Porridge for chickens??

[Smithagain]

OK - so I've seen a couple of people mention that they chickens are having porridge to keep warm.

We've only had our birds a couple of months and still feeling our way about what they can eat (apart from the commercial food, obviously). So how do you do the porridge. Just like normal porridge with milk and oats boiled up - or what?

Our first bird has just started laying, so I feel like giving them a treat!

Hi - I'm new to this thread too. We've only had our chickens a couple of months too.

I give my chickens porridge made with oats and water. I cook it in teh microwave and then let it cool a bit. I give it to them just before they go to bed so it is warm in their tummies!

It took them a few days to try it but now they wolf it down in a few mins, leaving a clean bowl.

They are great fun, aren't they?

I just leave out leftover porridge from the children. Am feeding her (just one as her coop mate died a few weeks ago) more kitchen scraps atm to make the pellets last longer. She loved mashed potato but rejected beans this morning.

Have discovered that if you feed hens with left over organic porridge with dates and apricots that it glues their beaks together....

PMSL at salvo's glued up chickens! Will wait till next time I over-estimate the breakfast porridge and proceed with caution!

I don't give them porridge but do boil up the potato peelings and give them those - they love them.

Mine have porridge, I soak cheap rolled oats in water overnight then warm it in the microwave in the morning, my girls love it. I also add fruit - soft apples or pears, raisons or fruit flakes that dd has left etc. But my birds aren't fussy, they'll eat pretty much anything I give them! they loved left over courgette soup the other day and rice is another favourite.