Feeding chickens yogurt

[Jilara]

I make what I call "chicken salad" with yogurt. They get either shredded veggies or shredded cantaloup rind blended with plain yogurt, and they go nuts over it. (I actually tried some of the veggie yogurt salad, one day, and ended up serving some with our (human) dinner, that night! The chickens had to share their dinner with us! LOL!)

But they also go gah gah just over yogurt in a dish. But it gets very messy! Yogurt flying all over, then them trying to pick it off each other!

 

[chickenbike]

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Really? I never would have thought of that. Isn't the rind too coarse? When you shred the rind, are you using a food processor or some other method?

 

[keljonma]

Our flock will eat yogurt on top of their feed, with fruits mixed in it, with crushed garlic and tomatoes in it, from a separate bowl.. or off a spoon. They LOVE yogurt!

 

[Michigan Chickman]

I feed it straight up on a flant plate or a shallow bowl. I imagine it must be like eating soup with a fork! I don't know how they do it, but they get every drop!

 

[Nemo]

We tried once. They loved it and gobbled it up. But... It made them squirty.

 

[crzychickenlady]

Mine love their yogurt!!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Oh my gosh, what a photo! Caught in the act! Beak AND wattles!

 

[chickenfever]

Ok, so I've read on this forum not to give chicks calcium, so why is it OK to give them yogurt?

BTW: Hilarious post of Rooster with yogurt face

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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I think the answer is that chicks don't need concentrated calcium, because they're not laying yet.

The main benefit of yogurt is the probiotics that help chicken's digestive system. And the calcium in it is not as concentrated as the calcium in oyster shell or other supplements.

 

[Sassymygirl]

I never gave my chickens yogurt. I might go and try it!!!