What Kitchen Scraps Your Chickens Can And CANT Eat! Some Are Toxic For Chickens!
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Рік томуChickens are great at taking care of our kitchen scraps, but not all kitchen scraps are created equal! Some are extremely healthy, some should be used in moderation, and some are actually toxic to our feathered friends.
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@candidegunn3624 Рік тому
After having chickens for over 50 years, I can assure you that you can give them anything...if they aren't supposed to have it, they leave it on the ground and it turns to compost. I have had chickens die of old age, owl attacks, dog attacks but never from any food. They are not nearly as dumb as people think LOL!
@cottoneyedarren Рік тому
Exactly
@mchudd 11 місяців тому
Thank you! My Mom used to throw everything out to her chickens (except something extremely salty), she never had a problem. Animals are not stupid & 99% of the time won’t eat something that’s bad for them.
@Reddylion 11 місяців тому
👍
@johli 9 місяців тому
True
@OutdoorswithWacky 9 місяців тому
Those chickens you lost to old age weren’t actually lost to old age. Most likely some sort of organ failure. Unless of course those chickens that died of “old age” were 15ish years old. Then yeah maybe…
@smdanny1 Рік тому
that's not kitchen scraps.. that's a veggie/fruit platter 🤣
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
They definitely got spoiled that day 😂😂😂
@Raspukek-fu8un Місяць тому
hez murrikano. wealthy humanoid. he finks its okay to feed chooks with fresh fruits while half of di world licheralleh starving.
@tonyrichmond9428 Рік тому
Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are, in fact, fruit. Wisdom is knowing they don't belong in a fruit salad.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love this. I love this so much 😂
@carrierichardson6619 Рік тому
🤣🤣🤣👍
@JohnWKerr Рік тому
I've heard some botanists say tomatoes are really a berry. We are both correct if you consider berries a fruit.
@MelissaJackson83 Рік тому
Best comment today ❤
@marvalice3455 Рік тому
Idk, some garden fresh tomatoes could go right next to apples and grapes, and what is fresh salsa if not spicy fruit salad?
@bw3506 Рік тому
I can tell you something about apples. We had an orchard in our yard when I was a kid. Our chickens ate lots and lots of the fallen apples seeds and all. We never had an issue with them at all.
@vry3555 Рік тому
The seeds have cyanide which probably kills viruses and other nasties
@scottulbrich5376 Рік тому
for sure, they eat about everything
@spockmcoyissmart961 Рік тому
@@scottulbrich5376 chickens are pigs with feathers
@leannajagta7083 Рік тому
The seeds (apple) contain B-17 which is a cancer prevention! I eat them! (Apple a day keeps the dr. Away... And take apricot pit B-17 caps.
@mrbyamile6973 Рік тому
They will eat everything... and they will be fine. We feed them every kind of scrap possible including avocado 🥑, they can't even eat the seeds.
@amechealle5918 Рік тому
Our chickens have their own garden. All the fun stuff, what really gets them excited is when I cut a head of broccoli and clip it to the fence so they can peck it to oblivion. Broccoli always gets the happy dance. They also love it when they get oatmeal with berries and meal worms.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love this! That’s so awesome!
@cmwHisArtist 9 місяців тому
The first food besides feed that I gave our young chicks was chopped broccoli. They loved it and started laying an egg a day each a month earlier than expected.
@cmwHisArtist 9 місяців тому
They don’t have teeth, yet we’ve seen videos of them swallowing a whole mouse.
@rawx485 2 місяці тому
Ill try that. Finally, a use for broccoli!
@Ava-cq1zi 2 місяці тому
I had a garden for my dogs (and also my garden for birds and pollinators and for looking pretty for me.) I’m a big fan of multiple gardens. Yes! They need to provide for your specific needs, and for your family and friends too. Multiple gardens are the way to go.
@tracyclevenger8229 Рік тому
You have not seen a free range chicken swallow a field mouse, if you worried about a grape 😊
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
That’s fair 😂! Our chickens do a great job at mice control here! I think the dad in me is just terrified of grapes haha!
@user-ti2rn4wi7y Місяць тому
I'm in Florida. Mine are great lizard and frog hunters. Nothing like hearing a lot of cackling, looking up and seeing a hen running around with a lizard dangling from her beak and the rest of the flock chasing her for a bite.
