Is it okay to feed pullets yogurt?

[wrldlygrrl]

Two thumbs up for yogurt! Mine get a daily mush: some type of fruit (today: ripe banana), oat meal or bran, barley flakes and flax meal. Sometimes I put a burst fish oil capsule or two in there, too They are absolutely crazy for it!

BTW, I started this because I have a cross beak who cannot pick food up with her beak, only scoop, so the others just really love her now!

 

[wrldlygrrl]

Oh, regular, plain (I use organic, but I am organic) yogurt only, no chemicals, sweeteners...

 

[PetRock]

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Beautiful pics! Thank you for sharing them with us!

 

[harveyhorses]

Those pictures made me happy. Thanks for sharing.

Mine really like oatmeal and raising in theirs, but stand back if you don't want a yogurt bath!

 

[Keltara]

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Beautiful pics! Thank you for sharing them with us!

Thank you Debi, and you're welcome!

 

[Keltara]

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Harvey
I'm glad the pictures made you happy.

I have found that the rolled oats in the yogurt makes it less messy. That way it can be a more hands on experience in feeding it to them.

 

[5chicks4us]

I like to mix some of their feed in with their yogurt. Also, this helps them figure out it's food because apparently they haven't caught onto that yet. LOL.

 

[Laigaie]

If your hens like yogurt, you may like to know that they'll also like milk. As far as they can fling the tiny droplets of yogurt, they can fling milk further! They were putting their heads completely into the bowl, soaking their whole face with the milk. Then, of course, they had to shake it off, onto the other hens. We regularly buy raw milk from a local farmer, and it does go sour-tasting a little more quickly than I'm used to. 'Cause of that, we end up with a small bowl of milk for them every couple weeks, and it's become their favorite thing.

 

[Keltara]

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We drink raw milk as well! I find that ours stays fresh FAR longer than the grocery store though. I'll have to introduce our girls to milk!

 

[kello500]

Those pictures were great! Thanks for posting them.

I have also wondered if I could find local milk but I am unsure how to come about looking for it. I guess I can stop by the local farms and ask. Couldn't hurt!