[plumseverywhere]

I sit and peel all my veggies outside and then boil them up on a camping stove for my hens 

[in the hills]

Me too, Plums 

[mojocafa]

Merry Christmas

Think santa may have left the cooks some suet treats!

[graham-j]

Hi,feeding your birds all that fat sounds like a good way of stopping your birds from laying to me,they will put on a thick layer of fat around there internal organs and vent and will not be able to pass an egg.
Fat is good in the winter for little blue tits that have to work hard flapping there wings searching for food through ice and snow ,but very bad for a lazy old chicken who spend much of its time over the winter sitting in its coop sheltering from the weather with a crop full of pellets.

Graham.

[Sylvia]

 But as an occasionally treat??

[graham-j]

Hi,they like a nice bit of fresh greens just as much and its far better for them,and nearer to there natural diet.Mine go mad over a bit of lettuce.

Graham.

[doganjo]

Hi,feeding your birds all that fat sounds like a good way of stopping your birds from laying to me,they will put on a thick layer of fat around there internal organs and vent and will not be able to pass an egg.
Fat is good in the winter for little blue tits that have to work hard flapping there wings searching for food through ice and snow ,but very bad for a lazy old chicken who spend much of its time over the winter sitting in its coop sheltering from the weather with a crop full of pellets.

Graham.

That's the way I'd be thinking too