@justintime6346 8 днів тому
I was just thinking that! My oldest hen swallowed a whole mouse. I was a bit worried and it turned out she was just fine! Lol
@ibbylancaster8981 Рік тому
Old wives tale that seemed to work was adding red pepper flakes in their feed helps them lay better. I used to put about a tablespoon in a feed bucket a couple of times a week and those hens laid like crazy. I got out of chickens a while back but now with the price of eggs, I just went and got a dozen pullets a few weeks ago and am enjoying the heck out of them so far. Much love from North Carolina.
@jayhemfindsyou 10 місяців тому
Our chickens ate CAROLINA REAPER peppers right off our plant, seeds and all and somehow didn't die. I think 1 of those peppers can kill a human haha
@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm 9 місяців тому
@@jayhemfindsyouThey are spicy but they aren't poisonous. I put 2 reapers in my chili with no ill effects. Also birds aren't affected by capsasin, capsasin only affects mammals, pepper plants actually produce capsasin so mammals won't eat them as they want birds to eat them.
@jayhemfindsyou 9 місяців тому
@@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm Not poison, just so harsh they can cause breathing difficulty and cardiac arrest to the unsuspecting victim. My uncle was conned into eating one, was told it was a baby sweet pepper and had to go to the ER.
@jayhemfindsyou 9 місяців тому
@@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm And that's very interesting about the bird thing.
@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm 9 місяців тому
That is fair, I do share my peppers with friends but I make sure that the absolutely know what they're getting into and the proper precautions to take. I would never sneak an unsuspecting person one, that's asking for trouble, especially if they can't take the heat
@midsouthhomestead7527 Рік тому
TIP: In the summer when I have extra cucumbers, tomatoes, berries and melons. I freeze them and put in Wal-Mart bags or containers. In Sept and Oct when most veggies are gone. I give it to them on hot days.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love this! We do the same thing and I wish I had thought about it and talked about it! But you did, so that helps haha! I appreciate it!
@bellemi8814 Рік тому
@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Farms Are cooked or raw artichoke buds okay to give chickens once once in a great while? Well maybe not the raw ones. I will do some research.
@Watts_Art Рік тому
We live in the desert and in the summer we go on scorpion hunts with our chickens. Lifting wood piles, garden pots, etc, to find the bugs and scorpions underneath! We haven’t seen a scorpion in our house since getting chickens during the “lockdown”. 😉 we also feed them frozen watermelon during the summer to help keep them cool and they LOVE it!
@davidcarr286 Рік тому
My chickens had not started laying. A guy at a feed store told me to feed the Jalapenos. All I had were the sliced in juice. They loved them and started laying 2 days later, and no the eggs were not hot. lol Also when the quit laying thier first year (no molt). I gave them peppers and they havent stopped. They are now a year old. Out of 5 hens I get 4-5 eggs daily.
@angelofamillionyears4599 Рік тому
Interesting. Also cooked beans will get them to lay in winter.
@paulageorge1294 2 місяці тому
What kind of cooked beans?
@babyroot3479 Рік тому
When I die, I want to come back as a chicken at your house. 😉😁
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
They don’t get fed like that everyday 😂, that was a special occasion!
@babyroot3479 Рік тому
@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 😂
@butterybiscuit Рік тому
When I don't have a garden, I buy a head of cabbage every week and hang it in their lot for them to peck at. They love it!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
We do this! They seriously love pecking away at a cabbage!
@cyflym11 Рік тому
Mine prefer spring greens to cabbage so I put it in one of those hanging feeders to keep them busy for a while.
@nogames8982 Рік тому
I've had chickens for years. One tips that I give everybody is to skip the layer feed. Instead feed all of your chickens, grower feed. And have oyster shell available on the side. In a separate container. Chickens need a lot more protein than they get from layer feed. And they don't need the extra calcium in the layer feed when they are in molt or when they are too young and the roosters don't need it either. Increase protein makes their molts, less severe and quicker. Good drastically decreases the chance of feather picking and egg eating. I've been doing this for years and it works beautifully. I also feed kitchen scraps. They can eat darn near anything. Except sweets and oil. I don't give them any of that. But any fruit and vegetable and any meat they get.
@grantfleming6845 Рік тому
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@karen1866 Рік тому
My hens won’t eat citrus peels, onion peels or banana peels…everything else from my kitchen or garden is pretty much fair game. I ferment or sprout my feed which consists of mostly seeds and grains I raise unofficially organic. Millet, oats, popcorn, flax, sunflower, rye, buckwheat and wheat are either fermented or sprouted for feed. In a pinch I cook navy beans or pinto beans and add some macaroni. I rarely buy commercial feed. …maybe a bag or two a year. We typically have 25-30 hens and several turkeys. Chicken beaks are very hard so you really are just wasting time cutting stuff up! I’ve raised chickens for over 50 years. …never seen a chicken choke! 😂
@nogames8982 Рік тому
@@karen1866 I know they don't eat that stuff. But they make it into really nice compost.
