What treats do you give your chickens?

[Brooks_]

What is a loquat? I have never heard of it before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat

 

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

I usually give mine oatmeal and some cracked corn but sometimes I buy them fruits and veggies like apples, blueberries, corn, tomatoes, pumpkin, and watermelon. My chickens really love pumpkin (even though they usually only eat the seeds). So what treats do you give yours and which ones do they love the most?

 

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

Oh that is a good idea I may try that one day.

I make fermented food for the chickens and its kind of similar but its not mashed

 

[Iluveggers]

All our kitchen veggie scraps.

 

[Lilac_Ginger_Butterscotch]

You guys are so creative with their food I need to step up my treat game lol

 

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

I give my chickens mealworms, sunflower seeds, soldier fly larva, the gardens scraps that are safe they LOVE tomatoes, and in the summer I give them ice that has peas in corn inside so they can stay cool.

 

[Sally PB]

A couple other handy things about the mash idea... It can be warm in the winter and cold in the summer. It's also a good way to get them some electrolytes/probiotics in really hot or cold spells. I sprinkle about 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of the powder on the dry feed before I add the water.

In the summer, I give them cold bits of fruit. Watermelon is good for cooling off and to help keep them hydrated. Frozen grapes cut in half are a hit too. I hand feed those.

 

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

A couple other handy things about the mash idea... It can be warm in the winter and cold in the summer. It's also a good way to get them some electrolytes/probiotics in really hot or cold spells. I sprinkle about 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of the powder on the dry feed before I add the water.

In the summer, I give them cold bits of fruit. Watermelon is good for cooling off and to help keep them hydrated. Frozen grapes cut in half are a hit too. I hand feed those.

that's why i give them oat meal

 

[Lilac_Ginger_Butterscotch]

A couple other handy things about the mash idea... It can be warm in the winter and cold in the summer. It's also a good way to get them some electrolytes/probiotics in really hot or cold spells. I sprinkle about 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of the powder on the dry feed before I add the water.

In the summer, I give them cold bits of fruit. Watermelon is good for cooling off and to help keep them hydrated. Frozen grapes cut in half are a hit too. I hand feed those.

For the electrolytes would it be like the powder you put in chicks water when they are little?

 

[Sally PB]

For the electrolytes would it be like the powder you put in chicks water when they are little?

Yes. They can help the chicken deal with extremes of heat and cold. I learned about this from an article by @aart.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-extreme-weather-spiel.75893/