aqualiv Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Appoligies if this has been done before. What is your hens favourite food? Are there any treats they love? Olivia x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 My lot love slugs and snails. They're also partial to a fresh cob of corn, and cold pasta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffymuppet Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Our two go absolutely batty for tinned sweetcorn (no salt/sugar!) and dried mealworms. They like the live ones, too, but we stopped getting those over the summer because the post doesn't come until after we've gone to work and they would have got quite warm before we got home and we haven't found a local supplier. Now the weather's cooler they might get some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 They will eat almost anything Mine love - Sweetcorn - tinned or on the cob Any salad Leftover grainy bread,whizzed into crubs & soaked in olive oil (don't gve it to them dry) Bio yogurt Most fruit (not citrus or Avacado) Cake or scones Pasta Veggie peelings,boiled up Boiled potato or mashed,roast or jackets Baked beans Peas It goes on & on .....I seem to find a new favourite every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Mine love grapes, sweetcorn and bio yoghurt but I'm still trying out various other things. They wont touch bread, broccoli or lettuce and completely turn their beaks up at dried mealworms..........which is a pity cos I bought a HUGE bucket size tub for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Mine like earth worms and daddy-long-legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 ......and those huge fat slugs with the orange frilly bit around the bottom......and woodlice..........and flies........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 My girls adore tomartos.....they also like sweetcorn, fresh greens,lettuce, worms and grapes. They only have them late afternoon or early evening so that they eat their pellets during the day. They turn their beaks up at pasta, potato I don't think they like food sticking to thier beaks. If they get mud on their beaks they wipe their beaks on the back door mat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 raisins grapes lettuce sweetcorn (tinned - non sweetened) oats in bio yoghurt oats on their own cherry tomato (diced by mummy) slugs spiders (big and small) woodlice snails (in shells or out) earwigs still exploring other things they seem to like most things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Mine like: bacon rind They go mad for cucumber and grapes Mashed potato! (they get in such a mess and have potato moustaches! Bread Corn Pasta And lots of other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley H Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Mine love lots of the aforementioned things...apart from slugs...drat. They will persevere with the odd small snail-yeuch. The funniest thing they had was sweetcorn in bio yoghurt...they were covered in it and surrounded by a large white ring of yoghurt on the floor. They love eating apples and cucumber but we have to hold them for them so they can have a good peck. Grapes and sweetcorn are a guaranteed winner, along with spagetti. Mine love raw brocolli too. I'm sure the list will be endless. One thing that amazes me is that i am REALLY PICKY about what goes into my chickens ie no salt/sugar etc....but I eat a load of "Ooops, word censored!" thats bad for me - ironic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak29 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Slugs and snails depending on their mood, sweetcorn whatever the mood. Mine can be VERY picky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Definitely grapes - which they will chase you for, and today they were very interested in some cooked potato - so was the dog - but the chooks won!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Mioe had eaten everything they have been offered! Grapes, Swwetcorn, mashed potatoes, cabbage but also worms, snails and slugs! (Yuck!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak29 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I remember too - my mates dad said when he kept chickens (many years ago) he fed them boiled potato skin (no salt obviously) which they loved - but if I was going to try it then I should do it on a camping stove outside because its stinky...I'm goin to try doing it soon hopefully and let you know how much they love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Mine adore:- Rita - Tinned sweetcorn, rice, carrot, cress, broccoli Audrey - tinned sweetcorn, rice, oats, weetabix, bran flakes, pasta Blanche - Anything & Everything!!!! But her absolute fave is cherry tomatoes, you should hear her squawk and run round whilst Rita tries getting one off her with no luck!!!! They all go mad for earth worms,which they dig up . They also love lettuce, cucumber & a tub of cress to peck- but they won't eat slugs at all and we get loads! Think they eat snails as a few empty shells have been found in the run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffymuppet Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Mine eat snails shells and all, which I encourage as they're calci-yummy! And of course, it means there are less in the garden. They won't eat them once they get bigger than a 20p though, they like baby ones best. They do eat slugs, but again, they like the smaller ones. They won't eat anything with a hint of 'leftover' about it though! It has to be their food or something mummy made fresh for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Cooks Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Lucky people whose girls eat slugs!! Mine only have one favourite thing..............SWEETCORN!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Still only sweetcorn and grapes for mine! Opened a tin of tuna for them last night - they took at bit each and both spat it back out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak29 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Mine love slugs and snails...sometimes...but as fluffymuppet said, they prefer to only eat the smaller ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Mine eat snails shells and all, which I encourage as they're calci-yummy! And of course, it means there are less in the garden. They won't eat them once they get bigger than a 20p though, they like baby ones best. They do eat slugs, but again, they like the smaller ones. They won't eat anything with a hint of 'leftover' about it though! It has to be their food or something mummy made fresh for them mine are the same with the leftover thing, they always have prepared stuff. Every day I lovingly prepare the "chicken platter" as we call it...which is a plate of their favourite things for their teatime treat. It has to be a bit of everything....eg - few chopped grapes/side salad/a splash of sweetcorn/scattering of raisins all topped with crunchy oats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Tried mine on cooked broccoli and green beans today - still no go !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
