What snacks DON'T or chickens like???

[MarengoChick]

Mine looked at me like I was trying to poison them when I tried out celery tops! Hung it next to the swiss chard - the chard disappeared within 10 minutes, the celery was still there 48 hours later. It's now on the compost heap, being studiously ignored by the girls as they dig it over - there's no accounting for taste!

mine ate celery only after I cooked in

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

can they eat cooked, baked potato skins?

Yep. Cooking destroys the toxin.

 

[katsdar]

Yes, I bake a potato for my girls and they go nuts, they really do like a nice big baker.

 

[animallover505]

I have mine a couple of Parsly plants once, all they left was the root!!

 

[jenp2412]

The top 5 food that my hens LOVE: 1) lunch meat; 2) fresh red currents - right of the bush; 3) leftover spaghetti; 4) string cheese (they chase each other all over for it); and 5) watermelon

Top 5 foods that my hens HATE: 1) quinoa; 2) pine nuts; 3) dried papaya; 4) pumpkin (hated this!); and 5) stone fruits -- i.e. plums, apricots, peaches, etc.

Random Stuff they helped themselves to in my garden: 1) fresh oregano and 2) fresh lemon balm -- they destroyed these plants, which is no easy feat considering how prolifically these plants grow!

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

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[BackYardChknLvr]

Yes Crickets are ok for them they are a good protein for them also, Silkworms, mil worms, king worms and Cockroaches are all really good protein for there diet

 

[ra ra]

Cornbread is a great idea. Do you know if they like just corn? Mine love tomatoes, and seem to drink the pulp. It is really hot here now so I am giving them an afternoon snack of cut tomatoes, which are in season at the moment and plenty of them.

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

Corn bread is good, mine do love that since its not actual bread they can actually digest it better since its a Meal or how ever the word is spelled meaning the ingredient.. and they like it when i put cranberries in my corn bread

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

my girls are defiantly picky for sure, i put out tomatoes and they hate them but its OK my ducks gobble them right up..
Pears- Chickens hate ducks love
Collard Greens/Mustard Greens, Cabbage, Lettuce etc of the Leafy family "All Love"
Red Grapes All love
Green Grapes all Hate
Apples none like
Bread i know isn't good and thank god none like bread not even my ducks
Mill-worms- of course all fight like no other over
King-worms- its a battle field for them
and Roaches as i breed all my own insects for their proteins-- Roaches are the worse they almost will kill each other to get that roach from one another
Yogurt- They all simply love yogurt
Banana's not so much but they will eat them if they are hungry enough
French Fries for some odd reason--- they love them they fight over them and they will jump on me and rip them out of my hands
Eggs of course they love eggs especially if i accidental drop one they go nuts >.<
my dogs food for some odd reason....
Harrold loves to eat shoe laces and my pants >.<
Chicken "cooked" they love that well any cooked meat they will eat it right up

I basically give my girls & Ducks a really good diet of there grains, scratch, pellets and Crack corn every day and twice a week i give them a Toss Salad with all there favorites and once a week they are worked with and handled and loved well i do that every day.. but the once a week is the big Treats my Bugs that i breed for there pro tines.. half the time i have to just throw them across the yard and run cause latterly they all jump on me just to get them and there good little jumpers when they see mommy has Roaches , Mil-worms and King-Worms

Proude Momma of 10 beautiful hens and 2 simply sweet Roo's.. Pluss all the other animals i own, 7 horses, 6 dogs, 2 birds, 2 lizzards, 9 cats yup now i can say my cats deffently got 9 lives and hundreds and hundreds of bugs mainly Cockroaches breed them for food for chicks and lizzards, and yes i actually will sit there and hold my roaches too i find them fasinating <3