Fun frozen treats for hot chickens?

Take a muffin pan, and in each cup pour in some peas and/or berries and the like. Fill the remaining space with water. Freeze. Hot day? Pop a couple out and out in a pan out where the chickens are! Mine love it!

 

Yeah @Mace Gill, mine do too! I use corn as well, I want to try a berry we don't grow...

 

I've used corn too, but don't! They have to grind up the husks in their gizzards and that generates heat. Corn is better in the cooler months

 

Yes, I use that cracked corn, does that count?

 

Yes, I am growing corn.

 

Cool!

 

Especially don't use cracked corn when you're worried about them being too hot ... but great to give them other times of the year as a tart. Especially in winter when there isn't much forage to scratch at and they're bored

 

Thanks for the suggestion!

My newest treat idea isn't really acting like a coolant food/snack, but I make a cornbread for them, either weather they love it.

Before my rooster recently passed away, he loved it! Now my others love it!
I gave it to them when I got the barn roof replaced, they weren't worried about the noise anymore!

By the way, how are you today?

-K

 

Truth be told? Tired. We're short handed at work and the past three weeks some key personnel have had planned vacations ... this past week was extremely busy, I put in over 60 hours, and I am BEAT! Getting too old for those kind of work weeks!