Alfalfa Cubes for Chickens? UPDATE

[halo]

Alfalfa cubes....what an excellent idea. I guess you'd have to soak them for a while, they are as hard as bricks. Would alfalfa pellets work any better?

 

[serendipity22]

The alfalfa pellets that I've tried are too big, and the chickens don't eat them.

 

[SunAngel]

Thanks so much for this post!

My daughter had seen the bag of Alfalfa cubes at TSC and joked about getting them for the chickens. I didn't think they would eat it, so I didn't get any.

I will have to try a bag, mine love anything green it seems.

How long do you have to soak them for?

 

[serendipity22]

Until they're soft and mushy

I used to soak my old horses alfalfa cubes overnight. But on cold days like we're having now, soaking them for 10 minutes or so with warm water should do it.

 

[txchickie]

I wondered this myself. I saw alfalfa pellets last night at atwoods and wondered if that would work for them.

I throw them a flake of alfalfa a couple of times a week. The pellets might be easier....

 

[CK Chickadilly]

If ya have cow or goat friends, you could maybe get a handful or so of the alfalfa flakes that fall off a bale & try that before buying anything.

When I scramble eggs for the chickens & put in parsley too. They love it!

 

[wendy]

We have alfalfa pellets, I guess you could soak them too.

I have the pellets for the goats since they are pregnant and towards the end and due in Jan. I think a 50 lb bag was 11.00 or 12.00 dollars at Petrus.

 

[Barn Maid Ann]

Our local feed store sells smaller bags of alfalfa cubes.
I feed them to my horses, too. Never thought to soak some for the chickens. I would imagine they would love it by mid winter!

 

[hiddenmagnolia]

I give mine alfalfa pellets. Some brands the pellets are smaller so that the chickens can eat them with no trouble.

 

[CindyS]

That does sound like a good idea, my chickens get daily table scraps and alfalfa leaves(when a bale of hay is seperated into squares ALOT of leaves fall out and thats what I feed to the chickens) I bet they would love them soaked in water. Im wondering if that would work for ducks too?