hung a cabbage in the coop

[Schroeder]

Does anyone know how to make a "treat ball" big enough to handle a cabbage? The ones available on line aren't nearly large enough for a whole head.

 

[sheila3935]

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So you just get the alfalfa hay? I tried pellets soaked in water they wouldnt touch it. Mine love collards too and peas!

 

[Chick named Lola]

Yeah, mine don't seem to like cabbage either. Throw some kale or collard greens and it's ON like Donkey Kong! They turned their noses up at the alfalfa pellets. Tried soaking them in water, same reaction. What do I do with the 50lbs I bought???

 

[sashurlow]

Mine lasted a week, then the wife made me take them down because the chickens didn't touch them.
Dandelion greens, however...

 

[krazeepolack]

Five DAYS??? Every head of cabbage I hang is DEVOURED that same day!! They act like there's no tomorrow. A simple screw eye bolt into the heart of the cabbage @ head height, suspended from a cord is what I use, then simply, GETOUTATHEWAY!!!!

The frenzy is ON!!

It never lasts to the end of the afternoon.

 

[krazeepolack]

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Why not just hang the cabbge head?

I have two of those tiny little feed balls w/the dinky little bell on the bottom.

(barely big enough for a small apple, much less a cabbage head) I'd GIVE them to the next person that came by wanting them-Useless!

 

[redhen]

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I would soak them.. and then mix them in with some food that they like.. like warm oatmeal? Cooked grits?? Noodles?? ANything...

 

[MarieNC]

Wow 5 days for 20 chickens? I have 6 girls and when I hang a head of cabbage in there for them I'm lucky if it lasts one day!

 

[sheila3935]

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Thats what I was wondering.

 

[johny]

Maybe the chickens that won't eat cabbage have not had one opened for them.

A large tightly wrapped cabbage is intimidating.

Try peeling the outer leaves but leave them attached at the base.

Once they get a taste of eating the opened leaves they will bite into the tight head and finish it off.