chicken bark Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Please do not read if you have eaten/or are about to eat. Yesterday I gave my hens some left over sweetcorn. It was gone in seconds obviously - all hens seem to love sweetcorn. Today Chicken Bark did her usual first poo of the day - it has a distinctive fizzy sound to it. In it was a piece of sweetcorn which Summer spotted straight away. I will not say any more. I have tried to convince myself that the sweetcorn was already on the floor and that CB just went near it (but I know this is not the case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickyhazel Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Chickens are so stupid... look for food, see food, eat food... they probably thought it would be a shame to waste it Although it is pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Gosh My hens will not even step in their poo and they will skirt around food if it is anywhere near poo. I know it's hard to believe (and I can hear the from here) but it is true. My DH and I comment on this all the time. They are never contained so it must be that. We have had chickens for the last eight years and I have never picked a chicken up with poo on her/his feet. Mud, yes, but not poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I gave my dog sweetcorn, and didn't clean up before letting the girls out as didn't know he'd been. I'll leave you to work out the story Thankfully the offending girl wasn't laying at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennydavies Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I can totally understand what you say Shirl, ours will not go anywhere near poo, they avoid it in the hen-house, in the run and in the grass. They will not touch any bits of food if it falls in poo (even sweetcorn, which is their absolute favourite) no, ours do not do poo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 I can totally understand what you say Shirl, ours will not go anywhere near poo, they avoid it in the hen-house, in the run and in the grass. They will not touch any bits of food if it falls in poo (even sweetcorn, which is their absolute favourite) no, ours do not do poo Wanna swap hens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Waste not want not - i can remember when kids were little - nappy contained bits of carrot, sweetcorn and pea - totally undigested - thanks have had breakfast - animals have no qualms - our cat often sniffs her brothers bum after hes done a poo. I dont let her on my knee for at least a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-a-doodle-doo Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I used to have a dog who ate poo then sit on my knee and burp Sorry, probably off topic but had to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I used to have a dog who ate poo then sit on my knee and burp Sorry, probably off topic but had to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I've seen chooks eat hedgehog poop before. My dog LOVES chicken poop but then she also likes rabbit raisins and horse poop too. We have a definite 'no face kissing' rule in our household! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I used to have a dog who ate poo then sit on my knee and burp Sorry, probably off topic but had to share. Hahaha!!! Saronne x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Waste not, want not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlehenny Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 When we first got our chickens my next door neighbours cat used to come over the fence, eat their poo then return to her kitchen to sick it all up!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debby Tutton Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I know what you all mean, We got 2 ikkle kittens when the dog was a year old and we hardly ever had to empty their cat tray. Me, being a bit dim, was concerned they weren't well My hubby filled me in on what was really happening. We keep the dog out of the chook paddock; just in case. She used to wash the kittens bottoms all the time, I don't think the chooks would be so tolerant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickyhazel Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Wanna swap hens? If you're giving away hens, I'll have the amber star - ours is gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Ahhh, recycling chickens and dawgies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inezrosen Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Gosh you all have lovely creatures - my chooks eat (in addition to obvious food in dog poo) dead birds, dead rats/mice and past incarnations even ate each other! Mind you, it keeps you fit chasing chickens round the garden to retrieve the said items. (Still not as bad as the dog swallowing whole a dead rabbit and on another occasion a heavily decayed stoat!) Inez (mum to 3 "girlies" - unnamed after the fox got my last batch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 No you didint have to share the burping dog with us but it made me laugh. Makes me wonder why we have animals - children are bad enough - boys esp going thro the wind at both ends stage which makes me bellow at them - let alone anilmals with 'orrible habits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