@debbiecarter2 11 місяців тому
@@nogames8982 my chickens eat everything he has on that tray
@RyansGoslings 6 місяців тому
The grower feed is a good point. I buy ~3t of feed at a time, a ton of layer, and 2t of grower. I see better performance on the grower than the layer, even in my waterfowl.
@daveclark1904 Рік тому
If you're a home brewer, give them your spent grain after brew day. My chicks go freakin bonkers over that! I also give them the pulp from the juicer and they love that too!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I’ve wanted to get into that, and I’ve heard the birds love it!
@yoholmes273 Рік тому
I live surrounded by local brewerys. The pig farmers go crazy for spent brewery grain. It's a great little side business for brewers to be able to get something from their spent waste product.
@tammyzurlinden6328 Рік тому
Brewer as in beer or coffee???
@daveclark1904 Рік тому
@@tammyzurlinden6328 beer!
@nogames8982 Рік тому
Chickens are smart, and they know what to eat, and what not to eat. What they don't eat they scratch into the ground and it makes compost. Don't make this harder than it has to be.
@macky7482 Рік тому
Never removed any seeds or pits and the chickens were always fine. They also had access to the apple, pear and cherry orchard and never got poisoned
@ericl9875 Рік тому
re: peppers/chiles (which BTW are a true berry, so they are a fruit not a vegetable) I grow chiles as a hobby. Several years ago some of my hens got into the garden and devoured my Chocolate Habanero - chiles, leaves and many of the stems. My ladies love chiles, what they don't care for at all is celery.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Peppers are definitely my true love when it comes to gardening, and I don’t know how I put them in the vegetable section! I should know better 😂. This channel was originally a channel about growing peppers. Last year we had 200+ plants! Scaled it back this year though because we still have 80+ lbs in the deep freezer. Glad to see another Chile lover!
@mariadracona Рік тому
@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead In the culinary world, it's considered a vegetable, but yes, technically it is not. But it is confusing because of that.
@geekchick4859 Рік тому
Birds Eye chillies are called that cos the birds eat them and crap out the seeds. Nuff said.
@mrwhitefolk11b46 Рік тому
My chickens always free-ranged, and they would eat anything that didn't eat them first. To include lizards, lg toads, scorpions, wasps, and all types of wild seeds and vegetation.
@lidip8700 Рік тому
We had 1 rooster that was flogging me very harshly & then started blooding the dozen hens he had, because he was so rough mounting them, the coop had blood splatters everywhere. So, we processed him & yeah, i baked him & the hens ate it up! Revenge. Lol
@donovanhandley7936 Рік тому
Lmao the circle of life with a sprinkle of revenge
@elloohno1349 11 місяців тому
hehehe did not expect that XD
@MizRose74 3 місяці тому
😂 I’ve been thinking of doing that to my rooster. I’m having the same problem.
@jerikarason2339 Рік тому
Just turn them loose in your garden/orchard/flowerbeds and what is missing but by the next day is what they love.
@michaeldavis8599 Рік тому
Brandon, Thanks for the informative video. Regarding avocados, I've read that the persin is in the skins and pit, not the flesh. Been feeding our girls avocado flesh for 9 months without incident. If some of the skins occasionally get mixed in, they don't touch them and I remove them from their run. During the summer, we refrigerate our watermelon and put some out during hot periods. Regarding peppers, our girls will eat the fruit of green bell peppers, not big fans of the hot peppers or ripe bell peppers. For grain-based "carbs" like bread and pasta, we don't eat 'em and don't expect the girls to do so. We've shied away from giving them bird carcasses or even eggs... years ago we had problems with pecking issues and we didn't want to lead them down the primrose path to cannibalism. Haven't tried black soldier fly larvae yet, but our girls really like the mealworms as an occasional treat. Sort of like "Cheetos for chickens".
@HeedGodsWord Рік тому
My chickens favorite food is ground beef. Raw or cooked. Perfect for broody mamas & baby chicks. I noticed they grow faster & more robust on the beef.
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
Mine prefer minced pork to beef lol.
@user-ti2rn4wi7y Місяць тому
I have an excessive amount of eggs around, always. I hard boil them, mince them up, and feed them to all my poultry. They go nuts for it.
