Cranberries for Chickens??

[GoldenCometLover]

Hi everyone!!

I was checking the "Treat Guide" for treat suggestions and did not see cranberries listed....it's that time of year for turkey and pumkin pie and cranberry sauce

so I got to wondering if CRANBERRIES are okay for a treat for chickens??

They are on sale everywhere this time of year and I was wondering

if they are safe to feed my girls

.....thanks for any help!!

 

[teach1rusl]

I can only say that mine went wild for the dried cranberries they gobbled up this past summer, with no ill affects

 

[dsqard]

I was reading on another thread that cranberries are great to give to your chickens. Wish I could remember who posted it because the member had a lot of good holistic information on chickens and good stuff to feed them.

 

[easttxchick]

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I started giving my birds dried cranberries after making this posting:
I think this is the thread you are talking about, dsqard-Resolution has given me a lot of great information on homeopathic remedies and such.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=414417

 

[GoldenCometLover]

Awesome!

Do they need to be dried or cut in half (like I do with grapes)??

I was hoping to mix in with their morning yogurt, flax seed, spinach mix, which they love

Thanks!!

 

[easttxchick]

That's what I have been doing, mixing the dried crabberries in with their yogurt/walnut combo(they love it!).
I might cut them in half simply because the skin on them is kinda tough.

 

[7L Farm]

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I think your referring to resolution.

 

[GoldenCometLover]

Thanks everybody! I knew someone on BYC would know!!

I still have a question about dried vs fresh - I have fresh cranberries - are they okay to put in yogurt?

 

[dsqard]

Quote:
I started giving my birds dried cranberries after making this posting:
I think this is the thread you are talking about, dsqard-Resolution has given me a lot of great information on homeopathic remedies and such.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=414417

Yes that is the one! Thank you! Lots of good information on that thread!

 

[easttxchick]

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Sure, that's fine-they'll love it either way.