[richyrich7]

I've been reading that a few sunflower seeds with husks removed are good for hens and their eggs omega 3 etc. But I would have thought they are also very fattening. So what's a few, and do you think they should be fed every day or just occasionally ?

And ain't the price of feed going up! 85p on a bag of pellets in 3 months just as Muntjac predicted in an earlier post.

[muntjac]

to many7 sunflower seeds will result in to much oil in the crop and may result in sour crop .,  just treat now and then is ok .. oily things for chickens are a bad thing in quantity  

[Aunt Sally]

A few is good and puts omega 3 into the eggs as you said Richy.  

Too much can cause a fatty liver and I think I've read it hinders calcium uptake too.  I mix some into their mixed corn so that they get maybe 12 or so seeds each.

[Trillium]

Farmers here who grow specific Omega 3 eggs for sale feed their chickens flax seed as well as regular feed. Not sure if you have it in the UK. No idea what the proporation would be though.
I feed sunflowers to my racing pigeons so they keep warm for winter but I think they process it differently than chickens.

[Bodger]

We grow sunflowers and after they have finished flowering we throw the whole heads into the runs. This is a seasonal treat and they adore it.

In the wild, chickens are omniverous and so I try to break the boredom of a grain only diet whenever I can. To this aim, as I think I've said before I feed soaked rolled peas and occasionally a good quality dry dog food that's been well moistened.

[muntjac]

try growing some cover crop seed .bodger mate ,, werks for the chucks and brings in loads smal birds in the cold