Is there any warm foods I could feed?

[BeardedChick]

The Purina mill guy here says that if you feed them warm scratch when it's cold, they will eat more and lay better. I dunno if it's true, but I am still getting 4-6 eggs/day from 10 hens.

(with no supplemental light)

The rice cooker I use goes for 1 hr on a low setting - I use the "slow cook" button. The grains are completely reconstituted and plump by the time it's done.

 

[setter4]

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So far my hens don't seem to know they are supposed to reduce their laying. It has been in the teens here the last 3-4 nights and not about the mid 30's during the day and windy. I am still getting 8 or 9 eggs a day from 10 hens and got 10 on Thursday! I hope no one tells them they should cut back. lol

 

[cackle]

I had thought about cooking the cracked corn but not the scratch. That is a great idea. I wonder if you poured boiling water over the scratch and let it sit for an hour it would soften up faster.


Guess what mine are getting at free range time!!! They already got some of the meat/veggies scraps from the stock I cooked all night for breakfast. (dogs did not like sharing)

 

[bdp7150]

i use blue berry yogurt and a hand full of oats mixed up and heated 2 times a week the yogurt sticks good to oats and all of them gets some yogurt which is good for them then some scratch .

 

[annmarie]

I love cooking for my chickens, I feel like a 5 year old mixing up anything I can think of, but rather than having some adult pretend to eat it, the chickens gobble it up like I'm Emeril!

Last night I cooked some oatmeal with honey, flax seeds, little broken up pieces of broccoli florets, a handful of cracked corn and sunflower seeds, and a dollop of plain yogurt on top. It was fun to watch each chicken pick out their favorites. The RIR was incredible at finding each little broccoli floret, the Golden Comet cleaned the yogurt dollop off the top, and the BR did a nosedive for the oatmeal and seeds!

I'm hoping they'll repay me with some eggs today!

 

[BeardedChick]

Now those are spoiled chickens. We will have to christen thee Eggmeril.

 

[NYREDS]

Old time poultry keepers often fed a warm mash in the winter months. Nothing too complicated ab out it. Take the layer mash, crumble or pellet you usually feed & add hot water. Start slow to determine how much they'll clean up while it's still warm otherwise you may have a lot of waste. The belief was they laid better with a warm start to their day.

 

[annmarie]

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Eggmeril, I love it! Maybe with the next mash I'll "kick it up at notch"!

 

[BayCityBabe]

Hey, maybe one of you Chicken Chefs could come over to my house and make ME some breakfast. It all sounds sooo tasty!!!!

 

[setter4]

My girls had warm oatmeal this morning and a nice romaine side salad!