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True there! LOL

They won't eat the bones, but they will pick them clean. Then you go out and pick the bones up (or your resident raccoon will). Don't leave the bones where your pet dogs and cats can get them...might lead to an obstruction.

I do the same thing. And when we processed meat birds this fall, the layer flock was all over the guts and blood and stuff. Rather gruesome, but it is healthy for them. Many of us here in the US with Swedish Flowers find they need liver and meat products when growing for optimal health.

Contrary to popular belief, chickens are not herbivores. They are omnivores. They enjoy meat products along with insects, small animals, etc. Don't think if you died out in the pasture that your chickens wouldn't eat you. They would. (nasty thought, but true) It drives me crazy that it is...

Feed whatever you can buy, whatever you can afford. I feed Dumor chick starter/grower to all my birds and offer calcium ad lib. I sometimes add a little flaxseed type supplement to feed going to the hens. Everyone is given a little treat of scratch grains daily, and they free range every day...