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[Jules.]

I feed my girls sweetcorn, melon seeds, grapes etc for treats, but I wanted to give them something that would occupy them for a while, something they have to work at to get. I bought them a big (& I mean big!) sack of mixed/cracked corn when I bought them their layers pellets- but they won't touch it. I gave it to my dad to use to feed the wild birds in his garden, & they won't touch it too

The only birds that will eat it are the geese which live in the orchard behind him.

 

any ideas?

[moochoo]

If you're ok with live things then live maggots kept my girls busy for ages. Hubby had a spare half pint of whities so we thought we'd see if they liked them. We sprinkled them in the grass for them to forage for, they had a great time!

[Shirl]

Dried mealworms are the same principal but they won't escape

[Snowy]

Mine have a treat every morning - a scoop of organic mixed corn with a handful of dried mealworms mixed in. I scatter it in their run and they spend ages scratching about to get it all.

[Shelly Eggs]

Hi there

 

We got dried mealworms for ours (I'm a bit squeamish & didn't like the idea of feeding them live worms/ maggots). They absolutely adore them and as you say makes them work a bit harder for their food rather than hand feeding them spinach leaves which they adore too.

 

Hope this helps and hope they like them!

[Jules.]

Yup... they are scratching for meal worms (dried) as I type!