That will teach me

[ridgefire]

I am such a mean dad I let my girls run out of food over night. We are talking they were out from dusk till around 10 am by the time I went to town and back. I was attacked I tell ya, you would think I had piranhas in there. They were trying to rip the bag open before I could get it dumped into the feeder bin. Then it was a pile on for who could eat the most the fastest and dont let my feet get in the way they just piled ontop.

 

[gumpsgirl]

They are so funny when they have been without food for a little while! They do act like it's been days or weeks since they last saw food.

Now I am going to officially scold you and tell you to never let that happen again! Sheesh!

 

[ozark hen]

I find that if I mix a bit of scratch in with their feed..the next morning I will find all the feed scattered all over inside the coop due to them trying to pick out all the scratch! No more mixing for me. they are a bunch of pigs now aren't they?

 

[congdon476]

Somewhere I read that if you take away their food feeders for even 30 minutes and then put them back in... they act like you've been holding out on them.

 

[ozark hen]

I believe it!

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
Mine have a full feeder right now, as it almost always is. Today's snacks were spaghetti, grapes, some whole wheat bread, and a couple of apples past their prime. Plus, they've been free-ranging all day.
After not going out there for about two hours I just took them their daily scratch and was mobbed. Chickens don't have full buttons.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

They are such little spoiled turds, these chickens.
I have been putting the feeders up at night because
I discovered rats were feasting during the night.
I did leave the waterer out, but I put in minerals that
are not good for rats but great for the chickens.

I now have a few traps about the barn that the chickies
can not be harmed by. We will see what we will see.

Oh wait, my roo is calling the hens in, I have to go.

edit:

OK I am back. The barn is closed up and now the flock can eat ant drink before they
go nite nite without any problems.

Anywho, You would think i am treating them like dirt !! They hoard the feeders when I bring them down and now I am forced to expand the scratch thrown on the floor of the barn.

I darn near can not get of the way !!

 

[nettie]

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You should see my ducks, lol... i can put there food down, they eat... then i walk by them with some 'human' food and they come a beggin like i never feed them. lol... then i get quacked at like none other. lol

 

[justusnak]

It especially emberasing when you have company, and the chickens act like that.

Then your company thinks you never feed them.... LOL

 

[seminolewind]

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LOL, they are funny, always acting like they're starving. My BO stands by the back door and does this loud moaning.

If I move my feeder 5 feet, they all come running like it was a new snack or something. But if I move their waterer 5 feet, they can't find it.