Corn Husks?

[3KillerBs]

I don't know where to put this question so if its in the wrong place mods are welcome to remove it.

I've got a job at a farm stand for the summer -- one of the big ones that bring in extra produce from wherever its good -- and one of the waste items we generate is corn husks. Every time I prepare a pretty display of corn and husk ears to be bagged on ice for people who don't like to clean their own corn I end up with a kitchen trash bag of fresh, green corn husks.

I was wondering if chickens would like to eat and/or play with them in the run and if they'd be able to reduce something that fibrous to compost for me.

 

[Habibs Hens]

I don't know where to put this question so if its in the wrong place mods are welcome to remove it.

I've got a job at a farm stand for the summer -- one of the big ones that bring in extra produce from wherever its good -- and one of the waste items we generate is corn husks. Every time I prepare a pretty display of corn and husk ears to be bagged on ice for people who don't like to clean their own corn I end up with a kitchen trash bag of fresh, green corn husks.

I was wondering if chickens would like to eat and/or play with them in the run and if they'd be able to reduce something that fibrous to compost for me.

husk is very fibrous and I would suspect it could cause crop impaction

what I would do is while its green rip It into shreds and then let it dry and use it as bedding for the nest box

 

[3KillerBs]

Thank you. But I can't imagine going to all that trouble to shred bags and bags and bags of corn husk. I just wondered if I could dump a bag into the run once a week or so and have the chickens enjoy it.