Geeze, we don't feed our chicks anything but chick feed until they are 12 weeks old. I didn't know you could feed them other food when they were that young.
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I'm of the opinion that you definitely don't have to give your chickens meat at all. if you're giving them a quality feed, that should hopefully have everything they need in it (although I tend to think that letting them scrounge for some greens and bugs on their own is an important part of their diet and lifestyle, too).
In fact I avoid giving mine any meat because I'm so distrustful of the factory farming industry and i don't want to introduce any accumulated nasty stuff (antibiotics and other medicines, diseases, pesticides) into their system. I don't eat meat myself, either (I'm a vegetarian) so that works out just fine.
Geeze, we don't feed our chicks anything but chick feed until they are 12 weeks old. I didn't know you could feed them other food when they were that young.
I'm of the opinion that you definitely don't have to give your chickens meat at all. if you're giving them a quality feed, that should hopefully have everything they need in it (although I tend to think that letting them scrounge for some greens and bugs on their own is an important part of their diet and lifestyle, too).
In fact I avoid giving mine any meat because I'm so distrustful of the factory farming industry and i don't want to introduce any accumulated nasty stuff (antibiotics and other medicines, diseases, pesticides) into their system. I don't eat meat myself, either (I'm a vegetarian) so that works out just fine.
same with mine & yogurt, oh & icing, mine have a sweet toothMine love almost anything, but they go bonkers for Cheese and I do mean bonkers. If feeding it by hand you have to be real careful or you could lose a finger.
I only feed raw diet to my Giant Schnauzers; small poop turns to "ash" which is the leftover bone meal. Never any odor in yard, no doggie breath, no gas, beautiful white teeth, healthy skin and hair. They look like athletes, not a bit of fat on them. I've been doing this about 3 years, wish I had known about it earlier. I mainly feed raw chicken, and eggs because its the cheapest, but buy any meat on sale. Cooking the bones makes them brittle. I was afraid to give raw meat to the chickens because I thought it might make them more cannibalistic. I'm a newby to chickens, and this site is wonderful.