LJ's Chooks Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hi I've kept meaning to ask this for ages, but seeing cuttlefish for sale on omlet has re-ignited my curiosity. Regularly on our local beach we see washed up cuttlefish ... can i give these to the chooks or would it need to be soaked or treated someway to remove any salt etc or just a quick wash??? any ideas anyone???? then do you need to grind it up or will they eat/scratch it like a budgie does~??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alet_chicken Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I don't have experience of washed-up cuttlefish. I guess the main problem would be to remove the salt. Some time ago, I put a cuttlefish bone in for my chickens (with a clip on the run, like I would for a budgie). They completely ignored it! So I would be very interested to hear what other people's chickens make of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I tried it when i first got chickens, They ignored it so i put it out for the birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 the seagulls drop them in our field all the time... the only person that seems interested is the dog!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I recently saw some chooks in a garden center really tucking into a cuttlefish so I bought one for my hens. They totally ignored it. I wondered if the ones in the garden center were eating it because it was the only treat they got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Mine pulled it off the run and it is now trashed under foot in the bark chips, never pecked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryegg Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrider Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Yep, ours show no interest at all. Problem is I bought a big box of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherinedon Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 mine also ignored it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ's Chooks Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 sounds like i wont bother then... thanks everyone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulberry Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 WE have had a cuttlefish hanging on a piece of string in the run for months now. Girls ignored it until yesterday, when they ate about half of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I have had cuttlefish clipped to the inside of the run for the past 8 months and it has been ignored too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Cuttlefish was ignored by the girls, put it outside the run, it was gone the next day, SOMETHING enjoyed it, but not the girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
