Feeding them brown bread

[colser]

A friend of mine told me never to feed the chooks brown bread as it can result in them eating the eggs, is this true?

[lynda66]

well i feed mine loads of brown bread and i've had 2 eggs now and no ones eaten any

think thats one of those old wives tales..... but you shouldn't feed it dry

[Snadger]

Mine get bread every day .....sometimes brown.......sometimes white. I feed it dry but they always have access to loads of water.

Found an egg lying in the middle of the run the other day......none of them had touched it!

[di]

Ours also fairly regularly get brown bread....and even when an egg has been accidentally broken,which happened rather a lot when Marigold & then Dandelion were broody,they've never tried eating it/them.(Lucky I know)

[RichmondHens]

Brown bread is fine, in fact better than white. You should not feed chickens raw egg in case it encourages egg eating but cooked is fine, in any form.

[Flummery]

I give them a little - home made, spoilt eh? but I soak it in water first. Read that somewhere, can't remember - perils of old age!

[icornish]

We give ours the occasional marmite on brown toast... when we first got them and brought them home, this really helped them settle in quickly, so much so, there was no disruption at all in their egg laying habits.

[CoraxAurata]

If all they were being fed is bread then maybe they might start egg eating in desperation for some protein...? I do have problems stopping OH giving the muscovie ducks (his favorites) too much bread as they fill up on it and don't eat a balanced diet.. but maybe I'm too paranoid as they seem well enough apart from suffering the attentions of my Appleyard drakes...... randy toerags!

[Snadger]

If all they were being fed is bread then maybe they might start egg eating in desperation for some protein...? I do have problems stopping OH giving the muscovie ducks (his favorites) too much bread as they fill up on it and don't eat a balanced diet.. but maybe I'm too paranoid as they seem well enough apart from suffering the attentions of my Appleyard drakes...... randy toerags!

DIY eggybread?

[CoraxAurata]

DIY eggybread?

::groan!::::

[bluemoon]

Mine get homemade brown bread on a regular basis. I often coat it in marg too....well No2 son bought some 'Can't Believe It's Not Butter', home from a camping trip, but unfortunately I can and I've got to get rid of the stuff somehow.