Share your chicken treat recipes!

[fldiver97]

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Works at my house....

 

[ams3651]

in the winter I make a big bowl of oatmeal and add applesauce. They love it.

 

[2txmedics]

make a big batch of pop corn, add raisins, with old bread,...I sit here and toast it for the heck of it...and then keep it out to get alittle brittle...and chop it up....

Yesterday I was cleaning out my old garden...squash leaves tall...hoed them out and threw them in to my babies...boy talk about a mad dash to them...spagettii, rice....Im always makings some for the dogs so make extra.

I tend to keep a scratch bowl on the counter...if its not citrus...(bad for chickens) and not onions, or too hot...PUT IT IN...we also go to the bread store...bug the huge bag of trash full of day old bread...we get maybe 2-3 of those bags for not more than 3.00....
we put them away in our extra refrig...and that is our chicken bread.

 

[Luv our Buffs]

can you tell me how to make some treats

 

[Luv our Buffs]

can you tell me how to make some treats

 

[fatcat512]

Take some food (there normal feed) and add water to it then take frozen veggies straight out of the freezer and moisten with a little then add them in

 

[Melinda48]

Why do you add water to their normal feed? Why not just mix the dry feed with frozen veggies?

 

[MalMom]

Lots of great ideas. Thank you everyone.

 

[fatcat512]

Why do you add water to their normal feed? Why not just mix the dry feed with frozen veggies?

I find they like it a little better it is a step up from there dry feed that they can have any time

 

[Northof60]

Hey, thanks to everyone for sharing their chicken treat recipes! I have one to share as well.

Living in the north can be hard on chickens (we live in the Yukon Territory, Canada) especially in the fall and winter, and even more so if the birds are molting.
I have created this recipe to help the birds regrow their feathers in just such times and they are crazy for it!!

Mix in chicken dish:

1 cup oats
1 cup dried meat (we use dried moose meat that I grind up in the food processor, a good alternative could be venison jerky as long as it is un-flavoured and unsalted)
if you do not have this type of meat you could substitute with unsalted canned salmon or tuna or even dried mealworms
1 cup wheat berries
1 cup cracked corn
1/4 cup melted bacon grease
1/2 cup frozen or dried berries (unsweetened)
warm water as needed for right consistency

I designed this recipe to help the birds regain their feathers and put a bit of fat on before the weather gets really cold (it gets to -40 degrees celsius here in the winter!) It includes protein, fat and carbohydrates in a combination that the birds love. It is also very easy to make, all you have to do is mix it up in a bowl, and voila! Chicken heaven.