@Chris-xk6ex Рік тому
Mine won’t eat peppers but in the winter to help with their body temperature I add cayenne pepper powder into their water. They love it. So when my temps drop under 30 I add to the water.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
That’s definitely a good way to do it!
@leighgirouard7151 Рік тому
How much per gallon of water do you add?
@spenserburns6251 Рік тому
You can give them crushed cayenne peppers to birds mine eat them
@rayharvey1581 9 місяців тому
I collect a few days worth of scrapes and put it all in a food processor. They love it and leave nothing behind. Its also a good way too feed their eggs shells back to them without them knowing about the shells.
@user-ti2rn4wi7y Місяць тому
That's a great idea! Gonna try it. I used to save scraps in the freezer for soup, but I don't cook much anymore, so I stopped doing it. Good reason to start again.
@alkalk8938 Рік тому
They can eat apple seeds in the natural form to their hearts content, so can people. Feed all your apple cores to your chickens and dont worry about the freaking cyanide, this is probably the most over blown 'risk' ever. You can eat the almonds inside of apricots also, the stuff will not hurt you or your chickens one bit.
@constancehood4272 Рік тому
Well prepared video which includes a display of foods, photos from a store and research. Well done.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Hey thanks, I appreciate that! There was definitely quite some work that went into it so this comment definitely makes me feel good. You’re awesome!
@kevinhowery6060 Рік тому
I love you're opening. We are all working hard and our first step is knowledge. That's why we are here
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Absolutely it is! Thank you for watching and commenting, I appreciate it!
@SagoiNova Рік тому
Brother, I just want to say thank you for all the great down to earth information you provide. My family and I are working on our small backyard farm currently. Will be up to a 100 chickens by June. Wish me luck.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Thank you, I really appreciate that!! That’s so exciting! I wish you the best of luck! If you see me around UKposts in June.. let me know how it works for you!!
@jimbox114 Рік тому
I have head people say not to feed tomato to chickens and I completely disagree with it. Couple of years ago we experimented with the spoon tomatoes. By late august those plants had vined out all over the place and our turkey and chickens were getting into them. They were eating so many of those tomatoes that there poop was actually red. It never seemed to hurt them though and they continued laying healthy eggs. Also the next season we had spoon tomatoes sprouting all over our yard from where they pooped all those seeds out lol.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Tomatoes are great for them! Technically the plant itself isn’t, but tomatoes are!
@davinasquirrel7672 Рік тому
Tomatoes are fine, but in moderation. They do love tomatoes though, including the plant, which several hens ate down a half-grown tomato plant in a couple of days.
@debradiane3929 Рік тому
It is the plant, not the fruit (any nightshade family plant) that can be toxic. Nightshade family includes tomato plants, pepper plants, eggplant, potato plants. So for those people growing their own garden, it is something to be aware of. Also, some plants like Butter cup are also toxic, but if chickens are free ranging, they usually avoid the plants that will hurt them.
@bthyme Рік тому
When I have a cabbage, I cut off the top half for me and give them thr stem end in one piece. It keeps them amused for a day or two before it disappears. I find that giving them a big chunk of something lets them peck off whatever size bite they want. Their favorite is half of a winter squash.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
They love that! Ours do the same 😂
@BergenBounty Рік тому
Do you tie it up or put it on the ground?
@bthyme Рік тому
@@BergenBounty I have a rubber feed pan I put it in, but they eventually move it. Also, I think questionable foods are a problem for chickens that are penned up because they are bored and desperate for greens and tiny critters, but ranging chickens are more selective. I have no evidence for that - just seems like it.
@BergenBounty Рік тому
@@bthyme mine are free-range too. I love the rubber pad idea. I put my cabbage on the ground but I show it was getting moved around a lot and I saw other people tied up that says wondering what your success was thanks for answering me back
@steph6337 Рік тому
@@BergenBounty I screw an eye screw (like $2 at local hardware store) into the stem and suspend it with a rope. They play cabbage tetherball, and it stays clean too!
@judymiller323 Рік тому
Brandon, great video ! Reviewing the do's/ don'ts is so helpful, as common sense is not always common sense ! I am 71, my sister is 77 and we have our first flock of 6! They're amazing and we love them, want to ensure they're super healthy. Thanks for all your education🐤
@Strider181 Рік тому
Edible Acres has cool videos on using chickens as part of a composting system, they add in soaked seeds to the compost piles that sprout and the chickens scratch the piles down and get the sprouts which are more nutritional than straight seeds, plus all the free worms they can find, not to mention the food scraps themselves. (I did a small version of this system and it worked amazingly)
@1ntwndrboy198 Рік тому
I wait for night time after a rain and collect night crawlers worms. I can get alot in a short time. One and a half hour and filled up a five gallon bucket! Plenty of protein. Free😄
@justintime6346 8 днів тому
Excellent 🎉 free works so well these day's!
