Help I need a finishing touch!

[Chicken Charlotte]

hello


I have 6 chickens and I want something fun for them they have got a big cage but they need something else like you no how rats have running weels and stuff i need something like that but for chickens any advise?

 

[nuts4hotwheels]

I posted a similar topic a couple of weeks ago. Everybody suggested treats like hanging cabbage from a string

 

[MissJenny]

I gave mine a cardboard box with the front cut out, a two-level roost and the occasional cake pan of dirt (worms included).

Jenny

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

i agree with both the previous posters, cabbage I've always heard is a good thing to keep them active and also reduces flock issues like pecking each other.

I have used the dirt and worm pies, or even throwing a handful of meal worms in a big mound of dirt or sand, chickens get a blast of scratching through the stuff and searching out the good stuff, then taking a dust bath afterwards.

I've gotten bored and while playing with my cats outside with a laser light, noticed the chickens would try to chase it as well...XD so I now go out on cloudy days or early mornings sometimes and play chase the light with the chickens.

 

[FiveHens]

Bring in some rakings from your yard in a box or throw them kitchen scraps.
Ours shut up for carrot peels

 

[Chicken Charlotte]

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Hey thanks or your idea!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Pull all your weeds and give them a big pile of weeds.

Watermelon, pumpkin (they eat the seeds too), cabbage, a head of broccoli, they love it all.

 

[sydney13]

let them out for some free ranging

that is what my chickens love

 

[palochknldy]

There is a Happy Hen Treat Ball that you add your greens to and hang it up and there is a bell at the bottom. You can find it online for $5.00.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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I've got a suet cage that I use. It's a bit bigger than your standard suet holder. It's actually made for holding a small "flock block"