Today, it was decided, was a day that our hens needed a celebration. More importantly, they needed a cake! A very special cake. It's been cold and grey the past few days and today was not exception. So, our daughter thought the hens needed some cheering up. Why not call it their birthday - all of them at once? She decided to create a cake that included all our hens most favourite treats - delicious layers of leftover brown rice, chopped up kale, comfrey & dandelion greens, crushed eggshells, mashed over-ripe pears, sunflower seeds, and shredded carrots, blended together with yogurt, and garnished with raisins, buckwheat, strawberry tops, and a garden slug or two. Mmmmm. Our hens were delighted with this treat, served up to them in a fancy old cake pan that they scraped clean by the end of the day.
We were rewarded with fresh eggs to warm our hands on. Thank you, lovely hens!
If you ever decide to make your own cake for hens, please avoid: avocado (pits can leach toxins into the flesh making hens sick); apple cores (seeds contain cyanide, enough to harm a hen); fruit pits and seeds of other sorts; long grasses (these can case problems in the hen's crop); meat, citrus and onion (all not agreeable to hens).
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