Chicken treat ideas?

[tda]

Our ex bats laid like mad for the first few months, then they stopped, they did start again but it took a while x

 

[cobgoblin]

Half a melon with seeds in goes down well, or seedless grapes... They don't mind if the fruit is a bit past its best.

 

[Berpisc]

Um, no, I love my chickens far too much to put them in harm’s way. They are great little characters and much more fun than my ducks or geese 😊 Here are (L to R) Bunty (aka The Boss), Mavis (the broody one) and Queenie (the pretty one). The others were off doing some gardening or something and didn't want to appear in the photo.

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Pekins! I love them; I have a pair of black mottled Pekins like the one in the middle of your picture. I also have some Sablepoot bantams and 3 Light Sussex hens for sensible sized eggs. As well as the other suggestions, I would add lettuce which seems to be popular.

 

[Leo Walker]

Half a melon with seeds in goes down well, or seedless grapes... They don't mind if the fruit is a bit past its best.

I fed loads of melon when it was really, really hot last summer

 

[poiuytrewq]

My bantams appear to eat absolutely anything! I think sweet corn would be the favourite though.

 

[Berpisc]

Mine also like tomatoes, they used to nick them off my tomato plants last year

 

[Snowy Celandine]

Thanks everyone Some suggestions here that I would never have thought of!! Melon sounds great in hot weather and I always grow tomatoes so I'll try them with some of those in the summer. They have decided that they love geraniums and have destroyed an entire bed - eek! I reckon the leaves must taste like Turkish delight.

 

[Evie91]

Broccoli, corn on the cob and also from the can, beans sprouts, sprouting seeds, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, Greek yoghurt, dog food (unintentional- dog was not happy!), wild bird seed, grass block (left over from horse), kale, cabbage, courgette(inside only!), apple, melon, pasta, potato and carrot peelings (boiled), cooked squash, aubergine. Found very little they don’t like!

 

[Evie91]

Oh and herbs! They love mint, basil

 

[Snowy Celandine]

Thanks Evie. They do hoover up the wild bird food which is good because it means the rats can’t get it. Some of your other suggestions are interesting and I’ll definitely try Greek yoghurt because I’ll be buying some tomorrow 😊