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On Thursday the 17th of April, Omlet will be delivering my Cube and four Miss Pepperpot hens (I know I'd advised getting three, but what the heck!).

 

Welcoming the girls with toast spread with Marmite is recommended. Okay, I can do toast and spread Marmite. But how to serve? Whole or cut into bits?

 

One slice per hen sounds like too much and one slice for four sounds a little too little. :?

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My chooks get my 4 year old son's marmite and toast (he usually forgets to eat it until it's gone too 'hard' for his tastes :roll: ) - I usually just rip it into 4 or more bits and let them sort themselves out!

 

You may find they're not that interested in 'treats' to start with - mine had no interest in anything other than regular chicken food until they came into lay

 

Jo

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Crusts cut off and cut into triangles.

 

Just kidding. I cut it into tiny bits.

 

My son lobbed a whole slice in once and they pecked dainty mouthfuls off it and survived.

 

I think as long as any chunks are not not big enough to block their gullet, you can dish it up as you like.

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Mine are fussy girls and although they love marmite on toast it has to be soaked in water and as soggy as possible.

 

I cut it into thin soldiers and then have a good laugh watching them all chase each other round the garden trying to get the same bit even though there are plenty of others in the bowl

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Marmite is extremely salty, and I thought you weren't supposed to give hens salt. This is something I have never understood.

 

Ditto dairy products and yoghurt.

 

I suppose the rule is not too much of anything.

 

It's odd that I worry far more about what my hens are eating that what I fed my son when he was small....

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