Do you cut up veggies?

[JacinLarkwell]

If it's fleshy like a cucumber or tomato, or an apple/pear, I make a few holes to they can get inside and then leave it. Anything hard or small (grapes or broccoli) gets cut into small prices sk they don't choke and can grind it up easier

 

[triciayoung]

I put cabbage, lettuce, in the holders that hang from the ceiling (boredom buster), but other than that, I spoil them and cut up everything.

 

[WingsysRoost]

It depends on what I'm giving them. Veggie scraps from cooking usually don't get chopped unless they're oddly sized or will otherwise be difficult for them to process. Watermelons or pumpkins get cut in halves or pieces so that they can access the inside part. Cabbage is either chopped or not, depending on various factors. Apples usually go out whole unless they were already in slices. I try to make sure each chicken has access to at least a few bites since I have a few that do get bullied away from the food sometimes. Usually, I try to give scraps that are either definitely too big for them to swallow at once or small enough that they can swallow easily, just as a precaution.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

I don't do any fine chopping, but will split some bigger items (melons, for example) in half with a shovel, and have been known to give things like apples, tomatoes, and other whole fruits a quick "boot stomp" to expose the innards.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'll smash, or at least crack, large vegetables that have rinds on them or stomp on oranges (which they're not fond of), but leave most everything else intact.

The flock will happily work to reduce a cabbage to nothing but don't much care for harder items like limp carrots or aged sweetpotatoes -- preferring to leave those alone in the run litter and then eat any sprouts that might appear or bugs that might appear.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

Right, whatever the flock doesn't eat will feed the worms, which then feed the chickens. I did a little digging today since the temps got into the 40's, and despite it being February in RI, I was finding a LOT of worms.

Some nice chicken run compost got move into a cleared out flower bed I'd dug out last fall (seemed like a good idea at the time).