[blulagoo]

I have a bag of broth mix sitting in my kitchen cupboard - is it suitable to feed to the chickens as a treat? Includes split lentils, dried peas, barley etc. Also I have a bag of porridge oats - are they suitable for chicken?

Many thanks - sorry to be so ignorant on what to feed them - although I have discovered that they seem to love grapes and snails!!

[Aunt Sally]

They sound OK to me, but only give in small amounts  

[pushrod]

not exactly food but i give mine rotting logs an ocasionally dig them holes.

They love pulling rotting wood apart looking for creepy crawlies and going through the soil. Keeps them busy and interested for ages.

[SnooziSuzi]

Mine go crazy for snails!!  I couldn't believe it - I moved a black bin bag of leaves aside and all three of them jumped in quicker than I could blink and started running around with huge snailshells on their beaks as they tried to get away from the other 2 who also had snails!

The funniest thing I ever saw was when we had 4 croissants left over from breakfast.  Remember, there's only 3 hens so when each one picked up a croissant and ran away with it and then noticed there was another one on the ground one would drop theirs and go for the other one.  Another hen would then notice the recently dropped one would drop hers in favour of the recently relinquished one!  

This goes on for ages until they get tired or just manage to take their own croissants to a separate corner of the run and finish them in peace!

[blulagoo]

Thanks

I was only going to give them a handful of an afternoon with their corn mix.

[Vember]

mine have :

Mealworms, sweetcorn (on the cob), plums, apples, pears, digestive biscuits, bread with bit's, sunflower hearts, green's you name it

But only in moderation normally once a week or if I want them in early for any reason  

[Porffor]

lol what a great story! Can just imagine their joy with their croissants!

Vember, had to laugh at your 'get them in early' comment!

[kimT]

Our's love dried meal worms and white sunflower hearts and they love rice and pasta they run off with huge beaks full of the pasta and troff it as quickly as possible incase one of the others pinches it!