Yogurt What kind and how much

[Savvymamma]

I recently received a very healthy trio of bantam faverolle's and absolutely LOVE the little dears. It was recommended to give them plain yogurt regularly for digestive tract health. Can I give them other variety/flavors or should I stick with plain? I would really like to give them blueberry to take the benefit of the antioxidant properties of these powerpacked fruits.

Plus this flavor and vanilla are my family favorites, so we have LOTS of them on hand and not much of the plain. Thanks

 

[speckledhen]

Plain, no sugar, active culture yogurt is best. The artificial flavors, colors, sugar, etc, are not the best thing for the birds. Mine may get a bowlful once a week or I use it to cool off hot oatmeal in the winter.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

What speckledhen says. I give mine plain, nonfat, probiotic yogurt. It is high in protein, no fats and all the good bacteria that they need. I sometimes mix mine with hardboiled eggs (like eggsalad) and give it for breakfast. My girls demolish it in less than 5 minutes!

 

[HeidiG]

I've read that a lot of poeple give their chickens yogurt. When I tried giving it to mine they looked totally offended, and spent the next 5 minutes trying to clean it off of their beaks!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Mine got some this morning with flax seeds sprinkled all over the top...they loved it!

 

[hallerlake]

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My girls like it. They like it even better if I mix it with some feed.

 

[GlitterBug]

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Mine, too! They ate the Whole Thing!

 

[speckledhen]

Some birds like it better than others and many birds never even see yogurt. It helps to have it around when you have chicks who are at an age where they are susceptible to cocciodiosis, though.

 

[Keene's coop]

my chicks are a month old. can i give it to them now or should i wait

 

[gamamachik]

My love it....it is the same as us taking probiotics, it just helps the digestive tract, to occasionally give it to them:cd