What to feed for a day

[Acre4Me]

Wet down some dry cat food. dry has more protein. Don’t use this by itself, too much salt. You can sprinkle dry fish food or catfish pellets (if you feed a pond). Scrambled eggs. Yogurt with done kind of carb like some cooked rice or cream of wheat or grits. Again, don’t overdue the carbs. Canned fish, canned meat...just watch the salt with anything you give. Make sure they have plenty of water.

irritating to realize food is out. But, it happens to all of us one time or another.

 

[kerbotx]

Hey, life happens - for just a day or so, feed 'em whatever you've got, they'll be fine. If it were me, I'd do hard-boiled eggs, mashed up with a little raw egg, bc I just so happen to have a ton of that...

 

[21hens-incharge]

Since it is just a day or 2 it's not HORRIBLE.

Cooked carrots are easier for them to eat.

All the noms others have mentioned as well as

Cabbage, apples, grapes, cooked hamburger, scrambled or boiled eggs, some wild bird seed, scratch and of course many other things.


Wal mart in my area does not carry chicken feed.

 

[springvalley123]

Raisins- good or bad?

Anything else that I should add
I could get a bit of sliced turkey

raisins and grapes are fine for birds---it's dogs and cats who can't have them.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Mine like raw carrots (whole) so you can try tossing out a whole carrot and see if they'll give it a go. If not, shred or chop it or cook it until it's soft.

I'd definitely go with some cooked eggs as well, and scratch should be fine even if you feed a bigger serving than normal.

 

[black_cat]

Mine like raw carrots (whole) so you can try tossing out a whole carrot and see if they'll give it a go. If not, shred or chop it or cook it until it's soft.

I'd definitely go with some cooked eggs as well, and scratch should be fine even if you feed a bigger serving than normal.

Mine ignore the whole carrots (possibly can't eat them because of clipped beaks?) but I chopped them up super tiny and they liked them.

 

[Brooks_]

I'm sure it's been sorted out by now, but I would have said scrambled eggs, kitchen scraps, and as much free ranging as you can do.

 

[Sally PB]

Current mixture:
Spinach and spring mix greens
broccoli
oats
rice
dry cat food
apple
scrambled egg
mealworms
scratch grains (small amount)
I'm also going to add some grass from outside, some leaf litter from outside, and some bugs found under rocks from outside.


Raisins- good or bad?

Anything else that I should add
I could get a bit of sliced turkey

Sounds like chicken yum to me!! They had a great day, I bet. You did fine, BC.

 

[Karen Glatz]

Mine love yogurt. Flax seed is always good. Grass (if you don't put chemicals on it). Most any kind of meat or fish (cooked and chopped or crumbled). Watermelon.

If you live where there are snails and you don't throw poison, chickens LOVE snails. If the shell is really tough, just step on them.

 

[Mary19]

scramble them some eggs.