Guess what I'm feeding my chooks for treats?

[gritsar]

Their layer pellets.

Apparently if you take a small amount of pellets out of the feeder and offer it to the chickens from your hand, they taste soooo much better. I've been doing this once or twice a day now for about a week and they greedily gobble them up every time.
My chickens expect a treat every time they see me. I don't like to disappoint, but I'm also not feeding them 10 treats a day. Thus pellets are the simple solution and the chickens are none the wiser.

 

[baldie]

Too funny!!!

 

[danielbrown]

If you move there feeder to a different place or add more feed to it they will do the same.

 

[gritsar]

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Oh I know! When I bring their waterer out of the coop for cleaning they all run to drink out of it like it's chickie champagne - even though I usually set it down right next to their outside waterer.

 

[Miss Kitty]

I figured that one out trying to get the hens to eat calcium..I would crumble the egg shells from breakfast and toss them out like a treat..they come running and think it's wonderful. Bread is their favorite but I read that bread, too much, will constipate them so I'm careful it's only alittle bit of the white center part of the bread. They don't like vegetables I tried small pieces of those with no luck.

 

[gritsar]

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My chickens love bread, fruit and nuts. I haven't found a vegetable they do like, except corn.
I figure it's because they free range and fill up every day on "natural greens".

 

[Chicken03]

Hahaha. I'll have to give it a try.

 

[Kim_NC]

About an hour ago, I locked up the coops for the night. One group of 9 hens (19 mo old) and a roo were low on pellets, but not empty. I knew they'd be out by morning and we're having a cold night at freezing temps. SooOOOooo, I got a 3 lb can of pellets to add to their feeder. The silly little things came of the roost to eat.

You would not believe how all of our various groups come running to eat wetted crumbles in the afternoons. Just 28% game crumbles, wetted...you'd think they were getting hot cereal or something. I give it to them for a protein boost, but they think it's some huge treat.

 

[susanhai]

I have a chihuahua that does the same thing

 

[BFeathered]

Chicken's brains and dog's brains must have more in common than we thought... "Food?! Where? Gimme!"