Need advice. Dos and don’ts of feeding chickens.

[Dimondel]

Hi there. I’m wanting to start a veggie scrap bucket for my chickens. We have a compost heap so I’d like some advice sorting out what can be good and delicious treats, vs stuff that could be dangerous or that chickens just don’t usually enjoy. If anyone could create a little list for me of what you’ve found to be good or bad for yours chickens, please tell me.

Btw, veggie scrap bucket also includes fruit lol

 

[Tonyroo]

Take a look at this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens.47738/

 

[cavemanrich]

I give my chickens all my kitchen veggie scraps. Only thing I don't include, are raw potato peels, and I usually skip onion ends.
Avoid avocado skins, and pits. I don't know how a chicken would eat an avocado, pit,, unless you ground it up somehow.
If you cooked the potato skins,, they would be fine to give to chickens,,,,,,, but my chickens still did not really want to eat them then ether.
Long,,long,,long,, ago when I was a child in another land,,, my mother fed the chickens mostly boiled potatoes with skins, and all,,,, and sometimes threw in a small amount of grain... That is all we had to give them.. They free-ranges all day, and ate whatever else grew as weed. We did alright.

Just give your chickens the assortment of kitchen scraps, and see what they prefer most. The rest they don't eat,,,, heave into compost.
When I peel carrots, I then finely chop the long strings into small pieces. Good to do with most other veggies that are not cooked. The cooked ones, chickens have no problem chopping with their beaks.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[RoosterML]

Hi there. I’m wanting to start a veggie scrap bucket for my chickens. We have a compost heap so I’d like some advice sorting out what can be good and delicious treats, vs stuff that could be dangerous or that chickens just don’t usually enjoy. If anyone could create a little list for me of what you’ve found to be good or bad for yours chickens, please tell me.

Btw, veggie scrap bucket also includes fruit lol

Feed them chicken food and you’ll be good to go. Treats are not needed.

 

[preciouschick]

Hi there. I’m wanting to start a veggie scrap bucket for my chickens. We have a compost heap so I’d like some advice sorting out what can be good and delicious treats, vs stuff that could be dangerous or that chickens just don’t usually enjoy. If anyone could create a little list for me of what you’ve found to be good or bad for yours chickens, please tell me.

Btw, veggie scrap bucket also includes fruit lol

I grow things for my chickens. Their top picks are clover, marigolds, kale and lemon balm. I also grew brussel sprouts that got real buggy so they became chick feed. They eat most scraps...rice, mashed potatoes, noodles, squash, broccoli, red tomatoes, asparagus and ground meats.
Fruits mine like: apples, sometimes bananas, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, watermelon. Veggies not to give: green tomatoes, green beans, peppers. Do not feed them the leaves off these plants either.( that's what I read) so I dont. I am sure there are more to list but that's what i have for now. hope that helps.

 

[Dimondel]

Thank you so much!

 

[cherrynberry]

Just to add, make sure to not give anything moldy (which should be quite obvious).

 

[Mrs. K]

I agree with the potato peelings - but they just won't eat them.

Personally, I like feeding my birds all the table scraps - makes the eggs taste better. I like letting them out too, makes the eggs taste better. If you only feed commercial feed - eggs taste like store boughten eggs.

 

[cavemanrich]

If you only feed commercial feed - eggs taste like store boughten eggs.

And pale yellow also, like store purchased.