@joepoole4620 Рік тому
I live in south florida and my yard floods all summer, I go through with a pool net and scoop up thousands of tadpoles and plop them in the chicken run and they LOVE EM
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I bet they go crazy over those!!
@joepoole4620 Рік тому
@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead ohhh yes they do 👍🏻
@AlexBabcock-hw9iz Рік тому
Just be careful in a hundred thousand years your chickens will turn into herons and be wading after those tadpoles.
@MrMrsbuzzbee420 Рік тому
Thanks for the info about cooking beans first! We have raised chickens for years and I didn't know that raw or dried beans were toxic to them. I guess we just got lucky? What a wonderful and informative video, so glad you made this and that I saw it. We love our birds and want them to be happy and healthy.
@RyansGoslings 6 місяців тому
They're not toxic, but they can expand and impact the crop.
@Aurora3242 Рік тому
I have a mealworm farm, my chicks are growing so very fast! They get them and kitchen scraps twice a day, and they have starter and grit 24/7, (which, they eat, but not much)., I am also learning to start a Soldier fly larvae farm so, I can get my girls off of store bought food altogether! - also, they have a run, but get to roam around in our large back yard.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love this!
@sharonadcock5041 11 місяців тому
How do u start soldier fly larvae?
@Aurora3242 11 місяців тому
@@sharonadcock5041 For me the hardest part is finding someone to build the bin, without having to take out a second mortgage. ~Basically, you need to build a bin, that will allow the BFL to climb out (there are lots of good videos on them), and then you begin filling it with food and cardboard rubbish- also I plan to seed mine, so that I know there will be action - mine, will be outside, in the desert, so I am still not sure if they are 'around', do to lack of humidity most of the time.
@shanevinzant6935 Рік тому
FINALLY I've found out what to do with the shad that die in my live well
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Yessss!!!!
@AlexanderFromKC Рік тому
First time I've come across this channel. This guy is super-positive! Great content, man!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I just saw this! Thank you, I appreciate that!
@AlexanderFromKC Рік тому
@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead absolutely. Keep up the good work!
@michaelpierce3571 Рік тому
We have a huge spring in our back yard that we get our water for our house from and it’s full of watercress. The chickens love it!!!
@ItsMe-ic7on 8 місяців тому
How impressive it is very clear that you do love your chickens and want to take care properly.
@debkincaid2891 11 місяців тому
This video is EXTREMELY useful to me as a first time chicken mama. Thanks so much!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 11 місяців тому
You’re welcome! And thank you for watching!!
@nromito226 Рік тому
Interesting to see what different chickens go for. My chickens will not eat broccoli and celery. They will eat peppers though.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Right?! It’s so crazy to see the different likes and personalities of different chickens. I love it!
@BergenBounty Рік тому
Same here, now I feel better. My chickens are super picky
@tomstewart7625 8 місяців тому
As far as Peppers are concern, My birds do not care for them. But I add dried Pepper flakes as a dewormer.
@user-zq1nw6hg6y 9 місяців тому
beautiful attitude. Thanks for this info
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 9 місяців тому
Thank you for watching it!
@sjordan7085 11 місяців тому
You made my day, to know that some folk demonstrate excellent care of their chickens, not to mention their quality of life. Sadly, there are millions of birds, that are not so fortunate.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 11 місяців тому
I’m happy I was able to make your day!!
@ashleysj9254 Рік тому
My chickens go CRAZY for tomatoes, watermelon, and papaya skins,corn and sometimes i dont want to give them any because they like REALLY GO CRAZY like define crazy lol
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Ours do the same thing 😂 we have to keep an eye on how much we put in there for sure 😂
@salembeeman370 Рік тому
Great Video. I've owned chickens for more than 10 years and still question myself sometimes.
@carolsanborn5332 Рік тому
Thanks for this info. I wondered what is best + what is bad for them so they can get the best variety of good stuff !
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
You’re welcome! I appreciate you watching!
@boomknight1015 Рік тому
Well you forgot to add, fat chickens don't lay as many eggs as well as getting them back to normal weight is much harder so avoiding sugar things is always a good idea. Also most unchooked beans can kill humans if you don't throw up so they are not good for anything unchooked.
