kronkie Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hi all, Just a quick qestion, my girls will do anything for sweet corn. I give them a very small handful when let out every morning and the same to get them back in the run before beaks under wing time. Now fresh corn is freely available and cheap I am giving them a cob during the day.A friend tells me that its not good for them but they dont show any ill effects, still laying every day, eating their pellets, etc. Any advice would be greatly accepted. Kronkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave36 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hi Ours love sweetcorn to , i dont think its bad for them unless you overfeed them on it, as long as its a treat and they are eating there mash first, they will be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Too much isn't good for them. I use it to lure my big girls back into the run, Half a tin, well rinsed, between 14 of them. They get less than a tsp each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Friday morning before work I cook 3 small cobs for my girls, sewered holes through the cores and hung them up with string in their run. A nice treat to occupy them throughout the day I thought. From my girls reaction you would have thought I hung up a ticking bomb in the run, they wouldn't go near them. When I got home from work all 3 were still hanging up untouch! Ungrateful little madams!! I will try them again but next time I'll follow Eglutine's example and open a tin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkey Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 You don't need to cook it and as long as it's a treat you'll be fine. I occasionally split a cob and hold a half in each hand... divided by 11 chickens, lasts about 5 minutes and you're covered in starchy splatters! Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I threw a corn cob (divided into 3) into the run yesterday and they looked aghast at it. I kept telling them that it was the same as their dried corn - silly girls But I'm glad to say that Flo was a brave soldier and tried it and after that it was like world war 3 as they all tried to eat the same one - silly girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Friday morning before work I cook 3 small cobs for my girls, sewered holes through the cores and hung them up with string in their run. A nice treat to occupy them throughout the day I thought. From my girls reaction you would have thought I hung up a ticking bomb in the run, they wouldn't go near them. When I got home from work all 3 were still hanging up untouch! Ungrateful little madams!!I will try them again but next time I'll follow Eglutine's example and open a tin!! I tried the same as you and got the same reaction. I thought it would give them some interest but oh no. They are still there just hanging sadly in the breeze with barely a peck taken out of them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new chick Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I threw a corn cob (divided into 3) into the run yesterday and they looked aghast at it. I kept telling them that it was the same as their dried corn - silly girls Whilst walk Missy some Corn on the Cob "fell" into my pocket , from the Farmers Field down the road, next to the public footpath. Having got home a realise it was there and thought not to waste it, so gave it the Girls. WELL they also look aghast, and they would not come out of the run. Do not think they like yellow. It stay there all day, and the girls gave it a wide berth. It ended up on the Compost NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brown Clan Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Mine go mad for it from a tin or on the cob ( if am going out for a while and they are in their run ) keeps them occupied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Mine LURVVVVV corn - raw, cooked, dried mixed corn or tinned. Doesn't matter - it's gone in seconds. I don't overdose them though. This is mean I know, but my children love corn on the cob and get one large one each from the local PYO farm. The kids always leave little bits and I throw the finished eaten cobs to the chickens. They have fun even with the little bits left and amazingly every bit of yellow dissappears until they are stripped bare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 When I first hung up the cob my little monsters just looked at it, then one of them tried it and it became like piranhas in a pond - couldn't see the cob until it was stripped They still won't even look at a carrot though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kronkie Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Thanks for the info, I shall now be restricting thier intake to a more resonable level, the problem is how can I tell them its reasonable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piptiddlepip Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Mine won't touch the tinned stuff. It's fresh on the cob or nothing, thank you very much. One cob lasts about 5 minutes, if that. Once they see me coming with a cob they start legging it up the garden, all trying to be the first one there, then bokking impatiently while I attach it to a string in the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 dancing cloud "They still won't even look at a carrot though" mine will only eat cooked carrotts fussy little madams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
