what is a good treat to feed chickens and roosters during the winter ?
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Question by grumpy girl: what is a good treat to feed chickens and roosters during the winter ?
i am new to raising them and would like a good vegetable or fruit treat to make or give them during the winter. any suggestions other than corn.. i hate to give just cracked corn .. would be appreciated. thank-you.
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8 Responses to what is a good treat to feed chickens and roosters during the winter ?
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ANY WHOLE GRAINS PRODUCTS ARE BEST. BUT FAR AS FRUIT ANY KIND OF FRUIT WILL DO.
island
February 15, 2012 at 1:00 am
lettuce, oranges, watermelon, honeydew, apples, papaya, corn, carrots, pasta, seeds, bananas, pretty much any fruit but lemons, tomatoes, or avocados.
Cockatielluver
February 15, 2012 at 1:44 am
i give my chickens cake suprisingly they love cake
in fruit i’d say my chickens love to eat grapes
lettuce is good to.
try rice (cooked obviously)
pasta’s good to
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any other fruit is good except onions and tomatoes.
give them a lot of bread to.
chickens love bread but chop it up into very small peices.
megaphiphi
February 15, 2012 at 2:43 am
Actually, ours love suet hung in their yard. They also love tomatos, grapes, plums, and MELON is a favorite. We give them some kind of treat daily, but then let them eat the feed. I will only hang one block of suet each week. Sometimes they eat it in two days.
They say you can feed them most anything and many people keep compost buckets in the kitchen and dump it in with the chickens daily. But then others say this is not a good choice because they will not eat enough of the feed they require and laying can be effected. So we try to add treats in moderation.
IS YOUR NEWF GELLIN'
February 15, 2012 at 2:54 am
bird feed, it has all different kinds of seeds with many nutrients, of course its a bit more expensive but it sure makes them healthy especially during the winter when they need it the most but don’t cut out the corn as it helps build there internal furnace to heat them for the really cold nights.
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wolfy1
February 15, 2012 at 3:20 am
Well never give them Whole corn. Cracked corn is fine. I prefer scratch cornt though. But they need to be fed scratch for chickens because that is there main diet.
You can give them what I do as treats a couple times durring a month each year.
I go to the groshery store and get a cucumber, tomatoe, Romane Lettuce(icubug gives them diahrea), carrot, watermelon, and corn from a can or from a cob. Then I cut lil pieces and put them on a paper plate or in there food bowel.
beth
February 15, 2012 at 3:26 am
Really, anything you eat. It might not be a fuit or veggie, but scraps are fine for them and they LOVE it!
If you can get your hands on some canned tomatoes, they will love you forever.
PS: Beth, chickens get absolutly NO nutritional value from scratch and it should NOT be used as a main staple. You can use layer crumble, meat bird crumble, game crumble, etc but they don’t get anything of value from scratch.
Shera M
February 15, 2012 at 4:03 am
Another important thing to note is how much of the seed you are giving is actually just filler. Many less expensive feeds use a lot of filler, which the birds don’t generally eat and are basically a waste of money and can make a mess in your yard. Filler seeds include milo, sorghum, red millet and golden millet. Birds will push through these fillers to get the food they want, so it is more financially sound to choose one that is higher quality.:
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Wilfred Dibrino
April 11, 2013 at 10:13 pm