Excellent article! I really hadn't thought to hang cabbage for them for boredom. We are in Northwest Idaho. We have Blue-laced Red Wyandottes. Unfortunately we have 7 rooster and 3 hens. We separated one rooster with the hens and 6 rooster together. All get along very well for now. They are all 5 1/2 mo old. We get 3 eggs on sunshine days and 1 egg on overcast. Our chickens love to be outside be it rain, snow, or sunshine. They only go in if the wind is blowing hard or raining really hard. They can't wait to go out. They also don't eat scraps much. We have taken them apples, lettuce, carrots, pineapple--they don't want it. We keep grit and oyster shell down all the time as well as layer feed and corn for the winter to help them keep warm. The layer feed has everything they nutritinally need so I guess that's why they don't like veggies. These chickens are very large about 8-10 lbs. Our friend has a variety of chickens but came over and called ours Pterodactyls! They aren't full grown yet. I just love them. They talk to you when you go out and they run to keep up with you. We are very proud of our birds! I guess this breed is perfect for our mountain climate. We will be moving them into the shade for the summer in a new coop since they like the cold weather so much. Thank you for sharing your insights!
Excellent article! I really hadn't thought to hang cabbage for them for boredom. We are in Northwest Idaho. We have Blue-laced Red Wyandottes. Unfortunately we have 7 rooster and 3 hens. We separated one rooster with the hens and 6 rooster together. All get along very well for now. They are all 5 1/2 mo old. We get 3 eggs on sunshine days and 1 egg on overcast. Our chickens love to be outside be it rain, snow, or sunshine. They only go in if the wind is blowing hard or raining really hard. They can't wait to go out. They also don't eat scraps much. We have taken them apples, lettuce, carrots, pineapple--they don't want it. We keep grit and oyster shell down all the time as well as layer feed and corn for the winter to help them keep warm. The layer feed has everything they nutritinally need so I guess that's why they don't like veggies. These chickens are very large about 8-10 lbs. Our friend has a variety of chickens but came over and called ours Pterodactyls! They aren't full grown yet. I just love them. They talk to you when you go out and they run to keep up with you. We are very proud of our birds! I guess this breed is perfect for our mountain climate. We will be moving them into the shade for the summer in a new coop since they like the cold weather so much. Thank you for sharing your insights!