feeding this to my hens!! Is it bad?
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I'm an "all things in moderation" type, but on this, I'm going to recommend you eat the hotdog yourself, and throw something else to the birds.Will it kill them? Of course not. Is it the best treat? No. But I see no problem in throwing them something little like this every once in a while.
Recipe???Homemade chicken franks
Great advice!SALT. Chickens need a little. Salt content in the typical feed is around 0.5%-1% See for example. Target fat levels for most chickens is around 3.5% +/- (same example)
My favorite two brands of hotdogs? Sabrett's All Natural Skinless - 15% sodium (30x the widely used Purina feed above), 17% fat (approx 5x recommends)
Hebrew National All Beef - 20% sodium, 17% fat.
There's reason I only eat two or three of those every other month ('cause I love chili cheese dogs, and don't make my own chicken sausage frequently enough)
/edit to add. Homemade chicken franks with meat from your flock, covered in homemade goat chili (meat and veg from your property) on homemade sourdough buns. Its a good start toward living the homesteader high life. When I can make my own cheese, and produce (reliably) my own grains and veg, I'll have reached the gold standard. A LONG WAYS OFF.
Oh yeah, I owed you a recipe.Recipe???
I'm sure it would take some experimenting or a deep web search for the right amount, but I would like to try to celery powder or something instead of sodium nitrate. Just my thought on the recipe.1 tsp prague pwoder (pink curing salt)