Chicken boarders

[phenna_family]

Well Betty laid me an egg today. So as a treat i thought I would try her with some greens, so I went straight to the supermarket and bought a cabbage, not just for her but for the other girls too.

 

Well you would think I had given them poison....they looked at it kept running up to it and then running off...none of them touched it.

 

I have brought it back in the house and will put in the run again tomorrow morning when I let them out.

 

I thought all chicks liked greens but not mine...they must be very fussy

 

But never mind at least I got a lovely little egg from Betty.

 

 

Claire

[ewungelema]

I tend to buy the 'open' type of cabbage and then drop a few mealworms and grains of corn between the leaves.... It seems to focus their mind and gives them a bit of interest. I also use a potato peeler to completely peel a carrot (until there's only a core left), which they go bonkers for.

[Laura & CTB]

Mine only eat cabbage if its been "blanched"

 

same with spinach and brocolli....... fussy mares

[jimnpaula]

Mine are also scared of cabbage. They're not keen on sprouts either. Not interested in carrot tops, but will eat apples whole/sliced/diced.

I think their favourite is free range grass though.

 

P

[sjp]

It took my 2 newbies about 3 days to try a cabbage for the first time last week

my 2 hybrids would touch it for nearly 3 months until I got my first 3 wernlas girls they dived straight in didn't even wait for me to pick it then the hybrids started to eat it too but only if i pick it first

[poachedegg]

Just keep trying - they just have to get used to all these new things! I find once one starts pecking the treats, the others don't want to miss out!

[Purplemaniacs]

Mine have a cabbage phobia too.

 

If I put it in the run first thing in the morning when I open the eglu door to let them out they walk or run past it as far away as poosible!!!

 

They do eat it eventually, when they are convinced all danger has passed

 

Chrissie