Eat with chickens

[Ascholten]

I picked a HUGE pile of mustards that I threw in their coop, it took them a few days but they had that thing gnawed down to nubs essentially. Yep, you give them something they like and they'll put a hurt on it

Aaron

 

[dawg53]

Yeah, you dont want to never pass out in a chicken pen. They will eat you and go for the eyes first, like buzzards. They dont want you looking at them while they eat you.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Good morning! I really love to prepare food for them. Besides, it's also a practical way to evaluate how much fresh vegetable and fruit we "feed ourselves."

Yesterday, they got additional strawberries.

Today, they had fresh ingredients as usual, black sesame, oatmeal (it's a free gift from the discounter, but we don't eat oatmeal), and dried tiny shrimps.

Full of goodies

They always finish everything within a few minutes. My husband was also funny when he saw those hens kept "cleanning" the tray which was already very "clean".

 

[Iluveggers]

Looks like a great meal for them!

Usually daily my girls get minimum an apple core or two, the tops of strawberries, a few lettuce leaves, the ends of a cucumber plus peels, a bell pepper core, some carrot shavings. We eat fruit and salad daily, and then whatever extras we have with dinner counts as a bonus! (Rice, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, etc).

I work all day so I save the scraps throughout the day in a bowl in the fridge, and put them out in the morning. They are not as spoiled as your girls though, I don’t have time to chop/blend it all, but they do a pretty good job of making it disappear regardless!

 

[Sally PB]

I can't wait until it's warm enough to pull weeds in the garden. Well, they have to grow first!

The chickens get some spinach just about every day, with their mash snack. When the weeds grow, they'll get them instead.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I can't wait until it's warm enough to pull weeds in the garden. Well, they have to grow first!

The chickens get some spinach just about every day, with their mash snack. When the weeds grow, they'll get them instead.

Same here! I just saw some very young shoots of nettle~need to give them so more days to grow.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

The treasure hunt this morning at the discounter near us - to be honest, those salad greens are totally ok, maybe just few outer leaves were damaged. Anyway, the price was great so I brought all of them back.

Ours and theirs

Theirs and ours

Their bonus for tomorrow is ready.

Usually they are crazy for the fresh salad leaves, especially in winter; however, they fully ignore those leaves when animal protein appears...

The cooked bones are no longer suitable for dogs, so chickens will have some fun.

 

[Sally PB]

I see bones and I think, bone broth! The chickens can have them after they've been through that process.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I see bones and I think, bone broth! The chickens can have them after they've been through that process.

Yes, I did use them for making broth, but not a very long time, 30 minutes or so.

 

[MaggieMoo21]

I see bones and I think, bone broth! The chickens can have them after they've been through that process.

Our girls love bones that have been through the pressure cooker for an hour or the crockpot for 20 plus hours. By that point, the bones are super soft and they gobble them up.