Rock N Rose Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Ive got a peanut hanger for the wild birds but the only place i can hang it is from the shed, this will be over the chickens enclosure so bits of nut will be falling in there. Is it ok for the chucks to pick them up or should i try to find a new spot?? Just a bit worried about them choking. Thanks, Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Personally I wouldn't let them have peanuts on a regular basis, not just because of the choking (they can choke on anything), but because they are fatty and not good for chooks But I am a very over-cautious and worry-guts of a chicken mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have loads of feeders, niger seed, peanuts, sunflower hearts and fat squares outside and the hens love to graze underneath them and chase the little birds away - it has not done them any harm and they have been at it since I got the hens - they have laid all winter and so I presume the little more protein from the peanuts does not harm them - possibly helped them to lay but I do not have it over the hen run. I just hope it does not harm them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have loads of feeders, niger seed, peanuts, sunflower hearts and fat squares outside and the hens love to graze underneath them and chase the little birds away - it has not done them any harm and they have been at it since I got the hens - they have laid all winter and so I presume the little more protein from the peanuts does not harm them - possibly helped them to lay but I do not have it over the hen run. I just hope it does not harm them! Sorry I didn't mean to worry you, like I say I worry about all sorts - even crossing the road! I'm sure they'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I would just give them as an occasional treat....because of the fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Maybe try a tray under the feeder like this or could maybe make one out of an ice cream tub or something similar. Then only a few bits would fall into their run (Which would be fine to be hoovered up occasionally) but then the rest can be picked up by other wildbirds or cleaned out by you. (You may need to punch a drainage hole if you make one, as the weather at the moment isn't exactly dry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
