Winter feed ideas to warm up my chickies?

[sparkles2307]

Can I make a warm feed mash with warm water mixed into their feed and then use warm oatmeal as weel to help warm my chickens up in our freezing MN winters?

 

[lovetocook]

My chickens love warm oatmeal, almost anytime. I'm sure they would especially appreciate it in winter.

 

[Superior Chicks]

Pasta of any kind, we usually go with the tiny elbows. Serve it warm as a pre-bedtime snack, they LOVE it. Plus it is loaded with carbohydrates to crank up their heating systems for the cold night ahead.

I usually make up a whole package and keep it in the fridge, take out what I need, and zap it in the microwave and out to the coop I go.

There are other things I give them, but this is their hands down favorite.

Ma

 

[sparkles2307]

Ooo good one i will try pasta too

 

[scarter]

Cracked corn. We live near the Twin Cities and don't do anything food wise in the winter other than the corn in the afternoon. Are you having problems? Sometimes I think it's detrimental to be pampering the chickens. There are lots of threads on this site about heating and feeding. It's easy to do a search if you want more reading. Good Luck. I know it's hard to think about winter this week with our 90 degree temps! I don't even WANT to think about winter.