Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

[joebwe25]

Question - On the food chart what does it mean when there's an empty space???

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Joe, it means I couldn't think of anything to put in it. If other people might have something to add in those spaces, I'd love to add it.

 

[HenHappy]

I have a question about a treat...When I make a salad for my DH and me, I cut up a second dish for the girls. Is Celery okay? It can be stringy when we eat it, so I wondered if it would get caught in thier throats? I haven't added any just in case, but hopefully someone can get the answer for me!!! Thank you in advance!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

If you chop the celery into bits, it should be fine. I could definitely see a long strand causing discomfort, especially if some of it were hanging out of their mouth and other hen grabbed it.

 

[Churkenduse]

Bread is okay, but not very nutritious. It's a nice treat, in moderation. We want them to eat their vitamin and mineral packed chicken pellets or crumbles most of all. But I love to spoil my girls too! Thanks for your comments!

Wonderful list of good wholesome foods for our flock thank yoiu.

I think we should remember that what we feed them ultimately comes back to us. If you give them a good mix of protein and vegetable matter they will grace us with nutritious eggs. The do not look at snacks the same way we do. In the wilod there are no cocoa puffs.

 

[patandchickens]

Buff, the chart is great!

However, I wonder if it might be helpful to rephrase the parts about beans somewhat.

a) up top, where beans (cooked) are listed as a treat, would it be possible to add some warning that raw, dried or undercooked they can be toxic. Even just saying "well-cooked - ONLY" would do it.

b) down under Things never to feed chickens, for the sake of nimrods like me who do not makr the connection that undercooked (less than 15 minutes, is what I've read) is the same as raw or dry, ciould that info be added.

Am having giant anxiety attack at having fed the girls 2 breakfasts of half-cooked freezerburned lima beans, which I thought was ok, and then encountering this thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=329332#p329332
which convinced me that it may well NOT have been (at leats, not if I kept doing it)



Just a thought,

Pat

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Patandchickens, I just changed the Treats Chart to reflect your wisdom. Thanks for the feedback. How are your chickens?

 

[patandchickens]

they seem to be fine <whew>, thanks for asking -- but next time I will cook the bejeebers out of the beans

Pat

 

[horsejody]

Tomato leaves are not good to eat. Tomatoes are in the same family as nightshade. Only the fruit is edible. The rest is toxic. Chickens may like it, but large amounts can cause sickness.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Horsejody, yeah, I found that out, AFTER I had spent Autumn heaving big tomato branches into the chicken run for entertainment while I was at work all day. Glad I didn't poison them to death.