CockADoodleDoo Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 I have tried everything. But my new girls don't seem to eat anyting exept layers pellets. I try giving them mixed corn out of my hand but they won't touch it. Then i leave it on the floor ont the run and come back later but its still there. Do you think they are still settling in? or do they just have boring taste buds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Mine don't like mixed corn but adore tinned sweetcorn, maybe because it's softer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 My three took quite a while to start to enjoy different treats...Have you tied just a few grapes at all....that was what set mine off on the "give me treats now path. " Hadn't any grapes this morning but they happily took some halved cherry tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMcHen Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Mine too - but they LUVVVVVV raisins. Porridge yuk, vegetable peelings boiled up ditto, They also decided that although they don't like whole blueberries they like them cut into 4 pieces!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Mine aren't keen on treats except blackberries and meal worms. Actually the meal worms they go crazy for the blackberries they eat eventually. I try not to give them too many because they are still young but the meal worms mean I can get them in the run easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleeeeee Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 my leghorns didnt eat anything but layers pellets for about the first four weeks, when i put them in with the cream legbars who try to eat anything that comes anywhere near them (including toys that are thrown in by the kids!!) the legbars soon discovered the delights of s"Ooops, word censored!"s and sweetcorn. i think it was where they came from, not a nice place. the place where i got my cream legbars and norfolk greys was like chicken heaven and i have never had a problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly Eggs Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 We have our two chickens only 3 days and we are leaving them to their layers pellets until late afternoon. So far, they love cabbage & sprout leaves and absolutely adore red grapes! Have got them some tinned sweetcorn too and will try that tomorrow. I'm amazed at how quickly they have settled in ... found their grub and glub within about 30 seconds and are eating out of our hands already. Have found crawling into the run and lying with them quietly for 40 or so minutes each day (!) helps the bonding as they realise quickly you're not a threat. Also lift them out of the egg port at night for a cuddle and stroke. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockADoodleDoo Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share Posted August 18, 2007 Thanks guys you've lifted my spirits alot will try some grapes tomorow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Mine absolutely mug me as soon as i get anywhere near them if i have either sweetcorn or pasta, though they seem to love everything else ( except blackcurrents) they eat what ever is thrown in the run, x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocobo Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 mine love cabbage, sweetcorn, porridge stuff, they loooove slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Welcome to the forum Shelley Eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 ours love weetabix in water with a little oil, pasta, rice, mixed corn, sweetcorn, bread in water with a spoon of spaghetti, mixed veg.... don't like lettuce, tomatoes, green peppers or raisins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh sarah Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 ours love sweetcorn but are not fussy with anything else, have tried grapes and sultanas tomatoes lettuce cabbage but they are not interested they did taste a bit of boiled rice and pecked a bit of mashed potato today but if i show them sweetcorn they go mad my mother thinks that they are just not hungry, they are free ranging all day so maybe they are not sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Chooks Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Love Lidl 19p tinned sweet corn or corn on cob, Developing taste for bacon rind, cooked mashed runner beans -picked 10lbs on Sunday!!!! Don't like raisins or grapes. Do love slugs and snails- love chasing each other round with leader holding slug in mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkkat Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Mine mugged me for some watermelon last night - they spent a happy half hour pecking all the seeds out, then ate the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Tried mine with our very own homegrown cherry tomatoes - they lie squashed on the floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkkat Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hope that's the tomatoes not the hens x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 ours don't like cherry tomatoes either, and they were our lovely home grown ones - tried them on lettuce again today but have had to rake it all back out their run! am going to try them on melon seeds later for their evening treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hope that's the tomatoes not the hens x EW! What a thought. They were rather squashed earlier on - lying in hollows they had created in the garden border whilst dustbathing. Our son couldn't see them they were so low down and thought they had managed to get into the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 ours like mixed corn and soggy bread, everything else we've tried has seen them turn their beaks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 My OH is disgusted that I fed the savoy cabbage to the hens and they turned their beaks up at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 It's interesting reading all your chickens likes and dislikes. I've had a rather interesting thing happen to us !! We have a young victoria plum tree in the corner of our garden, which has had a really good crop this year, probably down to all the rain we've had, anyway I've been slowly noticing that quite a few of the plums on the lower bottom branches were disappearing!! Maybe the children I thought, as I know my eight year old absolutely adores them. Until today whilst out in the garden all day in this beautiful weather and our four hens free-ranging all day as usual, the mystery has been solved. All four of them have been and are continuing to help themselves from the tree !! Cheeky little girls, they have demolished basically most of the bottom half of the tree of all plums. We haven't quite figured out yet how to keep them off ! So any suggestions would be greatfully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Well yesterday i made the girls some porridge, then i added some pasta that had tuna and peppers in it, ............ then some verm x........... then a banana................. then poultry spice...................then lychees.......... then a weetabix................some crushed oyster shell............some sweetcorn............. and some digestive biscuit crushed up........ Did i over do it???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplars Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Well my Dad makes extra porridge for the chickens in winter! Ours love cabbage, kale and things like that, They also love bread and they will occasionally get some cheese rind which they adore and will fight over for hours! We haven't tried them on grapes but that could be the next big thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
