What are your favorite chicken treats and why?

[Little Chicken Girl]

Sorry, the flowering shrub. The chooks have been "tip-pruning" it for me. They love the new growth on it.
This is what the new growth looks like.
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This is what it looks like when eaten by chickens
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This is a bush. You can see the top (normal) compared to the bottom (eaten by chickens)
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oh! lol. I just got it. Intresting plant! I dont have one of those in the yard but the chickens go crazy with most of the other plants.

 

[User395221]

but the chickens go crazy with most of the other plants.

I don't think they were chomping on it before, but I cut them back quite hard so lots of new growth which I suspect is all soft and yummy to them. It'll be interesting to see whether the lower branches recover/how they recover. Under the plumbago is also where I've found the egg stashes in the past. It obviously makes my chooks happy.

 

[TexasSam]

I have never heard not to feed chickens bananas before but that sounds interesting... Are they bad for chickens? (Just curious )

It was supposed to say banana peels the banana is good the peels are not good sorry

 

[Gmochizuki]

dried meal worms from mealwormstreats.com
super worms from the pet store (remember to "water" and feed them
thinly sliced and Julianne sandwich meat, ham or roast beef.

 

[Flachickman]

My girls like just about any fruit and vegetables, but I don't give them cruciferous vegetables. Someone told me that cabbage , Brussels sprouts, broccoli and etc. are not good for chickens. In the hot summer I give them mixed vegetables frozen into an ice block.

 

[barred2rock]

My girls like just about any fruit and vegetables, but I don't give them cruciferous vegetables. Someone told me that cabbage , Brussels sprouts, broccoli and etc. are not good for chickens. In the hot summer I give them mixed vegetables frozen into an ice block.

Brassicas have a mild toxin which really isn't a concern in moderation. My girls favorate veggies are broccoli & kale. They've never had an issue with it (I know many others feed Brassicas without issue).

 

[Flachickman]

Thank you , I just didn't want to give them gas. Lol

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

It was supposed to say banana peels the banana is good the peels are not good sorry

Phew! Thats good to know... I had a chicken that treated bananas like candy... can't say I have ever seen any chickens that would eat banana peels though.

 

[MissNiss]

My girls get my kitchen scraps, mostly salad and veggies, scratch mix, sunflower seeds.

 

[mrsmiggins1]

Hi I give my girls and rooster a lettuce every day also the love watermelon, fresh herbs, Papaya, rice cooked strawberries etc as well grains. The eggs they lay are wonderful even the very small one I get occasionaly.