do you feed your ducks and chickens kitchen scraps? what kind?

[Judy]

I don't have a lot of leftovers but the chickens usually get them. When I try a recipe and don't like it, they really get a treat. I rarely eat yucky stuff like fried, very salty, fatty, etc. so they are healthy leftovers. And some veggie scraps.

They love things like a chicken or turkey carcass. I don't worry about bones. Dog gets the lamb chop bone, etc., outside, so I imagine the chickens finish it off.

 

[pascopol]

All scraps but salty, excessive greasy or spicy food.

Potato peels need to be cooked. I also cook tough veggie scraps like cabbage core, turnip, or beet peelings etc. also other tough or woody greens.

 

[bel]

Don't have ducks yet but for the chickens I usually stick to the fruit and vegetable leftovers and scraps. Very often they get culled vegetables, like split tomatoes or ones not rotten but have bugs in them. Sometimes they get plain cherios as a treat, they really like the leaves off the broccoli plants too.

Onions are toxic. Celery strings can cause choking, but for my guinea pigs I just chop it to 1/4-1/2" pieces to eliminate the risk because they love it, I gave the cellery leaves to the chickens but they ignore them.

Forgot to mention spicy is ok for chickens, my girls wont eat the peppers but will eat the seeds out of jalapenos and the dried red pepper like you put on pizza. They don't seem to mind the heat.

 

[greenroots24]

Hi!,
Can i feed my ducklings some tender greens/veggies along with the duck starter? What is the best routine for feeding ducklings as natural/GMO free/soy free as possible?
Thanks for your help!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hi!,
Can i feed my ducklings some tender greens/veggies along with the duck starter? What is the best routine for feeding ducklings as natural/GMO free/soy free as possible?
Thanks for your help!

Be sure to offer grit when feeding anything other than their starter, as for GMO soy free you'll most likely have to go Organic. chop all veggies offered very fine.

 

[rebcart1905]

So avacado is indeed bad for ducks? I just want to make sure

 

[Miss Lydia]

So avacado is indeed bad for ducks? I just want to make sure

I'm thinking yes, but since i don't like avacado I have never thought about feeding it to my flock. Have you seen this?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/242460/the-ultimate-list-of-duck-treats-and-supplements


http://www.beautyofbirds.com/toxicfoods.html

 

[nayeli]

We JUST got silkie chicks. So we haven't given them anything as far as treats other than oats yet. We have given our ducks peas and goldfish (live added to their kiddie pool). I'm not sure about giving meat to chickens, just a personal thing... I would give them veggies or fruit leftovers though.

I have meat rabbits and we always give them fruit or vegetables that are going soft, or past OUR eat by date (but still edible).. If fruits or veggies have spoiled we add it to our compost pile and we just got compost worms who will eat it =)