[Elcie]

Is it ok to give chickens the odd fat ball?  They are advertised for wild birds (although so are the meal worms I give them as a treat) and they are extremely cheap (4 for £1.35 in the local supermarket), much cheaper than the pecking blocks.  But I'm not sure if they are ok or not for chickens.

[too many girls]

i never thought of that, do chickens eat ex husbands?

[Foxy]

i never thought of that, do chickens eat ex husbands?

was he a fat ball then TMG? :blink:

[poultrygeist]

Hi Elcie.

I stand to be corrected, but I would say they're one of the worst things you could give them. Not only do they get all the food they need via pellets/mash and/or freeranging, they're generally greedy little blighters who'll end up like barrage balloons given a chance 
I would stick with the odd lower fat treat and make sure they get plenty of exercise to burn it all off. 

Rob

[too many girls]

i never thought of that, do chickens eat ex husbands?

was he a fat ball then TMG? :blink:

he was the first thing i thought of when i read the post

[Vember]

I agree with Rob

Only thing they are good for is feeding to wild birds or using as rat bait



Sarah

[Foxy]

yep, much too high fat content

[too many girls]

Only thing they are good for is feeding to wild birds or using as rat bait

fat balls or ex husbands?

[peapod]

I agree with Rob

Only thing they are good for is feeding to wild birds or using as rat bait



Sarah

Tell me about it! My huge bucket full that I bought at no little expense has just been a lovely meal over the past few weeks for passing mice, as well as my chewed up folding chair that made a lovely nest.Now my bum will be nice and cool and on the floor

[Vember]

A humane trap with one of those on the spikey bit , once caught me two big rats in one go 
admittedly one was half in and half out and quite dead but got 'em

In winter i buy them just for the traps

[janet12000]

4 for £1.35! outrageous! 
I'ts 6 for 49p at home bargains.

[too many girls]

ok i'm being serious now, i'm guilty, i gave my ex barn hens bird seed balls (are they the same? a round ball in netting) when they were under house arrest because of a fox attack, i thought it would help them from getting bored because they'd had a few weeks free ranging and didn't take kindly to being locked up, however, when they devoured  6 in as many seconds i didn't buy anymore and  gave them a mirror instead

[karlooben]

tmg you really make me laugh 

[Foxy]

ok i'm being serious now, i'm guilty, i gave my ex barn hens bird seed balls (are they the same? a round ball in netting) when they were under house arrest because of a fox attack, i thought it would help them from getting bored because they'd had a few weeks free ranging and didn't take kindly to being locked up, however, when they devoured  6 in as many seconds i didn't buy anymore and  gave them a mirror instead

Oh....did they take on look in the mirror and say " OMG!!!! thats it! no more fat balls for me!" 

[Yorkie]

No, just "Does my bum look big in this"