styrofoam packing peanuts debacle

[Davaroo]

It sounds funny...

I dont know why they love stryfoam. Maybe because it is so yielding and satisfying to peck at it.

But it wont hurt them, normally.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

That made my day.

 

[araucanasmom]

Thanks for posting that question. My EE hens and RIR roo just tore into a piece of styrofoam & I didn't know if it would hurt them. What a relief. I just lost my favorite Silkie pullet and could not bear to lose anyone else.

 

[annek]

Mine dug under their house just to get to the styrofoam that I sprayed along the foundation. I keep burying it and they keep digging it up. Between that and two that are eating wood chips from their coop floor its amazing they live at all.

 

[JewellFarm]

 

[GAchick]

I met a pheasant/peafowl/turkey breeder a few weeks ago who PURPOSEFULLY puts styrofoam in with his small chicks. He says it cuts down on their pecking at one another.

 

[chickenchik12]

omj i hate styrafoam peanuts!!!!!ok i lied.but whatever.dont let them eat it it probly wont kill them but it sure doesnt help their matabalism..

 

[jjthink]

Before I knew how much chickens go crazy for styrofoam, mine ate some. I worried and worried but they were fine. That said, I am not at all convinced it's an okay thing, so I make sure none is around anymore.

Someone once said that the styrofoam eggs in craft stores come from chickens that ate styrofoam.

JJ