Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Mine love Luffa Sponge Gourd. I slit a gourd down the middle and they eat everything in the middle and leave the hull. This is done to the ones that haven't turned hard and fiberous.

 

[austinhart123]

im printing this chart

 

[brewmiss96]

If not mentioned before, my girls LOVE celery!

 

[Patch of Heaven Farm]

loved the chart! thanks for the info!!!

 

[chickenporkarosa]

Hello out there-does anyone know if I can feed my girls chocolate? I have some homemade cookies with nuts, cranraisens, oatmeal, branflakes, and chocolate chips and coconut in them and crushed them up. Is this okay?
Thankyou, Stacey

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Chickenporkarosa, if you crumble up the cookies, are the chocolate bits large enough to pick out? The reason I'm asking is because I think chocolate is one of those things that "can" be dangerous in quantity (as is sugar).

 

[chickenporkarosa]

Hi Buff Hooligans-Yes, I can pick out the chocolate. I don't think the sugar will hurt them, and I won't feed all of it to them at one time. They had so many good things in em, I thought it would make a nice treat. It's kinda cold here right now (9degrees) so I thought it would be extra protein for them. I have 12 Rhode Island Reds, 1 Barred Rock Rooster and 2 Rhode Island Red Roosters. Thanks again for the info.

 

[swampwander]

Why not citrus?? We have sour stock that ends up in our yard and the girls eat the flesh but not the rinds. Are there long term effects?

I also noticed when they raided my garden last month (fixed that fence) that they liked cabbage, cauliflower, radish greens, lettuce, squash flowers, young green beans and kale but left the broccoli, tomatoes plants (but not the mostly ripe tomatoes, hmph!), carrots, eggplant and brussel sprouts alone. Nothing like 6 buffs and two banties to tear up what was looking like a great harvest.

 

[#1California Chick]

This is a great list for chicken parents!! Please keep it current and up to date!!

BTW in order to shortcut countless questions in the future, I suggest that you either put things like onions, garlic, etc. in your regular list -- with a NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO EGG FLAVOR PROBLEMS ( or something to that extent) or create a separate catatgory for not recommended items.

I personally am not quite sure why citrus is on the NO list.

Thanks for your great work!!!

Cindy

 

[Possumpoint]

Whew, so glad this info is here. Just had to check to see if I've been slowly killing my chickens with uncooked collard greens and kale. I've been giving them a little each week to add a little green to their diet. DH said someone at work told him that they were not good for chickens. I see on the chart that they are fine.