Yeah, I don't think my flock is crazy 'bout them either. At first I assumed the sudden abundance of food left in their feeders had to do with us getting rid of 6 rambunctious guineas, but it was over a week later before I needed to add any. We tried sprinkling cracked corn on top, even puffed rice cereal (their fave), but even the turkeys turned up their nose. I even tried tricking them: they seem to think anything I have is a treat and must be devoured, so I tried hand feeding it to them - no dice. Even when I mixed it with other treats, they would just pick out the good stuff. Any hot cereal mix I give them they usually ransack, so I tried just adding hot water and mixing some fruit in it, but even that got cold reviews. The only time they've emptied the feeders since we switched is when I had to go out of town and my husband forgot to let them out of the coop: 8 chickens and 2 full grown turkeys, locked in a 12X16 coop for 36 hrs when they're used to having 2 acres?? I guess they got desperate. Doesn't make any sense. It's the same brand as the crumbles, and from what I understand, it's the same food just in a different form. Durn picky eaters.