@geekchick4859 Рік тому
I eat uncooked green beans all the time. Only relevant to “hard” beans like black or white etc
@Nikki29405 Рік тому
My girls LOVE red chili flake peppers!!! They go crazy for them
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Maybe I will try drying and flaking them first 😂
@philliphall5198 Рік тому
I AllWAYS ask for extra red peppers when we order pizza and use in red beans and feed to our hens
@evabetlyon2693 9 місяців тому
THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO !! I DON'T HAVE CHICKENS ..YET..BUT HOPE TO IN THE SPRING..as always prayers and blessings
@edholliday-ce6zd 5 місяців тому
Just FYI, I had heard this before about apples and pears. Then I asked my neighbor who raised close to 100 chickens and had a roadside stand to sell her eggs. Her husband was the produce guys in the local grocery store and he would come home and drop a full box of apples and pears and the chickens would eat them all the time. When I mentioned this concern for toxicity of seeds she told me the birds know this and won’t eat them. So from then on I have fed my birds both apples and pears while and have never had an issue. Hope this helps to not have to remove the seeds.
@jenniferstorm977 11 місяців тому
Great informative video for a first time chicken owner! Of course many things are common sense but it's really good to know they can have things like banana peels! Thanks for sharing!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 11 місяців тому
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
@ashleygilliland819 Рік тому
So funny. My chickens tear up all the peppers I give them. I grow extra pepper plants just for them. I also feed them literally everything on your naughty list. They are healthy with hard shelled eggs. Never had a problem. 🤷🏼♀️
@Deontjie Рік тому
My chickens loves raw potato skins.
@fredziffle5219 Рік тому
My chickens eat the naughty stuff too if they don’t want it they ignore it. I have one hen that’s over 15 & she even lays eggs once in a while. She’s a fighter so we didn’t get anymore of her breed cause of the serious fights.
@pamelatrull4348 Рік тому
Thanks for all the concise info!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
You’re welcome! Thanks for taking the time to watch it!
@mommabodsalwaysright4509 Рік тому
My chickens love red, orange and yellow bell peppers. They mostly get the center of seeds but with some flesh on it. They love them!!
@kimdawcatgirl Рік тому
Mine are excellent mice catchers. They literally peck their brains out and leave the tattered bodies behind, which I give to the cats. The chickens also like a touch of cat kibble in winter when bugs are dormant. I live in Michigan so getting bugs is a zero until it's warmer. Mine are free range and I put their pellets in their house at night and lock then in. By the time I get up and let them out, they have eaten that and then free range.
@Feribrat99 11 місяців тому
You are actually giving GOOD info and some of the ones out there are giving way too much carbs and thus fat birds that are not healthy in the long run. Thank you for being sane about it all.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 11 місяців тому
😂😂😂 hey thanks! I appreciate that!
@tamiplickert9320 11 місяців тому
Zucchini is also great in the summer time, but not too much as it creates very loose stools. We also freeze cubes or blocks of buttermilk in the hot months and they lose their minds over it! It is a really good probiotic as well. And I agree with the others regarding apple seeds. Not really an issue as someone else mentioned, if it's not good for them, they leave it alone.
@Kenisproactivehere Рік тому
Thanx for the video. I appreciate your efforts.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
And thank you for taking the time to watch! I appreciate it!
@baroqueviolin82 Рік тому
I believe this "rice" thing is a Western Urban Myth. You don't want to give chickens polished rice. The best is unpolished rice. Here in Asia we give unpolished rice to chickens, even to Malaysian Serama. 🌾🐓
@fxgamer4870 Рік тому
my chickens eat cooked rice all the time.
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
Yes it's a silly urban myth. The rice will be digested long before it's had an opportunity to absorb more than a tiny bit of water. If dry rice was a problem then so would be other grains and seeds. He should have done his research before perpetuating such nonsense.
@doesthatsparklesnaps 6 місяців тому
I hadn't heard the term unpolished rice before so I had to look it up. Whole grain rice. Red, black, and brown. Those are some of the best rices. Thanks for sharing that. Logically the myth never made sense. Rice left in water doesn't just expand, why would it do so in a bird's stomach.
@ajb.822 Рік тому
I don't worry about it as long as mt chickens are well fed/nourished and/or have a variety in their outdoor access or have total free range time. Because in my experience, they didn't eat the things they weren't supposed, the few that I knew of and had in my kitchen scraps, like raw potatoes ( any peelings etc. ). I found out after I'd always been just throwing all to them, and then realized they didn't eat them anyways.
