Oats

[billfields]

My neighbor just gave me 50 lb of oats for my chickns from a crop he grew just down the road from my house. (This came when I gave him a dozen eggs to endear him to my hens and my crowing rooster ---clearly it worked

). I give my chickens scratch, a handful or so a day to give them something to do in the run. Any problem substituting the oats for the Purina scratch? Or is there a better way to use them?

 

[Sonic Pug]

I give my chickens oats all the time. They love them!

 

[M.sue]

Sometimes just for a different pick-en I mix the oats in with the scratch.

 

[lcammack]

My chickens love oats. Throw them for scratch or we add them to yogurt. They looove yogurt with oats in it.

 

[PHILMAN]

My chickens love Oats !! They go crazy for them !!

 

[Davian]

Make them warm oatmeal on a really cold day...they will love you for it. Or mix it with warm mash.

 

[billfields]

Quote:
These are not you oatmeal type oats, they're "as is" from-the-field-down-the-road oats he grew for horse feed.

 

[Davian]

Ahh...thought they were milled.

 

[rebel yell]

Soak them in hot water over night & drain the water off in the morning & feed them they love them, realy good for them in the summer.

 

[halo]

My scratch mix is 50/50 whole oats and cracked corn. They love it. When they are done, they go clean up after the horses, so they eat their oats too.