cabbagepatch Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 A little question, and probably a daft one I've given the girls corn cobs after I've cooked them and we've demolished most of the corn! They love having a good peck at them. Today I've been given a bag of cobs that are slightly past their best. Can I give the whole cob to the girlies uncooked or not? Very puzzling this new chicken business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I just chuck the whole cob in raw - it soon gets demolished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Me too which reminds me I have a couple lurking in the fridge that must be past their best too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbagepatch Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 Thanks for the advice, they can have afeast this evening......perhaps they may reward me with some eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I have a long screw thing with a hoop on the end,with string tied to the hoop which I hang up for them with the screw screwed into the end of the corn (sounds more complicated than it is ) The corn lasts much longer,as they have to peck it off,& it swings about on the string - works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I don't worry too much about the state of fruit and veg given to the chickens. When they find a mouldy cooking apple on the grass (I mean brown and disgusting all over) they always eat it without ill effect, and choose it in preference to the hard rather sharp ones. Their guts must be different from ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missielizzie Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I give my girls raw corn on the cob too. They love it!!! I skewer it and push the skewer into the ground. Then they happily peck away at it. If you don't push the skewer all the way into the ground, it bobs about back and forth. I've discovered it lasts longer this way and the chooks enjoy pecking it more. They arrange themselves one each side, and its kinda like chicken swingball! Best of all...lovely yellow eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Chicken swingball!!! 15 Love 30 15 Game set & match to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Mine eat it more like velocorapters They escaped and for the first time managed to lure them back to the pen from a garden full of green stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHen Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Tried Cinnamon's idea tonight with an apple core and a piece of string tied on a tree branch - apple swingball. Hilarious to watch and kept Bluebelle amused for ages. She finaly managed to eat the whole apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak29 Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Straight from the plant or if its from the shop I cook it first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley H Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 chicken swingball sounds ace - count me in!!! I will definitly be giving that one a go. I love it when they jump in the air - like fat ballerina's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I let our chooks do a taste test with raw and cooked corn on the cob: they preferred it cooked! They prefer the mushy brown apples on the lawn to the better quality ones too: I think they're sweeter when they're over-ripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
