[bramford]

as said before if they don't like it they won't eat it 

[Robster]

I read a similar thing about beans last year after mine had eaten a few.  I panicked but they were fine as I am sure yours will be.  They are pretty smart a knowing what's what.  I do avoid anything salty, I read something once.  So they don't get leftover crisps or anything like that.

[Madrat]

Mine love grapes and blanket weed from the pond, cabbage of any kind is also devoured.  I had to fence off my foxgloves and asters as they were eating them as well.

[hillfooter]

I read a similar thing about beans last year after mine had eaten a few.  I panicked but they were fine as I am sure yours will be.  They are pretty smart a knowing what's what.  I do avoid anything salty, I read something once.  So they don't get leftover crisps or anything like that.

The best way to ensure your birds don't get leftover crisps is to make sure you eat them all.  Crisps or chickens both are equally effective in preventing this.
HF

[VickyW]

Generally cook all veg including potatoes as they can't digest starch without it being boiled first.  I'm surprised at chx eating onions which has very little nutritional value.  Anything with seeds, apart from citrus fruits, are OK including melon and pumpkin seeds.
HF

I have a melon, so will have seeds, do I do anything to them? dry them etc

[8doubles]

As they come out of the melon is fine. Hens can get more melon off the skin than we can manage with a spoon too !

[3Bluebelles]

Our girls once devoured a patch of leeks in the garden, including digging up and eating the roots. We then had a week of eggs smelling and tasting of leeks!

Nice in an omelette, but doesn't really work in fairy cakes!!!!

[hillfooter]

as said before if they don't like it they won't eat it 

Just because they like it is not necessarily a good guide to what you should be feeding them.  After all kids like icecream, chocolate, burgers abnd curly fries but it's not a good idea to let them eat them on a regular basis.

In general chx will eat anything with seeds but avoid citrus fruits and don't over indulge them with treat feeds and particularly processed foods like pasta.  Layers pellets should form the bulk of their diet and a bit of foraging should be encouraged.  Low energy food is good so they need to eat a significant bulk of fibre which will keep them active to get the energy intake they need.

HF

[Sideshoot]

trying to keep mine from eating the tomato leaves is a constant task, they seem to want to try everything they see lol

Is uncooked corn on the cob ok ? mine love it.

[jesschocolate28]

Thanks guys (im a veggie and my chickens mean the world to me so i will not be eating them, howeveer i have discovered their love of bread;))

[hillfooter]

Thanks guys (im a veggie and my chickens mean the world to me so i will not be eating them, howeveer i have discovered their love of bread;))

Whether you intend to eat your chx or not is irrelevant as far as the law on what you feed them is concerned.  It's the fact that chx as a species are classed as a "farmed animal"  even though yours may be pets which determines that the law applies to them.

HF

[jesschocolate28]

I meant about the post on giving them onions to give their meat more flavour:) they do eat a variety as they forage alot and are constantly eating everything they can in our vegetable patch, as well as lots of corn, grit(such as oyster shells) and layers pellets. However now they are only eating layers pelltes with Flubenvet mixed in because Bonnie has developed a serious case of worms:/