but with the constant whining ( she cries) i worry shes hungry(she lays for us every day)
She is a free range chicken with a big backyard with lots of grass and bugs to eat, but i wonder if thats really a balanced diet for her.

 

[WI FarmChick]

I think you have spoiled her too much.

They are just like kids....that would rather eat Ice cream, chips and soda,
rather than a balanced meal made by mom.

Maybe stop feeding "treats" for a while, your girls will go back to eating their feed.

They are designed to "find" food so they will find it again.

I don't think they are starving.... just spoiled.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

That is crazy. I have never heard of such fussy eaters as that
Are the scraps old? Maybe they don't like the rotten stuff. just kidding - chickens don't care
Very funny though that there are chickens with discerning tastes

 

[MelanieCapewell]

Thank you for those replied messages; i knew she was PLAYIN' me! I just could not believe it!
Naughty girl. Shes stressed out two perfectly capable cooks(2 chefs in the house)- no one has ever complained about my food before. Yes; she gets no more treats till she eats her greens.