Do you ever find yourself.....

[tls_ranch]

Do you ever find yourself buying more fruit and veggies at the store than you can eat? Maybe with the thought that your chickens would like extra's as treats? One for me, one for the chickens.

 

[Holly O]

Yes!!! I do it all the time ... But now I have a veggie garden and I planted more for my Girls ...lol

 

[tls_ranch]

I'm glad I'm not the only one! My DH wouldn't understand, but it's fun to feed the little beggers treats.

 

[Superior Chicks]

I buy eggs FOR my chickens...................

Ma

 

[Imp]

Imp

 

[Sjisty]

My husband asked permission to take a piece of watermelon to work today because he knows I bought it for my flock!

 

[maf2008]

Me too... I did buy extra but now I shop at the farmers market and pick up free "garbage" in the back of the store. The overripe food they will carry to my car! I get 6 banana boxes full of "squash, corn, peaches,tomatoes, cabbage, green beans, okra and more" all over ripe byt the chickens love it!. I thought it would cut down on my feed bill... the "pigs with wings" just eat even more!!! its FREE!

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[briana1975]

Yep I do it too. A least untill I can get stuff out of our garden. I even planted veggies just for the chickens.

 

[19hhbelgian]

Well, I don't specifically buy extra food for my chickies, BUT they do get everything we don't use... My hubby will go through the fridge and cabinets looking for treats for them. He calls them our garbage disposals

We will also get doggie bagsif we eat out and take them home specifically for the girls

Of course they don't get anything that we really couldn't eat - don't want sick chickens!

Watermelon... Polish chickens eating watermelon is quite a catastrophe! I couldn't figure out why my girls had "rainy day" hairdo's, then I remembered their yummies out in the coop

 

[rebelchicken]

Hey! My chicks won't eat any of that stuff. I thought they were getting bored with their starter/grower stuff so I gave them leftover salad stuff from the fridge....they looked at me like I was insane and left it there to rot....but now when I feed them their mix, they look at my like "that's all you got??" What gives? are there any other treats I could try for them? could they be lacking in something if all they get is starter/grower? They aren't laying yet.