Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

[RoosterRidge]

Thank you so much. This is really helpful to a first time owner. We originally started with 15 and were planning on adding more later. That turned into our niece wanting to get 6 peeps for Easter. She is very smart and was not going to get them without having a good home. She knew we were going to get some and she made sure we would take them. We now have 27 and I would not take anything for them. They were part of the family instantly. I have been afraid to give them anything other than their normal food. Your info is really great and thank you again.

 

[elainag]

great info i now dont feel so guilty!!!

i usually feed my chickens all the left overs... luckily i havent fed them the toxic stuff well only the avocado skins but i have notice they dont even peck at it...

oh and so much relief to know i can feed them chicken, cooked eggs and meat

once again, awesome info.

thanks.

 

[Arielle]

I apologize if this was already addressed between pages 7 and here . . .

The toxicity of potato peels is not a simple "dont feed potato peels", rather it is when the GREEN color is evident. A freshly dug potato, not exposed to sunlight, has NO green; upon exposure to sunlight does the toxic green colored chemical form, I'm sorry I can't remember its technical name as it's been a few too many years since Food Science class in college.

Two of the professors where brothers, and surely egged each other on to eat a green potato as an experiment; they felt mildly sick, it didn't kill them.

Non-green potato skins are fine to feed; the green ones should be avoided but is not as toxic as other poisons. Like many poisons, its about how much is consumed and the exact amount is specific to each "posionous" chemical. Did I write this so it makes sense?

 

[boskelli1571]

As a new 'momma hen', I use your chart regularly to treat the gals. Good job, lots' of hard work, many thanks.

 

[3 Dog Farm]

Very helpful! Thank you for some great ideas. My chickens love mac & cheese. I buy the cheap boxed kind and add a good amount of yogurt to it for a treat. They also love mashed bananas with plain yogurt. For greens I grow a big "chicken garden" of kale, collard and chard, which produces continually in the summer when the rest of our acreage is very dry and there's little pasture.

 

[Zondervan]

Awsome thread thanks Buff for the list and so good that your willing to update it, as a newbie it helps alot. Only thing I would say is if in doubt leave it out? If you cant find an alternative on the list you really have problems

 

[MyChickenWishList]

So...we have some baked means left over...can I give cooked beans to the chickens?? It states not dry beans...Im assuming that means uncooked ??

Thanks for any clarification.

 

[202roosterlane]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I printed it and put it on my fridge.

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[ForgePondFarm]

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I am curious as the responses you get to your question. There is another whole series of threads devoted to the deep litter method which recommends grass clippings as a viable option when adding bedding. I have just stared to use it

 

[NYREDS]

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I am curious as the responses you get to your question. There is another whole series of threads devoted to the deep litter method which recommends grass clippings as a viable option when adding bedding. I have just stared to use it

I always feed grass clippings either in the coop or dumped into the run. Have done this forever & have never in 50 years of chicken keeping had a bird become crop bound.