What are your chickens' favourite treats?

[ALRwild]

My chickens like yogurt, grapes, pears, tomatoes, cottage cheese, and mealworms. Their favorite food would be either mealworms or grapes.

 

[chickenbaguette]

Me & Jack :

Mine seem to relish worms and baby mice. I have uncovered three mouse nests in the garage over the past two years and rather than leaving the pinkies in the nest to possibly freeze to death (not to mention multiply) I put them in the chicken feeder and quickly walk away. I know it seems cruel, and if we didn't have such a huge mouse problem I would probably be inclined to "bottle feed" those baby mice in order to rescue them. But feeding them to the chickens is quick and carries on the cycle of life. It also means I don't have to set poison baits or traps that might catch a cat's or child's attention.

A lot better than poison baits too... My chickens used to eat baby birds out of the hedge, but that was NOT good >:l​

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

Crickets! They love crickets - when I feel like spoiling them I'll stop and get them a few dozen live crickets at the pet store. I always give the crickets a fighting chance by releasing them in the bushes but those chickens are like predator drones when they see crickets!

They also like carrot tops, which we get for free at the local farmers' market.

They aren't big on scraps, though. Sometimes I'll toss leftover vegetables in their pen and they just turn their little beaks up and ignore it all.

They'll eat cooked rice sometimes.

And, of course, meal worms.

 

[SteveBaz]

Eggs, boss, grapes, pears, cooked tomatoes, string cheese, cottage cheese, freeze dried or live mealworms, crickets.

Out of the entire list 1st and foremost I must say....... mealworms & crickets

 

[maggiec1951]

My girls favorite treat of all times is plain old cucumber and of course they love bread - turn their beaks up at white bread but LOVE the heavy grained bread. Sprouted wheat grass and pomegranets, neighbor has a bush/tree.

 

[LolaIsAChicken]

The chickens love sunflower seed crumbles and fruit like papaya and tomatoes. They go crazy for kitchen scraps, fish, bread, cheese!

 

[SteveBaz]

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[Me & Jack]

Did anyone mention watermelon yet? My birds often walk around with pink beards in the summers because they get lots of watermelon!

 

[Anna_MN]

My chickens LOVE stale whole grain bread, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce. I have to make sure I have enough to go around because they get very vicious when fighting for the treats. They also like going through the tilled up garden and eating dried beans off the trellis, forgotten onions, rotten tomatoes, and mushy peppers.

 

[One of the girls]

Me & Jack :

Did anyone mention watermelon yet? My birds often walk around with pink beards in the summers because they get lots of watermelon!

In the heat of summer cold juicy watermelon is their favorite treat. Whenever I cut into one they get all the rinds after I scoop out my own serving.

They also will eat:

Bananas
Cottage cheese
Mixed greens with bits of carrot and cabbage
Purina Indoor Cat food
Whole wheat bread and tortillas
Grasshoppers
Crickets

And most of my spring garden unless I rig up fencing to keep their fuzzy butts out of it.​