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[Ain't Nobody Here]

I was in Pets at Home yesterday getting dog food and treats for Oscar and thought "I can't leave my girlies out ". Spotted a pack of "10 Sun-Ripened Corn - full of natural goodness", on little plastic hangers. Ideal, I thought, they love corn on the cob . Cost £5 ish but that's only 50p per cob.

 

Hung one up. Waited. Waited some more. No interest whatsoever .

 

Today I went into the run and took it down.

 

"AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH, she's got evil chicken-eating corn on the cob . RUUUUUUUNNNN".

 

Tried pinging bits of corn off for them. They had a look but wouldn't eat it .

 

I'm trying soaking one in hot water to see if that'll make a difference. Oscar now has one too . Wonder if Riley would like one .

[chick wiggle]

contrary little madams arnt they!

[Griffin]

Noooooooo Riley mustn't have one! Dogs cannot digest the cob, it gets stuck in their stomach and can kill them. I'm always extra careful with my chooks because they love corn on the cob and my dogs will snaffle anything they leave so I clear up after them when they've had it.

 

Your girls make me laugh though, they're so silly

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Eeek, I didn't know that about corn on the cob and dogs . Don't worry though, I wasn't really planning to give him one .

[Peaches]

Yes, my ex-batts can be a bit ungrateful too! Gave them some of my best purple sprouting broccoli (about my favourite vegetable) and they turned their noses up. They just want grapes.

 

I shall steer clear of corn on the cob, then.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I shall steer clear of corn on the cob, then.

 

If you buy it from a supermarket, they'll probably devour it in seconds. Mine do . How do they know it's dried and not fresh ?

[katieadams]

I got the very same thing for my girls and they snubbed it too, even when I picked it off - but I left it for ages and eventually picked some off again and then it started to go down.

 

I left it a week or so and thought I'd give it another go, and Beaky flew up to it and pecked it like mad to the point that I couldn't even hang it up, I just chucked it in and left it, and it was gone in 10 minutes flat

 

I think they just hadn't figured it out yet but they're making up for it now!

[Cluckin Belle]

hi

my neighbour bought the dried corn on the cob for her rabbit and as he didn't like it she passed it over the fence for my chooks alas they too turned their noses up at it, i think it was a bit too hard for them so i sent it over to my friend guniea pigs haven't heard anything. maybe they're telling us something ( there's no substitute for the fresh stuff)

they didn't like brocolli but they to like grapes to the point of fighting for them.

i like to cut up corn and skewer it to the lawn and watch them for ages with them

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Oh well, maybe I'll just leave one in the run and see what happens. I think it'll take Oscar a while to get through 10, so I hope they work out what it's for .

[smithy36]

hi

 

they didn't like brocolli but they to like grapes to the point of fighting for them.

 

I know we should not spoill them... but i do lightly cook the broccoli before i hang ot up - mine wont entertain the frightening raw broccoli but love it cooked!

[Redwing]

Mine hated the pets at home dried corn too! I bought six cobs on special offer, might as well have flushed the money down the loo!

[ClaireG]

Mine don't like the dried stuff either

[Patricia W]

Phillip the cockerel, loves the dried corn from Pets at Home, but the girls aren't bothered. I leave one in the run when it's too wet to let them out as it occupies him.

 

Maybe it's a gender thing!

[chick wiggle]

Oh dear!! I have just bought some of these myself. Sounds like i should have saved my money Ah well i'll hang one up and see what happens

[dancing cloud]

My lot don't do gratitude either

 

Bought them a box of peckablocks nearly a year ago and they still haven't eaten the first two. Gave my friends a couple at Christmas for their chickens and they'd all gone by Boxing day

 

My lot love their corn (though it has to be fed by hand not just thrown on the floor), would kill for grapes, and otherwise just want anything I might be eating (Don't even get me started on the whole "let's work as a team and steal her doughnut" saga !)

[mags]

Don't even get me started on the whole "let's work as a team and steal her doughnut" saga !Ukphone 080 81011272 LU)

 

LOL

 

no they didn't !!!!

 

 

chickens

 

Mags