What are some good high-protein human foods that I can feed to my broilers?

What are some good high-protein human foods that I can feed to my broilers? Can I give them chicken livers, ground beef, scrambled eggs, etc? Was looking to supplement their feed in the evening.

I treat my meaties like I would layers. I give them tons of scraps, not always high protein but fruits, veggies, dinner leftovers. But you can totally feed them the things you listed, just be careful giving them too much protein, as you don't want them to grow crazy fast. The faster they grow, the faster health problems can arise.

vsmenagerie said:

I treat my meaties like I would layers. I give them tons of scraps, not always high protein but fruits, veggies, dinner leftovers. But you can totally feed them the things you listed, just be careful giving them too much protein, as you don't want them to grow crazy fast. The faster they grow, the faster health problems can arise.

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Thanks!

I don't like to supplement anything other than veggies. I want the protein to come from their broiler ration. Just what I prefer to do. Eggs are a good food for chicks that have experienced a rough trip or had high stress.

I keep my broilers in a 12x12x3 tractor and move it every other day so they can eat grass and bugs out in the field. I ferment feed for the first two weeks and add ACV to their water until they don't have the squirts anymore. Between the good bacteria cultures of the ACV, ferment, and the grass and grit - they are as healthy as a 2 month old bird needs to be. Them being able to dust and scratch reduces their aggressiveness too, as well as keeping them cool on hot days.

I find that feeding them veggie scraps right before they're fed in the morning helps take the edge off so they don't trample as badly at the feeders.

You're not giving them free-choice food longer than 12-14 hrs a day right?

JJSS89 said:

I don't like to supplement anything other than veggies. I want the protein to come from their broiler ration. Just what I prefer to do. Eggs are a good food for chicks that have experienced a rough trip or had high stress.

I keep my broilers in a 12x12x3 tractor and move it every other day so they can eat grass and bugs out in the field. I ferment feed for the first two weeks and add ACV to their water until they don't have the squirts anymore. Between the good bacteria cultures of the ACV, ferment, and the grass and grit - they are as healthy as a 2 month old bird needs to be. Them being able to dust and scratch reduces their aggressiveness too, as well as keeping them cool on hot days.

I find that feeding them veggie scraps right before they're fed in the morning helps take the edge off so they don't trample as badly at the feeders.

You're not giving them free-choice food longer than 12-14 hrs a day right?

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I keep my broilers in a large chicken tractor as well and feed fermented meat bird pellets to them (I think it is Nature Wise brand). This is my 4th year raising them and I was just hoping to try something new. My friend and I raise over 1000 a year and sell them at the Farmers Markets.

sunflowerparrot said:

I keep my broilers in a large chicken tractor as well and feed fermented meat bird pellets to them (I think it is Nature Wise brand). This is my 4th year raising them and I was just hoping to try something new. My friend and I raise over 1000 a year and sell them at the Farmers Markets.

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You must have a great process in place to do 1000 birds profitably. Good stuff.

I guess if you just want to try something new then give them just about anything and let us know how it goes. Sounds like you already know what works...fermented feed, grass and grit will bring up some healthy birds

JJSS89 said:

You must have a great process in place to do 1000 birds profitably. Good stuff.

I guess if you just want to try something new then give them just about anything and let us know how it goes. Sounds like you already know what works...fermented feed, grass and grit will bring up some healthy birds

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We do about 300-350 birds at a time on an afternoon - we have over the years almost perfected our little assembly line The 2 guys do the cone killing, dipping in water, plucking 2 at a time in a plucker.. then us 2 ladies take over and start the butchering part. We then hand them off to her 2 children who we call the quality control They check to make sure everything inside is cleaned, then they toss them into a large stock tank filled with tons of ice and water. Then - we have made a PVC stand with pvc pipes sticking up vertically - we put the chickens on them to drip dry a little bit and then take a propane torch and very quickly run it all over the wing/leg areas to remove any pin feathers still left. Then, we cover the chickens with a bag, dip the bags into hot water to seal and have a staple tool that staples the bags closed! When we're done, my friend's mother-in-law brings over an awesome meal for all of us

I do save all the hearts, livers, gizzards, etc. and bag them up for my dogs to feed them over winter. I will also feed them on really hot days because they love the frozen treat!