@jurihilgert8157 Рік тому
Class act Sir! Just earned yourself a new subscriber🎉
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Hey thanks! I appreciate that!
@moniquetena7978 Рік тому
Great info. Thank you.
@valinperal3137 Рік тому
My chickens will eat peppers, I feed them leftover chili all the time so I suppose they prefer cooked peppers over raw ones. Also cucumbers are a fruit and are related to watermelons. Corn and beans are also technically fruits. The only true vegetables are the ones that don't contain seeds such as leafy greens, root vegetables and onions.
@T0tenkampf Рік тому
you didn't mention cutting celery into chunks but this is very good, the strands in the celery can cause intestinal binding if not shortened. Guinea Pigs and Rabbits sometimes fall victim to this.
@tkay4390 11 місяців тому
Something fun I give to my chickens are minnows! I catch them out of my stocked pond and they go crazy for them
@scottulbrich5376 Рік тому
I grow extra zucchini and corn to feed my chickens
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
We do the same 😂😂
@transplantman2287 11 місяців тому
This was SO helpful! You answered the detailed questions I had about potatoes, apple seeds, and safe preparation of beans. Also loved the tip about cucumbers cooling them down; melons are expensive where I live but cucumbers are affordable! Thanks very much for this video. I don’t have chickens but the place I work has some that aren’t well cared for and I want to improve their situation. Food is an easy place to start.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 11 місяців тому
Thank you, I appreciate it!!
@nanettejernigan7338 Рік тому
We prefer red bell peppers, so this is what we offer to ours, and it’s a big FAV!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Ours won’t touch them 😭
@Nomad111. 8 місяців тому
bro, second time i watched this just to make sure, Great vid, thankyou so much. God bless
@anadistracted 2 місяці тому
My chickens love the cantaloupe seeds and rinds left over from our family. We get black soldier flies from Grubbly Farms. Thanks for a great video!
@debbyhelton3805 Рік тому
I love the sound of the jets. To me it's the sound of freedom. My chickens don't like celery.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love them too! It just normally extends my filming time by a good 45 minutes 😂. They were out in full force when I filmed this one! I could see about 12 of them circling the base. They fly so low over our house sometimes you can just feel it in your chest!
@juneramirez8580 Рік тому
Those jets are impressive!!!!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
They really are!
@AlexBabcock-hw9iz Рік тому
We had an overweight truck that was loaded with celery. Took a while row of boxes off the top. Took them to one if the workers mothers to feed to her hogs they wouldn't eat them at all.
@Nurk0m0rath Рік тому
Tomatoes are fruits in the same way as zucchini. Biologically, they are fruits, but nutritionally they have more in common with vegetables.
@wirelesscaller7518 Рік тому
See arthritis nightshade vegatables
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
@@wirelesscaller7518 I'm almost 60 and have had a life long addiction to tomatoes. And I eat other nightshades. So far no signs of arthritis.
@RoslinLassie Рік тому
I sprout beans and their left over grains. It means no left over grains from their scratch feed (i give it to them in coop cups attached to the mesh on their pen) it also releases the nutrients in the grains to a much higher level and takes just a couple of days to sprout👍🏻
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
I love this, thank you for sharing!
@joeybeckyphillips722 Рік тому
Last summer I fed our chickens tomato worms and they loved them.
@estellemiller1873 Рік тому
So mealworms and black fly larvae. Sounds like reptiles are a good side pet to go with your work chickens since they eat a lot of the same things. 😊
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Oh absolutely! We used to have quite a few reptiles 😂. Beardies, geckos, all tegus, a Boas, pythons, all kinds of things!
@Lou13Cyf3r Рік тому
it's almost like birds and lizards are evolutionary related. 😉
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
Yes I feed the local wild lizards mealworms too.
@jenswalks Рік тому
If you're steering clear of oxalic acid then don't feed spinach leaves. They are almost as high as rhubarb in oxalates.
@MickyBellRoberts 7 місяців тому
This is a very good video, thanks my friend.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 7 місяців тому
And thank you for watching and commenting on two videos now 😂! Thanks for the support, my friend!
@ld9044 7 місяців тому
My chickens love the tomatoes with flax seed sprinkled in and a little garlic.
