Winter Treat Recipes ❄️🌨️

[AshVau22]

What's everyone make or buy for winter treats? This summer I did the frozen fruit in water so it made a big ice block. They loved it. So im curious of some people's winter time treat recipes.

 

[MamaPoult]

Oooh I bet your chickens loved that! I like freezing any extra goat's milk I have into a semi hard slushy block and letting them peck at it in the summer! I usually do warm mashes with some of my goat's alfalfa hay since it's high in protein. They love anything corn too. I also give them the small suet blocks made for wild birds since it's fat and grain- they go crazy!

 

[Crazy Chicken Keeper]

I don't usually give my chooks treats however if it is really cold I mash up household scraps and a handful of chooks pellet up with warm watter and they like it. Haven't done it for 2 years lol we don't have super cold winters in NZ

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Yeah, I do hot mash too!
Stir in old leftovers from the fridge, a bit of scratch, and a handful of mealworms!
Sometimes some nuts or seeds, and alfalfa cubes from the goats!

@MamaPoult, what is a suet block?

 

[Artchickenlover21]

We usually like to give them warm mash, warm scrambled eggs with shredded coconut, soldier fly worms, or a cabbage or some kale hanging in their coop they can pick at to help keep them occupied during the boring winter months

 

[FrostRanger]

I don't do many treats but I will sometimes buy a pumpkin when they're cheap and cut one in half for them

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Yeah, I do hot mash too!
Stir in old leftovers from the fridge, a bit of scratch, and a handful of mealworms!
Sometimes some nuts or seeds, and alfalfa cubes from the goats!

@MamaPoult, what is a suet block?

Suet (hard animal fat) containing seeds, fruit, etc. Mostly you’ll see them for wild birds, but some are for chickens.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Suet (hard animal fat) containing seeds, fruit, etc. Mostly you’ll see them for wild birds, but some are for chickens.

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Thanks, I’ll have to look into that!

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Thanks, I’ll have to look into that!

You can get the "Royal Wing" brand at TSC for decently cheap, they sell for $1.79 each by me!

I would get the ones with seeds only ^^^ and avoid the ones that are "flavored" as shown below:

You could also get a suet feeder to prevent it from being on the ground and getting dirt all stuck to it.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

You can get the "Royal Wing" brand at TSC for decently cheap, they sell for $1.79 each by me!

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I would get the ones with seeds only ^^^ and avoid the ones that are "flavored" as shown below:

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You could also get a suet feeder to prevent it from being on the ground and getting dirt all stuck to it.
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Thank you! That’s awesome!