Homemade Treats For Chickens
Spoil your chickens with these homemade chicken treats made with dried soldier fly larvae, oats, seeds, and other yummy ingredients.
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Servings: 18 cakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken scratch grain
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup dried soldier fly larvae
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup psyllium husk
- 4 large eggs
- cooking spray (to spray the paper cups)
Instructions
- Add dry ingredients to a mixing bowl, then mix the wet ingredients (molasses, applesauce, and eggs) in another bowl.
- Crush eggshells and add to the dry ingredients, then pour the wet ingredients over them and gently mix until combined.
- Line a muffin pan with paper cup inserts and spray cups with a light coating of oil. Add ⅓ cup of treat mixture into each cup and press down with a rubber spatula to compress into a disc.
- Bake in a preheated 325℉ oven for 20 minutes or until firm. Once completely cool, peel off the paper cups and store the cakes in a gallon-sized ziplock bag.
Notes
- Optionally, you can add 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes, which boosts the chickens' immunity, deters internal parasites, and improves circulation!
- If you plan on hanging the treats, make a hole in the center of each cake with a chopstick or a similar object before baking them.
- I found that my chickens preferred the treats to be on the ground versus hanging by a string. Try it both ways and see what your chickens prefer.
- If you decide to add other ingredients not listed in this recipe, do some research first to make sure that whatever you're adding is suitable for chickens to consume.
- You may want to store these chicken treats out of sight to keep an unsuspecting family member from thinking that they're bran muffins, lol!
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