My husband has been popping up to the allotment most afternoons to do a bit more digging. At the weekend a couple that were tending to their plot gave him a sprout stalk.
I harvested the smaller sprouts from the top of the stalk for dinner yesterday and decided to give the rest of the stalk to the girls today.
Ebony is first to inspect the sprout stalk
Spangle is next to investigate
Speckles takes a look
Marmite joins in
By the end of the day the girls had pecked about half way through the sprouts. I will leave the stalk in the run for a couple of days to keep them occupied. It makes a change from their usual spring greens.
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What a lovely treat!! xx
They seem to be enjoying it. After the bedtime corn Marmite returned to pecking at it.
Nice treat, happy girls.
They looked like they were enjoying it. Sometimes it’s good to have something they have to work at so that it lasts longer.
Apparently, they love the pith inside, if you split the stalk vertically, once they’ve cleared the sprouts. I have never tried it, but it sounds plausible.
I have never heard of that before. next time we have a sprout stalk I will try that.