over easy Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 have got a restaurant above my work place who is kindly giving me veg peelings etc. i would just give cabbage and cauli etc raw but i have been given leeks and what looks like turnip or swede peelings. do i need to boil these first, especially the leek as it seems very rubbery to me or are they fine to just give raw, thanks as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm not sure that I would give them leeks TBH.......I have a feeling that they might taint the eggs. I think I probably would boil the other peelings....mine wont touch any veg apart from brassicas unless cooked first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 You have to cook potato peelings because they can be poisonous if raw - I don't think other peelings have to be cooked, but I think they will be more attractive to the hens if they're cooked. Mine are a bit sniffy about raw parsnip, swede etc but scoff it up if I boil them first. I don't think leeks would be a problem re the eggs - after all, my hens eat garlic powder every day and that doesn't affect them - but I've never given onions or leeks to mine just because I assumed they wouldn't like the taste. What lucky chickens you have, mine really like veg s"Ooops, word censored!"s but I don't produce many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 My girls eat every treat completely except cooked leeks & spring onions which they hate. Mine used to eat raw carrot peelings now will only touch them if cooked. Fussy little things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 According to 'tinterweb, leeks and onions will taint eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 According to 'tinterweb, leeks and onions will taint eggs. weird then isn't it - wonder why the garlic powder doesn't? Actually sometimes an onion-flavoured egg could be quite useful - it would speed up quiche making. You'd have to be careful not to use them for cakes though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Touch of the Delias coming on there Olly! I wonder if the process involved in making the garlic powder in some way alters things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...