Peanut Butter for Chickens?

[ranchhand]

Sure, protein is always a good TREAT. Just don't make it the regular diet.

I make suet with peanut butter- I use lard or beef fat, add in bird seed, peanuts, peanut butter, grit, oats, wheat germ, whatever is handy- dried friuts, carrot peelings, etc. They love it- I hang it in a suet feeder and they entertain themselves for days!

Don't let it hang too long, and don't put it out in hot weather, it goes bad.
Straight PB is not so good, hard to swallow. Mix it some textured items for a better "chew".

My chickens and wild birds LOVE it!

Edited to add, my dogs take their pills much more willingly when they are swathed in PB, the crunchy kind.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Good to know! I love natural 'found-around-the-house' treats that I can give them.

Just not too often, of course.

 

[urbanhatch]

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Geeez, make me up a batch. Sounds yummie!!!

 

[noriko]

My chickens love leftover PB+J sandwiches of my kids. I know there is a lot of sugar in it. But, they don't eat it everyday so I think they are OK. They can have a good treat occasionally.

 

[annaserv]

I feed mine frozen peanut butter sandwhiches in a little suet feeder hung to their level. At least when it's frozen it lasts a few minutes longer.

 

[fowlmood]

Hey, great idea freezing the pb sandwiches. My birds love peanut butter. I usually mix it up with some corn meal, scratch etc. etc. and they just eat it up right away.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Ours LOVE peanut butter. each christmas we make edible ornaments for them out of peanut butter and seeds.

 

[rosegal]

I cook up rice and then mix peanut, cashew, sunflower, or any others I have in the cupboard, put it in the microwave and they go crazy for it. Rice coated with warm hummy stuff.

 

[crazyhen]

Make sure it is safe pb. chickens can get salmonella too. Jean

 

[Chickengal5]

my girls LOVEEEEEEEEEE peanut butter sandwhiches LOL! I just make one up and then break it in smaller pieces and put it in their special treats bowl and they go insane for it!

I've also made them a homemade bird flock using:

wheat bread
2 eggs
bird seed (good quality one - millet, sunflowers, cracked corn, etc)
scratch
molassass (just a little bit)
peanut butter
oatmeal *dry*
cream of wheat *dry*
peanuts (halved)
water (small amount)

then I mix it all together in a big bowl and bake it in the oven on a sheet pan on about 200 for about an hour. It comes out looking *and smelling* like granola - so much so that my DH and kids almost ate it

Hi, I would really like to make this for my chickens! Can you give me ballpark amounts of each ingredient? Thank you in advance!