{"id":2986,"date":"2024-01-03T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2024-01-03T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:00:24","slug":"can-chickens-eat-dates-with-rice-flour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chickenrise.com\/can-chickens-eat-dates-with-rice-flour\/","title":{"rendered":"Can My Chickens Chow Down on Dates and Rice Flour?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up on a chicken farm in rural Alabama, so I know a thing or two about feeding those cluckers.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you about the time my Pa caught me sneaking dates from the pantry to give to our chickens.<\/p>\n

I was 10 years old and had just got back from a trip with Ma to the market in town.<\/p>\n

She let me pick out a bag of medjool dates<\/a> as a special treat.<\/p>\n

I loved their sweet, sticky taste.<\/p>\n

But being the mischievous kid I was, I got it in my head that the chickens would go crazy for dates too.<\/p>\n

So later that day I snuck a handful of dates out to the coop.<\/p>\n

Those chickens gobbled them down faster than Pa at a pie eating contest!<\/p>\n

Their funny little eyes got wide and they made excited clucking sounds I’d never heard before.<\/p>\n

Well Pa saw me through the window and boy was he mad.<\/p>\n

“Tanner!” he yelled.<\/p>\n

“You can’t go wasting good food on those dang chickens!”<\/p>\n

But seeing how much they loved those dates gave me an idea.<\/p>\n

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