What is your chickens’ favorite scrap treat?

[Cackel Shack]

My chickens love banana peels chopped up and diced bananas too. Older bananas can be purchased at grocery stores in bags for virtually nothing and they make good, healthy snacks.

 

[dreamofwinter]

My flock (mixed chickens/ducks) are pretty excited about any scraps, but the favorite for the chickens is when I have leftover wet cat food (my diva cats will not eat the wet food when it has dried out even slightly). When I come in with the tub of cat food scraps I fear for my life!
The ducks, on the other hand, are mad for lettuce and anything pulpy such as melons. My Cayuga also particularly loves apples.
Everyone enjoys any fruit or veggie I have for them. Sometimes when we're all feeling naughty I share pizza crust with them too (very rare).
I'm lucky that the local grocer sells discounted veggies that are near the end of their life. today I got a whole bag of tomatoes for $0.99 and another bag of cucumbers, also $0.99.

 

[Ferd Berfel]

Ours are totally free range. Barn cats get what cats will eat, chickens everything else. Once at a restaurant they were taking down the salad bar, everything into a garbage bag. A guy said that it was a shame, girl offered it to him. He laughed and said nobody would eat it now. I said that our chickens would. She double bagged it and I took it home. Next morning they started in on the huge pile. They ate it all. Olives, radishes, bean salad, potato salad, slaw, green peppers, carrots, cheese, everything. We got it another evening also. Happy chickens!

 

[Hipchicker]

Watermelon and tomatoes from the kitchen. Figs, pears and apples from our trees...

I’ve read that apple seeds are poisonous if eaten in to big of a quantity

 

[Hipchicker]

Watermelon and tomatoes from the kitchen. Figs, pears and apples from our trees...

I’ve read that apple seeds in to big of a quantity can be poisonous

 

[Cot Cot]

My girls love my sourdough starter discard. I usually mix it with their fermented grains and chopped veggies.

 

[Royal Ridge Ranch]

Doesn’t have to be from my list! I was trying to get ideas of other things chickens love, so please add any other food they love! Once my garden is up & running again they’ll have much more variety.

Our chicken love pasta!

 

[blitzdude]

Bananas and blueberries

 

[Cathy Roberts]

Our rooster loves apples and our 2 chickens love cabbage. Also, they all like grapes.

 

[Dottie Ferrell]

Mine love cheese, when I have some fresh grated left overs. I also like to warm a little oatmeal in a little milk and stir in a spoon of yogurt when we have a very cold, icy morning. This is only a very few times a year fortunately, but they just get so excited for their special treats on cold days.