What's YOUR chickens' favorite treat?

[silkie-mom]

Mine love cooked pasta, wheat bread, mac & cheese, and clover that I bring them from another part of the yard.

Has anyone ever tried dry oatmeal?
I hear they like dry cat food kibble too, but mine still have such little beaks I haven't given them any of that yet.

 

[Dar]

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so do mine..the dog cleans up the tomatoes after the chickens have turned thier noses up at them

 

[camjac]

The only treats mine will eat are peaches (they love them and a peach is gone in under a minute with 5 10 week old chicks) and dried marine algae-a seaweed like fish food that looks like a sheet of paper. They will not eat tomatoes, peppers, bread or worms. I walk them around the yard and lift up rocks for them and they will not touch the worms or beetles. They do like the really huge crickets though.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Mine like tomatoes that have gone past MY eating them.
They also love it when it is cicada season, because I pick the bugs off the trees and throw them in to them.

But, I have to say, the funniest thing I ever saw was last week - I had boiled some eggs and forgot three of them in the pan overnight (I been busy- was tired) and the next morning I mashed them up for the chickens to eat.

I have never seen such a chicken mob and the excited clucking was almost deafening, LOL. Definately going to have to give them hard boiled eggs more often.

The bugs thrown to them are a huge hit, but those are usually one-at-a-timers - for the mob rush I have to do a plate full of stuff.

Peace -
Meriah

 

[kirkster5]

crazy for yogurt,blackberries,corn on cob

 

[Teresaann24]

My silkies love watermelon and sunflower seeds and dried bread.

 

[redhen]

can you give sun flower seeds in the shell..or do they need to be hulled?...thanks, Wendy

 

[Teresaann24]

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I buy them already hulled.

 

[fowltemptress]

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I give mine the ones still in the shell. They love them.

 

[AngelzFyre]

Grapes are the #1 favorite, then watermelon and cantalope, then spaghetti/penne and Oatmeal. I feed the oatmeal both cooked and dry, depending on if I'm in a hurry and they love it both ways. Oh and they lovvvvvvve left over biscuits too!