4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Butty]

Hi everyone lovely weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Were's the summer gone???

Could you let me know what you give as treats and when you give them? Do they need to be in a container or just scattered on the ground?

Thanks

[Yolky]

I have ordered a treat ball from the omlet shop to come with the chickens. I thought it would be a good way to give them treats and will take longer for them to eat so hold a bit more interest.

[Faye&Ant]

Hi, weather isn't too bad here, do you have rain?

 

My girls stampede as soon as they see me at the back door so 9 times out of 10 the treats dont get a chance to go in a dish. However if its pasta or potatoes I put it into something as that could get messy

 

I scatter meal worms in the mud so they can dig for them.Corns - I chuck the cobs, half a cob per girl and that is stripped in seconds, grapes and toms I tend to hand them equally so the greedy girls dont gobble them all.

 

Then as soon as its all gone they scarper back to digging around, not so much as a thanks

[moomin]

I would try anything - but in moderation

 

If they are young chickens they will ignore half of it. But Faye is right if you scatter them on the ground they will take longer to eat and give them more enjoyment - mine love sweetcorn (tinned), but with low/no salt & sugar, dried mealworms from any garden centre or petshop - lovely and lushious and crunchy

 

Chuck a handful up in the air and it will keep them occupied for all of 5 seconds!!

 

And mashed spud in a bowl - they love it. And grapes, whole, they will peck at them to get them into bits.

[Butty]

Thanks a lot

It's rained heavily on and off all afternoon.

I'll give some of those a try.

[Stevie]

Mine lurve:

 

Mixed corn

Pasta

Spaghetti

Rice

Marmite on toast (a particular favourite and very good for them!)

Soft cheese (Philadelphia) on toast