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[Abbey Road Girl]

No, not ice cream which is chicken flavoured (don't be naughty, Heston Blumenthal).

 

I'm thinking about what we could offer our chickens in this heat (blimey, it's very hot but not the Mojave).

 

Crushed ice is the easiest answer. But, if they love their pellets in a warm porridge in the winter, they might adore something akin to brown bread ice cream in these hot Wimbledon days.

 

I am thinking of filling their afternoon treat bowl with chipped ice with pieces of fruit. Does anyone else have suggestions? (Being American by birth, I am tempted to top any chicken 'ice cream' with some squirty whipped cream. Just a wee bit, of course.)

[Falkor]

oooh...I was just about to start a similar thread.

 

I have been making my girls chookcicles during this warm weather........I put the veggie/salad peelings, some cherry toms, sweetcorn, grapes etc into a tuperware container so it is about half full, add water, pop lid on and stash in the freezer

 

By morning there is a nice solid lump of veggie ice that i turn out onto the lawn it in the shade for the girls to attack.

 

Now obviously the hybrids think it is the scariest thing in the world but the Orps stumbled upon in and are currently chipping away at the ice

 

OH is talking about fashioning a hanging version with a long metal bolt running through the middle but i reckon it will be winter before this long bolt appears from the darkest deepest depths of his shed

Edited July 1, 2009 by Guest

[Stargirl]

Why not just freeze a piece of thick string into the ice and tie it up?

[poachedegg]

Following a suggestion on here, I bought frozen corn on the cobs and let them defrost a little before gving it to the chickens - sweetcorn lolly ices!

[BocBoc]

I read that somewhere on here and do the same - but as Rofl tries to peck the thing before it's properly out of the bag, they don't get any defrosting time at all - straight into the treat bowl they go!!

[Egluntyne]

I wouldn't offer them anything dairy based.

[Abbey Road Girl]

I wouldn't offer them anything dairy based.

 

Only joking, Egluntine! Though I have given a bit of plain yoghurt as recommended. If anyone could explain why, though, it would be you.

 

Is it the fat content or perhaps lactose intolerance?

[poachedegg]

I put the veggie/salad peelings, some cherry toms, sweetcorn, grapes etc into a tuperware container so it is about half full, add water, pop lid on and stash in the freezer

 

 

oooh, think I'll try that, sounds nce a refreshing!