Treekeeper Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Does any one else feed their chooks fruit? I cut up some bananas and apples and a couple of satsuma halves. They polished off all the apple and bananas, but satsumas!! I've never seen a chook with a sour puss before they didn't like them one bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Mine have apple or banana most days and love them. I've never tried them with satsuma - somethings telling me they shouldn't get citrus but I can't remember where I've read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 heee heee I'm almost thinking of going to buy some just to see their faces!! Ours also love grapes and strawberries, and they'll do anything for sultanas! In fact ours are a bit like dustbins! Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonde Chicken Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Grapes and cherry tomatoes are a big hit with our girls, they were a bit "take-it-or-leave-it" with apple. Never tried any other fruit though. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 mine turned their nose up at banana, my lot are very fussy! They love grapes and tomatoes but they have to be chopped and not whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Citrus isn't good for their little chicken tums I am afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Now I know I won't do that again then. Always learning something on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 We use apples with a stalk and hang them up in the run on a piece of string, its like swingball for chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Ours have grapes, sultanas, plums, apples (they pinched all the windfalls), left over salad, blueberries, blackberries and anything we happen to have in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Does any one else feed their chooks fruit? I cut up some bananas and apples and a couple of satsuma halves. They polished off all the apple and bananas, but satsumas!! I've never seen a chook with a sour puss before they didn't like them one bit Mine help themselves to the apples on the trees! Now I have apples with peck marks in them. Hey - just noticed I've got 'Yippee 1000' posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Now I have apples with peck marks in them. Awwww, how sweet Richard, bless their little cottons!! Congrats on the posts by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Ours love cherry toms, Raisins and chopped apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I've just had a text from home; Daisy has laid her first egg - small but perfectly formed (no comments please). Trust her to wait until I was in London, and won't be home until Monday! I now have only six hens to decide to lay their first one - and the Orps are all a couple of weeks older than Daisy. And Evil Georgie is still in her autumn moult so she's on a laying strike. We've had to buy eggs for the last couple of months - first time for four years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 My girls go mad for melon. they even eat the skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Helly Welly said We use apples with a stalk and hang them up in the run on a piece of string, its like swingball for chickens We did something like that, I tied string around the apple so it had been quartered then hung it from the roof of the run. OH and I were crying with laughter as they tried to peck it. They have good reflexes tho! Might make the string a bit longer next time. Strangely they wouldn't eat an apple until it was peeled. I guess they're being fussy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 My gingers wouldn't touch apple until i got the peppers who were far less fussy. Now they will all eat anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Mine love grapes, sultanas and apples - but they must be cut up. Tried filling a dog treat ball with lettuce & hanging an apple up with string - not interested. Good idea, peeling the apple first then hanging it up. Will try that. Gave them chopped up brussel sprout leaves today - they seem to like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
