Missteecee Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Hello I have had my 3 girlies for about 2 weeks now. My question is, can the wild bird seed they pick up roaming around the garden, do them any harm? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 It wont do them any harm. I now feed the birds in the front garden away from the chickens as I wasn't keen on the girls sitting under the bird feeders picking up dropped food when wild birds were pooing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missteecee Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 It's not so much when I feed them, it's when I let them out to free range, they head straight to the dropped stuff ... I shall have to see if I can cordon the feeder area off . Thank you for replying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I've used a bag of wild bird seed as a 'back in the run' treat - as long as they don't have too much of it, and as said above if they're picking it up under the bird feeder then there's the potential for transfer of disease/parasites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Mine make me laugh as they race to the bird feeders when the sparrows fly in to pick up the seed they drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
