I have chickens. Chickens eat anything. Yet, I continue to post the series "Will They Eat It"? And you keep falling for it. Of course they'll eat it. They're chickens.
Over the course of the year I've owned these chickens they've eaten everything from live crickets to one of those pedicure toe separators. And the toe that was in it.
I assume you just like to watch chickens eat and that's why you're so wild for these videos. Plus there is always that very remote, yet entirely possible possibility, that they will NOT eat it.
So back by popular demand is Will They Eat It? Episode 3.
Will they eat it Cornmeal
Will my chickens eat a bowl of cornmeal?
The end.
Special thanks to The Fella for his talent and convincing voice work. His natural delivery and soothing, soulful voice make these videos the success that they are. I am forever indebted.
Surprising results - though not about the cheese (I think all animals love cheese - even cats). I wonder if they would like sweet corn?
I read on Fredsfinefowl.com that "Chickens have a magnificent sense of taste, terrible sense of smell. Their taste buds are designed to inform the bird of the minerals and nutrition content of what they are passing through their beaks. This is why they often snatch something only to drop it... they are sampling with taste."
Interesting.
Jane, I'd never heard that - thanks for sharing!
i don't know much about chickens but the cat in my lap ran away to the chicken music on your new video. she is a picky eater too. how many eggs are you getting a day?
Taria - 2-4 eggs a day depending on the day. ~ karen!
Is there a reason there is an AX in the background??? Huh? Huh?
Oh god, this is pathetic, I have just figured out why you call them your girls. City girl here, plastic bag, no feathers, what can I say. Love the vid. who would thing they were so picky.
My chickens will eat most anything, but they go especially crazy for grapes& blueberries: they'll grab one and run away from the others like they've found treasure! Oh...their other absolute favorite? Meat. Esp. chicken.
Now THAT surprises me… Of all things, I would think they would mow-down the corn meal… Wow!!! Don’t they know chickens in Africa are starving?
Keep-em-coming!
The "special thanks" at the end is classic. I like the delivery of that voiceover as much as the videos. It is hilarious!!!
Hmmmm...I thought cornmeal would've been a dead lock. Shows you how much I know about chickens. Still, it never fails to amuse!
I really look forward to your posts...guaranteed holy sh&@ moments and belly laughs with a few snorts slipped in!!!!!!
Thanks Kim. Tell all your friends. :) ~ karen
I agree! Soooooooooo funny! And the Hee Haw music put it over the top"
Spoiled Rotten Brats. That's what they are! As I have mentioned before, caring for the chickens on the farm was my forte'. We had a corn sheller and a grinder and I can't tell you how many years of corn I ran through them so the chickens could eat the corn. It was not ground fine like meal but was kind of chunked into pieces and farm chickens thought it was food of the gods. I can assure you ours never tasted cheese on top either. Have you ever thought, really, that they do have a wonderful life, for chickens? The ones who are professonal egg producers don't get to get out of their cages and walk around having fun. Eat and lay eggs in a very small wire crate is their entire egg-sistance. Pretty dismal, really. God smiled on your girls. That's for sure.
lmao, the music just puts it over the top!
Too funny. Gotta love it.
Mine catch and eat mice. Sounds gross but is true.
Who would have thought chickens had such refined palates. Parmesan cheese?
And SHAVED!!! LOL
Best one yet! I didn't think they'd go for the shaved parmesan. Wow!
Looks like those girls are turning into divas. Next thing you know they'll be demanding fine china and linen.
Love that they picked the cheese off and ate that.
I love this series! I found it curious that corn products are a lot of what is fed to chickens in factory farms, yet yours did not like it. They even chose cheese over corn which obviously is not a regular food for chickens. Keep 'em coming!
We have quite a few hens and they love corn, whole or cracked. We have one girl that waits at the corn bin to see if we will be handing out her favorite snack or not. She has been known to even jump in the bin when the lid is off. I have never tried cornmeal, though. I wonder if it's the consistency? Now I'm gonna have to go see if my girls will eat cornmeal.
Nice job, Fella. I only have one thing to say about these chicken episodes...don't stop!
Perhaps they are put off by the axe in the background? I know if I were at dinner and some guy wearing a black hood with eye holes cut out and slapping the handle of a broadaxe in the palm of his meaty hand was standing near the salad bar, I'd be a bit put off myself.
Can't blame you, girls.
Love it! Thank you!