Favorite treats for your chickens

[gale65]

We had some leftover cobs from eating sweet corn, including one that had a lot of corn on it (none of us ate that one-I guess it wasn't full enough). I threw them out there and the chicks just stood about a foot away and stared at them. A couple of them snuck up and took a taste but for the most part, it was uncharted territory and very scary. A few hours later the cobs were picked clean so they must have finally gotten brave.

 

[darkmatter]

 

[henparty3]

lovely photo! what sorts of birds are they?

 

[gale65]

They look like guineas.

eta: I should say IT looks like a guinea. Can't tell what the ones in the background look like.

 

[brownysfp]

Lettuce hung from a low branch for stretching and jumping exercises. Cat food is always popular when the felines have voted with their feet over a cheapo brand. Ham or bacon rind is worth investing in a camcorder. The first incubator-hatched chicks, a pair of roos, spend all day in the kitchen porch; they've never forgotten the source of tidbits when they were tiny.

 

[Maximus]

Watermellon!!!

 

[nickie]

Black cherries. Toss them in one at a time and watch it disappear.

 

[5parrots&zoo]

My girls love watermelon, grapes, yogurt, corn on the cob, cantaloupe, and cottage cheese, and they have gobbled up my home canned squash.

 

[mommahen64]

It's probably awful, but mine love, love LOVE a little bologna.

They have fun with an ear of corn too. Grapes, blueberries, oats....they're pretty spoiled.

 

[spacecowgirl]

Bird seed! Blueberries, corn on cob, bread, watermelon, eggs, greens, peas, cheese, lunch meat, steak, chicken (yeah, I know)

apples, beans, crackers, the list goes on and on...

You guys are probably gonna jump all over me for this, but they also love pizza and ravioli!!! Fattening, I know, but as the occasional treat....