Do you feed whole kernals of corn?

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Growing up, we would feed field corn right off of the cob to the chickens as a treat. Now, these days it seems like everything is cracked. With the rize in feed prices, I am thinking about growing some field corn. But I don't own or know of anyone who owns a cracker.

Your thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Wildsky]

My girls LOVE corn on the cob!! They clean it off perfectly every time!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

What about Indian Corn. I always grow enough to use for deocrating in the fall, then I never know what to do with it. It should be fine, correct?

 

[miss_thenorth]

We tried this past fall--we gave them some hardened feed corn, but they seemed not to like it. Cracked corn otoh, they love that.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Mine love corn on the cob and canned corn

 

[RubberChickenLubber]

My neighbor, who is in her 70s gives her chickens whole dry corn in the winter time, and that's it. I know a lot of people would give her a hard time over it, but she's had chickens forever, and that's what she has always done. She gives them a mix of layer mash and corn in the summer.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

i just feed my chickens in the winter whole corn.