my chickens love cauliflower?

[stewy04]

some days when dinner is done and we have cauliflower left over so i said lets feed it to the chickens and when i took it out there they loved it. do they need this for their diet to eat. i have 15 rhode island reds and 1 rooster. i just want to know if they are sopposed to eat cauliflower?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Cauliflower is fine for them. It never makes it to the chicken scrap bowl in our house, but my chickens love the leaves of the plant. BTW,

 

[justbugged]

Chickens are 2 legged garbage disposals. They will eat just about anything. I feed them anything that I have leftover after making salads and or dinner. They can eat chicken. Mine love it.

Just don't give them spoiled foods that are clearly stinky or slimy, or moldy foods.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

The more fresh vegies you can give them, the better. It is like candy to them but it is good for them so a win-win.

 

[gritsar]

I occasionally buy a head of cauliflower and let the chickens have it whole and raw. My chickens don't like very many vegetables - corn (of course), english peas and cauliflower - are about it. They hate brocolli, won't touch it, but love the cauliflower. I long ago decided that mine don't have much of a taste for veggies because they free range and get all the fresh greens they need.

 

[FowlmouthChick]

So glad I found this thread. I didn't see cauliflower listed on the approved treat list but last night gave my girls each a tiny piece of raw cauliflower. I have never seen such a reaction to food. They went absolutely nuts for it and this is the first item for which they have shown interest. They could care less about corn. Crazy chickens!

 

[trufadog]

My mom gave us a half head of cauliflower steamed that she wasn't going to eat. You would think it was zombie's feeding on a brain the way the 8 chicks and the one adult ate it. It was a feeding frenzy!