hi all i have my hens on a good grass area all the time they get decent quality layers ect but fancy trying them on some marigold petals to get nice deep orange yokes , i have tryed sprinkling in with layers but wont eat also on floor still wont eat is there any tips on how you guys feed them too hens like can i add to water at all thanks ste
marigold petals querie
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Hi Henboy. This sounds to me like ‘you can lead a hen to petals, but cannot make her eat!”
Like you, I’ve tried sprinkling marigold petals in their food and it has been met with disdain, so I guess they just don’t like them unless camouflaged in a processed food.
Some good quality brands of layers pellets include marigold petals rather than chemical colourants, so you could try Dodson&Horrell or others - just look at the ingredients list.
Like you, I’ve tried sprinkling marigold petals in their food and it has been met with disdain, so I guess they just don’t like them unless camouflaged in a processed food.
Some good quality brands of layers pellets include marigold petals rather than chemical colourants, so you could try Dodson&Horrell or others - just look at the ingredients list.
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Knowing chickens, I'd say if you made yourself a lovely flowerbed and planted marigolds in it, then talked in the chickens' hearing about how you really hoped the chickens wouldn't destroy the bed and eat the marigolds - then you could stand back so you don't get crushed in the chicken stampede to get the marigolds!
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That's one thing we can plant that the hens don't touch
