What snacks do you like to feed your chickens?

[FluffyPuff]

What do you like to give your chickens as a special treat?

Go vote to find out what the most popular snack is!

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[Michael OShay]

At times I feed my chickens most of the snacks you have on your poll. About the only exceptions are pineapple (because of the high acid content) and cooked meats (which would probably be fine as long as they are well cooked, but I've never taken any chances of inducing cannibalism by feeding them meat). My chickens especially love the pumpkin innards from Jack-O-Lanterns and watermelon, and they have great fun with a cabbage head hung by a rope but low enough that they can reach it.

 

[chick fire]

Usaully i just feed them leftovers but i rather give them store bought treats

 

[DaQatz]

Table scraps, and garden trim. They don't care if a cucumber or summer squash is overgrown.

 

[yyz0yyz0]

Grapes and cheese are two items that you can lose a finger with my girls if you are not careful about how you hold them. After 2-3 grapes going out, they will start to just jump at your fingers so they get it first even if there's no grape there.

 

[microchick]

I have to do a finger count after offering our 9 wk olds a slice of whole wheat bread. It has to be whole wheat. Offer them white bread and they will give you a dirty look and walk away.

They also love canned corn and I give them a handful of uncooked rolled oats to peck at in the grass.

 

[RonP]

My birds pretty much get anything biodegradable, as their run is my compost pit.

As a true treat and to get them excited, I throw dog food one piece at a time.

Very entertaining to see them scramble, not to mention my poor dog, who invariably gets pecked on the head ...

Far better than anything on TV...

 

[Jeremy Wingate]

my chickens love strawberrys and watermelon rind and seeds and there favorite i think is left over oatmeal

 

[TheRoyals]

My girls LOVE cheese, and pasta (in moderation) they go nuts for rice and sweetcorn too.

 

[nab58]

Mine love yogurt with whatever kitchen slop I have to get rid of. I enjoy mixing up slop....like yogurt with leftover shepherds pie, bread crusts and carrot peels....yucky but the chickens love it. Oh, and drizzle some molasses over it and they act like its a hot fudge Sundae.