marshhens Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Just had to share this!! When we got the chooks I tired chopped grapes as a treat - no joy. Today they discovered the grapes growing on my vines - at least 2 ft off the ground - and were just the funniest things jumping up trying to eat them . . . .until they achieved it and now all the grapes are gone . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 They are great for making you smile aren't they Mine all love fruit, grapes, strawberries and very partial to the damsons that have been falling off the tree - they just won't do veg - the broccolli has been hanging in their run for days They have just found the slate bed under the lilac tree - and the bird seed thats fallen out of the feeders - my slate has been s"Ooops, word censored!"ped all over the place Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milly Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Our hens like jumping too - at the moment they are jumping to eat the tiny flowers off a bush near the eglu. But your point about grapes is a good idea. We have a vine which produces small grapes with too many pips so we don't eat them. But I don't think the hens will mind about the pips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 ours wouldn't touch brocolli at first, but once I dropped some on the floor that I'd cooked for dinner and thought I'd try them with it again and they can't get enough of the cooked stuff, they fight over it have to put one piece each in there, maybe the taste was a bit strong when it was raw, or maybe our 2 are just too fussy for their own good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Ours love grapes off our vine too. They get a small bunch every day. I don't know what they'll think when they're all gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hmmm I'm gonna have to try cooking the broccolli then. The biggest fight over food they have had so for was cooked pasta - the wing flapping, chasing and clucking involved Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Our girlies love grapes!!!!!! But they are definatly veg girls. They love lettuce, cabbage, sprouts, potatoes, carrots, spinich and cress. They hate strawberrys, blackberries, black currents (ect) xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Mine eat everything - haven't seem them turn up their noses at anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Mine love grapes, but you definitely don't feed them when you're holding them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Our girlies love grapes!!!!!! But they are definatly veg girls. They love lettuce, cabbage, sprouts, potatoes, carrots, spinich and cress. They hate strawberrys, blackberries, black currents (ect) xxx Mine are the opposite to yours. Love blackberries and strawberries but won't touch cabbage, carrots etc. Maybe I should cook it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yep, i would try cooking it, they might eat it that way! xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 My dogs eat everything without it being cooked. Boy these chooks are fussy. Mind you the dogs don't lay eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I really wish mine would eat slugs. maybe if I cooked them? ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Definitely going too far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Chickens are funny with their fussy food habits aren't they . I love watching mine come half flying, half running up the garden when I open the back door, they expect treats every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 My climbing hydrangea has all its leaves stripped off up to chicken height Chooks can't get at it now they are netted in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robskyd Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Maddie, our black rock, can catch a grape if you throw it to her. I wonder if there's much call for a chicken circus! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickNic Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Daisy goes mad for grapes from the vine, she's not too fussed about any other treats, but she loves them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzed Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 my 2 love grapes, and strawberries. they even join forces to try and shove the netting around the strawberry pots in, so that they can reach them. if it wasn't so funny watching them i might mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bantam of the Opera Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Last week my dad bought a little grape vine after watching some sort of DIY wine programme and planned to try making his own. Unluckily for him he left his grapevine within the chickens reach and came out just 2 hours later to see it picked completely clean. He wasn't best pleased but i managed to console him with a double yolker that my little "herro" had laid ealier that day. I was so proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Love your username,Bantam of the Opera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshhens Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 a pic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Fantastic !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Fantastic action shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshhens Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 courtesy of hubby - off with man flu and far too much time on his hands!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
