The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: langdon on November 25, 2010, 08:23:18 pm
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we have some bird seed and i think its called dry worm or something ???
question is is these ok to give to chickens?
maybe its called mealworm ??? they are out in garage, im to lazy to go and check, hope ye guys know what im
on about!!
thanks langdon :chook:
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If it's meal worm yes, they love em,
mine allways get a special treat of meal worms and hard boiled egg on christmas day ::)
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Langdon, they will be your friends for life! I think mine would kill for mealworms, dried or live! ;) ;D ;D
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very expensive chuck food.
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My Chikens share thier food with any bird thats passing so I have given them my mixed bird food as I cannot see it doing harm, funny thing is, I have some hubbards, I give them growers pellets in the morning then let them out for a roam around 2 and as soon as I open thier run there are 2 ex batts ready to run in to take a look at thier food, almost like people queing at a sale, the other funny thing is the hubbards raom a little but then sit down next to thier run until they return themselves to bed!!!!
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I chuck mine some mixed bird seed too, as well as mealworm. They love the sunflower seeds and it keeps them occupied for ages having a scratch about :)
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my father inlaw feeds his 2 jungle fowl wild bird mix as its all they eat! ::) spoilt! lol
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I have been clearing the freezer today so loads of bread and cake has gone to the chickens and I gave the Hubards some sweet corn....
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dont get me wrong, im not replacing normal feed with this!!!!!
only a treat now and again, one bag will last good few weeks ;)
langdon :goat:
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Our 'Penny hen' sits under the bird feeder waiting for bits to fall and comes running when I fill them up - so I guess she like it and been doing it for yesrs to no ill effect.
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What are Hubards?
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What are Hubards?
Eating chickens :yum:
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CSSA hatched about 90 of them I think, for our members - Sandy bought four at a few weeks and is raising them for Christmas.
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I buy my laying hens a bag of wild bird seed at the pound shop now and again as a treat, they love it.
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I have trained my chickens to come running at the sound of a mealworm bag being shaken! They go MENTAL for them - they eat them out of my hand. My son calls them "Chocolate for Chickens" ;D
Cheapest I have found is B&M Homestore - £1.99 a bag. Tesco also sell them same price smaller bag. Most expensive place is Homebase. If you are feeling really flush you can buy live ones from petshops (they stock them for reptiles)
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we just get real worms for chickens. we have a few paving slabs in their field that we flip over every couple of weeks, and chooks come running to eat them b4 they wiggle away. the eldest hen is always first, and hangs around incase today is "the day"!