I have created tiny little monsters...

[capstone]

We had pasta for dinner tonight, so I thought "hey I have some left over why not take some to the kids in the brooder"

So I figured 5 chicks so 5 little shell pastas. Talk about laugh.. my gosh. They get a bit brutal... I kept telling them their was enough for everyone but they insisted on trying to kill each other for the one "chosen" pasta.

Fast forward 3 hours.... I go down to do more laundry and as I walk through the door they all start squaking and rubber knecking trying to see IF mom brought them more goodies.

I still remember when my mom had chickens she also had a garden and when she found a pesky tomato worm she would throw it over into the chicken yard. That is when "chicken football" began. That poor worm... never had a chance. She would throw all her scraps out to them as well.... they were like little vultures. LOL

 

[leadwolf1]

For a real treat, next time use string spaghetti

 

[LovePolish]

haha yep,just wait till your chicks are full grown adults! Thanks for sharing thats so funny

We have 30 four month old Golden Comets & Jersey Giants that follow me around the farm like puppies lol they are so sweet

and funny,when they see me they come running

 

[capstone]

I think tomorrow I might take then down some pieces of ripe fruit .... maybe some cantalope and peaches. LOL

I will try and get pictures of them they are really growing up.. sniff sniff.

 

[n8ivetxn]

Mine love cantalope .........and, everything else

It doesn't take them long to connect you and food!

 

[California_chickie]

My chickens LOOOOVE watermelon and cherries--- they are expensive, so I have made arrangements with local markets in town to pick up their produce that isn't fit to sell. Nothing too spoiled or rotten, just not pretty enough for display. They are happy to get rid of the leftovers & my chickens are thrilled when I come home with plastic bags full of misc yummy fruits n veggies!

 

[Life is Good!]

Canteloupe seeds are THE BEST treat on a hot summer day. Make sure to refrigerate the canteloupe before you cut it. Your chickens will think it's ice cream! (Mine do!). The heck with DQ (Dairy Queen)....make mine canteloupe!

 

[WRVgirl]

I can't get mine to eat any watermelon :/ I've tried raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and melon...they go crazy for meal worms though. lol

 

[capstone]

well I had a overly ripe banana layin around so I took a small part off and gave it to the "kids" (the bigger part went to our bunny) and it was funny watching them... it was too big to carry around so they had to just stand there and peck at it. It took them a few minutes to really get the hang of it. When I went back downstairs later there was no sign of banana anywhere LOL

 

[RonC]

Mine have several favorite treats. Raw oats and grapes are two of their favs. Watching them after throwing some raisins in their pen I'm not going to try that one out of my hand. My sweet little chickens turned into vicious animals over them.