oatmeal???

[hooligan]

I am going to try this out when I get home. ITs been so cold latley I am sure they'll love it. I'll add a bit of applesauce too

Anyone used uncooked oat groats before? I have a 50lb bag of them in my laundry room freezer bc my rabbits love them (they only get a tbsp a week though-and since I only have two rabbits its going to be awhile before they are used up).

 

[s6bee]

I've never heard of Oat groats before. How do they differ from oatmeal? I only have 5 hens so I buy a tub of old fashioned Quaker Oats and give it to them as treats.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Justino, to answer your question about how much to feed your seven chickens, here's the size bowl my five girls get cooked oatmeal from once every day:

 

[annmarie]

We grow swiss chard in our sunroom, so I like to tear up a leaf or two and mix it into the warm oatmeal. It wouldn't be my first choice for breakfast, but my 3 chickens seem to love it! I give them between 1/4 and 1/2 cup of oatmeal (before it's cooked with skim milk) for the 3, not daily, but whenever it gets really cold, such as this morning (-9 degrees) Brrrr!

 

[hooligan]

Oat groats are uncut oats, what they look like naturally. They are VERY hard.
YOu can google them and look at pictures though.

 

[domromer]

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Great picture. This would be a good one to play guess what their saying.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

OMG Buff, that is the cutest picture I've ever seen!!! They look like any ole group of girls having a chat, too funny!!!! They certainly are photgenic!! We should put together a calendar!! Yours could be the January fold out, lol!!

 

[domromer]

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What are the anti-nutritional factors?

 

[65browneyes]

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The one on the far right, facing the camera almost looks like she's got chipmunk cheeks packed full with oatmeal hanging off her beak. I can almost hear her saying, "what??".

Great pic! Thanks for sharing.

 

[hooligan]

I just wanted to let everyone know that I got home too late to make oatmeal for the chickens outside but I made a bit for Carmilla and she is LOVING it.
At first she tasted it and went back to her crumbles but then she dug into it and is still eating