@jillburkett6876 Рік тому
My chickens like bell pepper seeds, so I give them the inside of the bell peppers.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Lucky! I wish ours would eat them 😭
@mangouni Рік тому
Chickens do not choke that easily on grapes, nor do they ingest apple seeds in sufficient quantity for it to affect them. When eating cherries, they leave the pits.. at least last year they did. Also, peanuts.. tricky as I understand. Always in moderation and cooked peanuts, not raw. Mine do not eat carrots, I think they had a meeting when they were young and unanimously decided that they will not eat carrots, not raw, not boiled, not in summer, not in winter.
@meoff7602 Рік тому
As long as your not crushing it up. Your chickens know what's safe and not safe to eat. You could leave a pill of beans in their feeding dish and they just won't eat them.
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
They can swallow a mouse without choking on it. If the grape was too big they'd likely peck at it instead of swallowing whole.
@mangouni Рік тому
@@SamStone1964 I am not sure every chicken can swallow a mouse... But yeah, they prefer pecking on anything they can peck, not need to swallow anything whole just because they would not necessarily choke.
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
@@mangouni I should have specified a new born baby mouse or pinky. I've seen them swallow those but not an adult mouse. They play rugby with those until they eventually give up and leave it for me to dispose of.
@mangouni Рік тому
@@SamStone1964 oh, ok :) I was thinking baby mouse would probably be small enough. I will not see this as the cat is obsessed with catching all mice we have.
@gaynorarmash4579 Рік тому
Thank you for the information on food
@ashjankins960 15 днів тому
“Merica” 👏😆Great info. Thank you!
@andrewrunnion3557 Рік тому
I almost never give my chickens cooked rice or macaroni. But I always soak it in water for hours and add water to get it all soaked
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
That would definitely do the trick!
@elainepeers9406 Рік тому
Spinach is also high in oxalates. Best to be avoided by people and chickens.
@SamStone1964 Рік тому
Cocoa is high in oxalates as well. It's worth paying attention to possible symptoms of high oxalate levels in your body. But if you're like me and have an addiction to leafy greens and chocolate (eaten separately) and have no health issues then you don't need to avoid them.
@marycruet6577 16 днів тому
Awesome loved this video ❤❤
@snixxt248 Рік тому
Chickens love grapes, I quarter them too. I also feed them the carcass of the chickens I have eaten for extra protein, they pick it absolutely clean! They also love beef trimmings.
@Jimmywuu636 Рік тому
Put road kill in a sealable 5 gal bucket with a hole in the bottom. They love the maggots and flys
@msb8013 Рік тому
I can verify that they love maggots. Shouldn't there be a hole on the side for the flies to get in?
@mountainmama22 Рік тому
another great vidoe!
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Hey thanks!!
@steph6337 Рік тому
Corn on the cob and cabbage i suspend with an eye screw and rope. It's such a fun game of tetherball for them. 💜
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
We do this too and they love it!!
@jaymantv9148 10 місяців тому
I would like to take a moment and appreciate how he started the video by reassuring that what we are doing is a good thing. Thank you, man. youre the best.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead 10 місяців тому
Hey thanks, I appreciate that!
@Chris-xk6ex Рік тому
Wild bird feed is also a fabulous scratch.
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Absolutely!
@justcookwithsha Рік тому
Hi brother….thanks for your videos…interesting ❤❤
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Hey thank! I appreciate you watching!
@Sweettomatovine Рік тому
Very informative. Great job
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Hey thanks!
@annetnedelec9453 10 місяців тому
I'm in Bali, Indesia and we're lucky to have ripe papayas, bananas and blueberries and from our garden. Our chickens roam free, , except for a new hen someone rescued as a ceremonisl chick and left on the beach. She's in a coop all by herself, as the other hens attack her. Poor Anna.
@pauladavis7400 Рік тому
Chickens will help control the mice pop around the homestead...☺😄😊
@WhitepepperFarmshomestead Рік тому
Absolutely they will!
@juneramirez8580 Рік тому
And wild birds that get into their pen to eat their food also!!!! Savagely!
@msb8013 Рік тому
But then the rats will eat the chicken poop so the rats get plenty fed.
@jennifersandler-bowen4340 Рік тому
Spinach and chard also have oxalic acid in them…
@rhondar7656 Місяць тому
Chickens are therapeutic! Cheaper than a therapist! They are silly and fun to watch!😂😉🥰
@WeepingWillow422 Рік тому
Yes, tomatoes and avocados are fruits. So are pumpkins and any other kind of squash. I believe cucumbers are, too, since they are a kind of melon but I could be wrong on cucumbers.
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