What is your Chicken's favorite treat?

[Back2MyRoots]

My chickens LOVE popcorn! I have a popcorn machine and will pop some just for them. They come running and clucking when ever they see the popcorn bowl coming out

Great idea---I had not thought of that!

 

[Back2MyRoots]

My chickens eat just everything! A favorite is hard to choose. Fruit yogurt every morning with grain mixed in. Kale and Cabbage or whatever green is on sale. Watermellon. Cooked pasta. Rice. Veggie peels from the compost bucket. Meal worms, live ones--won't eat the freeze dried ones! My goofy nephew even gave them some Nerds candy once---I almost killed him, but they loved it. Go figure!

 

[Back2MyRoots]

What they simply will not eat? Bananas! They turn up their beaks at them.

Odd, neither will mine. They hate it! And it's supposed to be a safe starter treat for new chicks. But I have never had a chick or chicken that would eat them!

 

[K9Flier]

Mine don't care for strawberries. But they love grapes and I get a big laugh out of the keep away game that ensues. They also like kale, turnips greens, cabbage (I hang the whole head), cauliflower, yogurt, crickets and superworms, blueberries.

My girls are in a 10x17' run with attached coop. I can't free range them in my yard so I try to provide lots of what they would get if they were.

Once the weather gets cooler, I'll order some redworms for composting and that way I'll have a continuing supply of worms for the girls.

 

[pickledpurls]

My girls LOVE spaghetti, rice, frozen watermelon, bananas, cherries and blueberries and the favorite is meal worms.

They refuse earthworms and any kind of greens (lettuce etc).

 

[Back2MyRoots]

I made a fabulous little treat for chicks today and they went nuts-o!

I mixed a yogurt cup with a bit of starter-grower crumbles and let them soften and form a paste. Then I took a bit more of the yogurt and some mashed blueberries and mixed in until it was the consistency of thick cake frosting. I popped it into a frosting bag with a wide tip on it and piped out little bite-sized treats. I let them sit out on the counter over night and dry a bit. Ta-da! Home made yogurt and grain treats. I bagged them up and tossed them in the fridge. The girls are having a fit over them and they were WAY less expensive than buying the yogurt treats from the pet store! $0.40 yogurt cup and maybe $0.10 worth of grain!

 

[jak2002003]

Mine LOVE mealworms. They go crazy for them and pile up on each other to get to the worms!

They also like juicy lettuce that I have kept in the fridge to make it cool. I give them that in the hot weather.

They also help me by cleaning up under my bird cages for spilled seed.

 

[tweetysvoice]

Mine goes nutz for spaghetti, watermelon, tomatoes, kale, and mealworms. Cherrios just sit there, they won't touch them. I hadn't tried rice yet, but will!

 

[Eggnog101]

My girls love raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, and carrots!

 

[Back2MyRoots]

Gave our girls some scraps from shucking corn this afternoon and they went insane! New treat for the girls = raw corn cobs