I haven't tried giving my chickens bread for treats. They will probably like it. We have been trying to get roo boy to not be bossy with my husband so he can tend to them when I am not home. So, we have been going out and letting him give them treats and letting them eat treats out of his hand. One thing my roo loves to do is give his girls treats. It's funny for him to take things out of our hands and toss them to the girls! If bread is a high value treat, maybe roo boy will appreciate it from my husband. It was 101 today--tomorrow supposed to be 100 with a small chance of a pop-up shower. Then we look like we will cool down into the upper 80s for about a week after that. Hope to be able to get out and do some prep for fall planting. It's pretty much time to take a lot of pitiful plants out. My cukes are hanging on. Hoping to make one batch of bread and butter pickles before they croak. It has been a hard summer for me in the garden, too. The heat is hard on us ladies of a certain vintage! Stress doesn't help either. It's ok to have weeds in the garden, though. You are still getting veggies and have lovely flowers in spite of the weeds! We had a huge bird fly low yesterday about dusk. It was so large. Wondering if it was an owl. Starting to worry a little about predators. Our house is in town, but we live near a large area of woods with a river. Lots of wildlife. My dr has chickens and his whole flock of 12 got killed by a racoon recently. He is going to buy some replacements at the fair. I am thinking about buying some, too. He said the 4-H kids raise really friendly chickens and they are all healthy. They auction them at the end of the fair. He said there are kids who don't have family bidding on their chickens and they are the kids he supports. It's either getting some at the fair or raising some chicks this fall. Not sure I have it in me to raise chicks right now. I just need to add a couple for the mental health of my little flock of three. My poor lowest hen is getting bullied too much by her sister wife. It's probably drama related to their husband. Your babies are going to love scratching through the deep litter! I forgot how much they love a good pile of leaves until I let them in the compost. I have been raking it back up for them and adding some food scraps in the mornings. They love it, but I totally need some more leaves. They can really break leaves down fast! We had another baby snake by the back patio this evening. It looked dead, so I was going to get it and toss it over the fence in case it was venomous--didn't want the chickens to eat it and get sick. Silly little thing was just playing dead. When I picked it up with a stick it sprung into action and tried to get away. I still wanted to toss it over the fence in case it was venomous. We caught it in a tupperware container. Once we got it out of the yard, I found it online. It is harmless, but it's defence is to play dead--so funny. The chickens must have scared it before I found it. It is a ring-neck snake. The mother lays 3 to 10 eggs and they hatch in August/September. I have seen 2 so probably will see a few more before summer is over. Sorry for such a long comment! Take care, friend!
@@medtronicmom your heat sounds miserable. Bread isn’t good for water fowl, but chickens love bread, even if stale. Stale croutons, old cornbread as long as it isn’t moldy. You should add a few more hens, especially if you got coop space. And in winter they will love extra snuggle buddies to bunch up with at night. I hope you get your boy tame for hubby. Just takes time, and teaching boundaries. Though some days they will forget the rules. Grass clippings are also great entertainment and snacking fun too. Mine were running mad today, one had a small mouse and of course they all wanted it. I don’t know how she found time to stop and eat it. Hot commodity. I’ve gotta roll their stumps over again soon. A fun little buffet. I hope you cool down soon too. I’m going to try and get motivated to do a wee garden for Fall. Good distraction. Take Care Sweetie!
