bennyboy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Hurrah! The Omley man dropped off my new Eglu and chickens this morning. I have a increasing collection of snails that I have collected from my veg. plot and I wondered if I could give them to my chickens? Or should I leave them for the thrushes? Thanks Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Hi, I give mine snails (you have to crush the shells for them) and they love them. I think I read somewhere not to give them too many though or it gives them the runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I've never had to break the shells for my greedy lot. A tiny note of caution though...snails act as hosts for some worm eggs, so you will need to worm them from time to time.[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucking mad Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 well they love slugs , so i pressume that snails are made out of the same kind of slimy stuff. just make sure they dont have too many because then they get dhiorhea(cant spell sorry!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 mine manage to get them out of their shells OK, lots of fun watching chooks chase eachother trying to steal the prize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I'm obviously spoiling mine! They stalk off in disgust if the shells aren't broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
