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krystal

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daft question?
« on: May 01, 2011, 21:34 »
can chickens have bid seed and fat balls hung up for them  to peck at???
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 21:35 »
Don't know about bird seed, but defo not fat balls.  Fat is bad for them.
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 21:42 »
ok thank you grannie annie, is there anything i can hang in them for them to peck at please?
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2011, 22:20 »
When I didn't have so many chickens, we used to hang up cabbages for them, and my brussle sprout stalks if the sprouts had opened up.  and corn on the cob.

But there is a thing called a peckablock or something that you can get for poultry, helps stop them getting bored, but I've never tried one.  Seems a bit expensive, cabbages are cheaper!

http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Pecka-block_for_poultry.html

Mind you, it looks just like bird seed!   :lol:
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 09:07 »
Especially on these warm days you could freeze a block of seed and maybe pop some bits of veg in it. Like Grannieannie says, hanging up veg works ........ a treat!

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Re: daft question?
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2011, 10:47 »
i do hang veg up and they have cds hanging up, but would like to put sumthing diff in as well
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2011, 11:02 »
There's no such thing as a daft question.... if you don't ask you never learn!

My girls are having a lot of fun jumping up to peck at a flowering shrub that hangs over their run.  Not sure what it's called but ithas lots of tiny little white petals on each flower.  They also run to eat the little petals that have fallen off during the night when \I let them out..
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Re: daft question?
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2011, 11:37 »
Quote from: krystal on May 02, 2011, 10:47
i do hang veg up and they have cds hanging up, but would like to put sumthing diff in as well

what effect does the CD's have !!!
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