What Special Treat or Yummy Did Your Flock Get Today?

[MakNugget]

Death by Sprouts.

I have sand in my run and I notice when the the girls find some boss or 3 grain scratch (I think it's triticale/barley/oats) trying to sprout. So I decided to seed a 12"x18" area of the run with a generous amount of both and worked them in the sand about an inch and covered with hardware cloth secured with stones. They try to get some seeds that are near the surface but give up for easier pickings.

Less than a week later I notice the BO going after green sprouts coming out of the mesh (a bit surprised) so I remove the cloth and the girls spent a good twenty minutes destroying the rich bed of sprouting seed. I was surprised since the area doesn't get much sun, but must be moist enough to get things going. I did water the area generously the day of planting so that must have helped.

Getting another area ready, this time planning to let it grow a little higher.

 

[featherbaby]

Quote:
Congratulations on your ongoing training. I was told by a parrot breeder that any time the bird is out of the cage, one of you is training the other. I have 3 Cockatoos and 1 Eclectus and I can tell you I am very well trained. The trick is to change the rules once in a while...show 'em who's boss......bring chilled grapes for a change.....or mealworms!!!!

 

[Tiffany]

Kids spent an hour hunting grasshoppers, they got a bunch. Then we watched the 5 week old babies have a go at them sms gobble them up. So entertaining!

 

[okiechicken]

apples and feed corn on the cob today. we'll see in the am how the corn fared but they were already tearing into the apples as they hit the ground.

tomorrow: peaches, tomatos and cantelopes. (I scored big time from a veggie/fruit stand! traded some eggs.) Im welcome to come back to the stand anytime and get the bad stuff.

 

[Bedste]

cold grapes and old hot dog buns

 

[pebble]

well, today we gave them half a loaf of my dads home made bread and some yougurt. we had trouble getting them to eat the yougurt, beacause we made the mistake of putting it in a white container. I ended up getting some on my finger so that they could see it. They scraped it off my finger, but, boy, did it hurt. They eventually learned it was in there, and ate most of it.

 

[Cetawin]

Leftover salmon from dinner and their favorite....leftover cold pizza crusts. I always save them for the girls or pull the toppings off any extra pieces.

 

[Kat'sChicks]

tilapia scraps from filleting and for dessert...... nice cold canteloupe and some over-ripe tomatoes.......

 

[atimme]

Lettuce and old cooked black beans.

 

[b.hromada]

Meal worms and spinach!!!