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[tekah]

Fresh corn silk and husk?

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Mine eat the corn but leave the silk and husk. I would like to know about lima beans though. I have a bag of lima beans that my dh bought but we'll never eat before they get freezer burn. LOL

 

[vtsarahb]

you can try... (mine always eat the kernels and leave the rest) but be sure they have access to grit... all that cellulose is difficult for them to digest.

 

[twentynine]

You guys are joking, right?

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Joking?

 

[M To The Maxx]

If you guys are talking about scratch then it is bad to give them scratch in summer time because it raises their body temp.

 

[sbarab]

My hens leave the silks and husks. My horses love them!

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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No not scratch. Fresh corn, silk, husk.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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No not scratch. Fresh corn, silk, husk.

Oh okay.

 

[kuntrychick]

We went to a Labor Day / Football get-together Saturday and they had some fresh boiled corn with the husks still on them. I took a few home for the chickens. I pulled the husks off and left the husks and ears for the chickens. They devoured the ears of corn in a matter of minutes, but left the husks. Evidently, mine don't like the husks?