SAB Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Just wanted to check if raw cabbage leaves can be fed to chooks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Mine love them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Yes, and if your girls are anything like mine they will love it and demolish it in 5 minutes flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I agree with the above, mine devour them like I would chocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Another yes from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahsausage Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Mine got the runs when I gave them cabbage so I give them lettuce instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I grew lots of cabbage on the allotment this year so that we had plenty to share with the girlies. They adore cabbage! Saronne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 my girls prefer spring greens although they will happily demolish a savoy cabbage too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Mine ignore cabbage - raw or cooked. They love all forms of lettuce and spinach, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkl Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Mine go nuts for the outer leaves on cabbages - especially if I'm holding it for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Mine certainly love it... Though I didnt really get a choice...2 days in they destroyed my vegetable patch that was before I thought to make a fence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Great, that solves the problem with what to do with all the slug munched cabbages I have in my garden - put them through my feathered composters ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Mine love it xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 In the case of our two it's like asking if the Pope is Catholic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker Betty Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Every week I dangle a cabbage on a long piece of string in their coop - they absolutely love the sport of trying to peck at it! Cabbage is high in Calcium too so it's good for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Mine really enjoy cos/romaine lettuce especially if it is crammed into a treats ball xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Pearse Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I feed my chickens a lot of cabbage as they have eaten all my grass and the rain has turned it into a mud bath. I noticed this morning that my partners scrambled egg was green. Has this happened to anyone else ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treacleb Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Do you put raw veg in with the food pellets or just on its own on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Best to keep it away from the pellets. They only will go mouldy quicker. You could put it on the ground, but you could also hang it up, using a string or a little wire feeder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I hang it up by making a hole with a skewer and passing string through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkees Cluckers Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 My girls wont eat cabbage or lettuce or spinach, know idea why But they love grapes, strawberries and apple and cooked sweetcorn which I freeze and give to them when its hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
