Sarah 2 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Can anyone help? I've had my chickens for 10 days now and the children have decided they would like to treat the chickens to a lettuce. What's the best way to hang it? Weird question I know but I clearly need help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I tie mine with a piece of string. Tie the top bit to the roof of the run and the bottom round the end of the lettuce. I also do this with sweetcorn but use a large cup hook screwed into the coorn of the corn - the girls love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hi Sarah and welcome to the forum. I just throw lettuce leaves in a bowl or on the grass, but my 4 don't like it really and often leave it, although lots of owners on this forum say their chooks go nuts for lettuce. With brocolli I hang it from the run bars with string, all other treats go in the bowl or on the grass as they love scratching for their food. Mine love mixed corn, cut up grapes (not too many), raisins, cooked rice (their favourite) & pasta, jacket potato skins, apple & melon pips. Goodness, the list is endless as you will soon find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 My girls also really like greens which we tie to the roof of the run ..just inside the door..with string tied to the greens stalk. They go mad for it.......quite a challenge tying it to the run with a chicken or 4 attached to the other end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfrock Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Homebase do a pack of 2 huge red hooks. A bit like enormous cup hooks. They are £3 for the pair. I simply screw them into the end of the lettuce/cabbage/broccoli and hang it on the side of the run. Works a treat. Strong enough to support the weight of a whole cabbage and bright enough to see in amongst the aubiose in the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah 2 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Thanks for the tips everyone. Whats auboise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I clip a bit of string around under the top layer of leaves with one of those freezer bag clip things then I wrap the string round the top wires and use another clip. No undoing knots or anthing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Hi, I bought one of those half hanging baskets from Wilkinsons (nice and cheap) I have hooked it to the inside of the run and fill it with greens or lettuce each day. The girls love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 is this basket a bit like a horses hay holder??? I buy those little gem lettuces for my chooks sometimes & pull off a few leaves for them, then chuck the rest in....the like to play beakball with it - that's chicken netball by the way! They adore lettuce & always eat their greens - hence the bright fabulous yolks in their eggies! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Mine aren't fussed about lettuce. I lob a chunk of broccoli in the run every so often and they hover it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 We bought something like this from our local garden centre: http://www.dietecuk.com/p172860/Suet-Cake-Feeder-Single-Height.html We put lettuce and other goodies in it and then hang it up at the end of the run above the door. It's always empty when we come home from work If we give them corn on the cob then we just tend to chuck a half one on the ground for them when they're free-ranging. Greta tends to grab it and run down the garden with it though - with Audrey in hot pursuit! She soon drops it though and they both delight in removing every last morsel of corn from it. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy C Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I put defrosted sprouts, sweetcorn, cherries (which they love), grapes, potato, etc in a second grub. They always check whats on the menu when its refilled each day as they are free ranging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Have discovered today that they don't like radish or red pepper. That was all that was left in their 'treat cage' when we got home Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I bought one of those half hanging baskets from Wilkinsons (nice and cheap) I have hooked it to the inside of the run and fill it with greens or lettuce each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Sorry, not quite got the hang of this yet. What I was trying to say is that it is a plant hanging basket that you screw to the wall Like the third one down on this website http://www.thegardensuperstore.co.uk/acatalog/Hanging_Baskets.html I have hooked it to the run and fill it with a selection of greenery that the girls like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Those suet block feeders are perfect - I have a few of them in the run & put any peckable treats in their for them.Its great for leafy things like spinach & carrot tops I am supposed to bring out an empty one each time I take down a full one, so I can fill it in the kitchen, but always forget & have to fill it in the run which means I get pecked fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymacaulay Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Have discovered today that they don't like radish or red pepper. That was all that was left in their 'treat cage' when we got home Rob Ours went crazy for radishes! Great fun watching them play rugby when you just throw the treats in rather than hanging them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 oooops...ignore me....posted in wrong thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTee Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 We have tried repeatedly to get ours to eat greens but to no avail. We chopped a variety of veg' up and mixed it with rice, bread, potatoes, porridge etc. They eat all the mash and leave every s"Ooops, word censored!" of greenery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah 2 Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I've taken all your brilliant tips on board. But it looks like were not going to get very yellow yolks. I've tried a variety of greens but they just turn thier beaks up at them. Their eggs are small but still very yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pearsons Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 My hens do not like grapes..... they will eat the red ones if fed by hand but spit out green grapes...... How weird is that? Helen in Hume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lera Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Mine don't like broccoli (except poor innocent seedlings in the veg bed) but do adore dandelions, and sow thistles are an absolute favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah 2 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 Well I started this topic and have still had no luck in getting them to eat greens apart from grass. They do love their marmite on toast once a week though. List of chickens favourite greens would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pearsons Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Lettuce, most green growing vegetation, peas (cooked), rice (boiled) but no grapes and they aren't keen on tomatoes. They like the seeds from sweet paper and will eat the flesh as a last resort but the absolute favourite is sweet corn. They will do almost anything for a hand full of sweet corn!!!! Helen in Hume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTee Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I am thinking of patenting a new delicacy for chickens:- green coloured, veggy flavoured shoelaces, as our chickens consider mine to be a gourmet meal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...