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[Sylvester017]

Well it's just odd that they won't eat something they used to love they would jump up in the air for them but now they look at it like we'res the food u brought me but the are so spoiled it's probably why they won't eat them

My farm Mom said chickens/ducks/geese will eat whatever their bodies need.

I laughed when one guy asked why his chickens were eating a styrofoam block in his backyard and someone told him not to worry because the chickens were having fun and the styrofoam would come out the same way it went in!

Birds are silly but I do believe they seek out food/nutrition that their bodies need at different times of the year. In heat waves, molting, etc, they seem to have less appetite and during cold weather and laying cycles they eat everything they find.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ya mine were eating styrofoam insulation that was in there coop to keep wind out and heat in through the winter in the gaps of the rafters but they were having the midnight much i.e. on the styrofoam and letting there heat out

 

[gpeters3]

They didn't eat corn before either but now they will do anything for it and I tryed giving it to them many times but then came the end of summer and they are all of it in about two weeks

Mine went for it right away. I take the kids out to the coop and let them give handfulls to the hens from my feed scoop. They come running to the door and try to jump up on the scoop. They eat it out of their hands as long as they dont throw any on the ground. Once there is some on the ground they eat that and ignore the kids. Tonight one managed to jump on the scoop and try to eat out of it. Of course it knocked most of it to the floor cause i wasnt ready The black one still wont come to us, she stays out of the way and i have to drop some in front of her to get her to eat. She is just too chicken

 

[gpeters3]

I did not know that! Thanks! My thought is they will have to walk through droppings from roosts to get into the boxes ?? Seems dirty to me, but let's face it! The coop isnt exactly a clean environment.

If they are on the floor that is true. Another reason to keep them off the floor. Mine used to roost in the boxes but since i redesigned the roosts they tend to roost on the roosts now. Many of my design changes were due to info in this forum. Thanks guys (and gals).

 

[kpanchou]

Really nice coops!!

 

[kpanchou]

I want to plant some flowers around mine, is there any I should avoid or any type they won't eat?

 

[kpanchou]

 

[junebuggena]

I want to plant some flowers around mine, is there any I should avoid or any type they won't eat?

Chickens will eat just about anything you plant near their coop/run. Mine tend to leave primroses alone, but your's might not.

 

[TJordan]

This is our chicken coop. I stripped the typical "Barn Style" storage shed on a concrete slab down to the studs. I framed in windows, framed in a regular walk-thru door on the front. Added a front porch and run on the back. Insulated the walls and roof. My mother-in-law painted the inside. Oh! And I gave them their own black picket fence. It's nothing fancy, but it's functional and fun. I hope you enjoy it!

Is that sand?? I'm about to start rebuilding after the fire, flu and rain. My poor birds are begging me to get something built solid. I was thinking about sand in my coop.

 

[TJordan]

Chickens will eat just about anything you plant near their coop/run. Mine tend to leave primroses alone, but your's might not.

Shoot. If mine are any indication I can't keep anything away from them.

Fun tip. If your about to start a garden rope off the area desired and just let the chickens play there for a week. No weed control needed. They will do it