What are your chickens favorite treats?

[gryeyes]

Right now, they're pretty darned happy with corn on the cob and watermelon. But they'll leave that to come eat dry rolled oats out of my hands.

This afternoon.

"So, why aren't you feeding us with BOTH hands??"

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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[MYNSBTR]

WoW! I am totally amazed being that I thought chickens ate, well chicken feed..and the occasional cricket or bug or whatever got into the coop. I am so happy I found this! Is there a certain age they have to be before they start eating all these "yummy" snacks you guys are all mentioning? Mine are 3 weeks old. I would LOVE to surprise them with a delicious new snack, because it doesn't seem as though the moths and crickets get in their coop as they did in their little pen we had them in. Thanks so much for your help! Also, should I let them out to run in the yard a bit during the day? Will they fly away? I have a 3 yr old who will be DEVISTATED if Minnie or Daisy are gone (hoping they are Minnie and Daisy, not Mickey and Donald! LOL) Im so excited, I want to go outside and give them some grapes right now! lol

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Oh, yes!!
I start giving mine treats from day 1!

Um, they will probably fly out if your run doesn't have a top ... how high is your run?

 

[MYNSBTR]

we haven't put the run on the coop yet...they are still inside of the screened porch with the light on them at night. The guy we got them from suggested keeping the light on them till they were like 7 weeks old. Thanks for the info, Im going to go give them a treat right now!!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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If they're in your screened in porch then I'd let them out.

What are ya gonna giv'em?

 

[MYNSBTR]

I just cut up some grapes. They're looking at me like I am crazy. They pecked at it...Im going to give them a few minutes to check it out and then I am going to go back out there to see how they like it! lol I just got a ton of tomatoes from our garden, I will give them tomatoes tomorrow

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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They should LOVE THOSE!!!
Mine

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Tomatoes!!!

( I hate'em

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[Urbanfarmerkc]

Mine LOVE food scraps from our house. I used to be funny about feeding them this cause of the salt etc but then I remembered that we fed our chickens everything from the home. Our only requirement is that they get NO chicken products. YUCK!

Their favorite seems to be left over popcorn.

DAve

 

[MYNSBTR]

omg, I hate tomatoes too! LOL I hope they love them. They are still a little suspicious of the grapes. I imagine by morning, they will either be gone, or some of them will.

Dave...I AGREE! It would just be a little wierd giving chickens...chicken! or eggs for that matter really. But that's just my wacky-ness! lol