Bones to Chickens After Bone Broth?

[donrae]

Just going to basically second what Bee said. I give chicken and turkey carcasses/bones to my flock to pick over all the time. they clean the bones shiny, but don't eat the bones themselves. The dogs go in the run and clean things up.

I know folks on the Interwebz will kick up a fit and swear your dog will fall over dead if a cooked bone passes it's lips. Well, mine have done just fine. All my family has fed our dogs cooked bones since forever. No dog has died from this, or had intestinal perforation, or anything like that. Now, these are (mostly) bigger farm type dogs, healthy stock, but there was one decorative Pomeranian in my youth who fended off the big dogs for his share of bones.

Your Mileage May Vary, as always.

 

[Beekissed]

Personally, I feel all those sharp little bones serve a purpose in the dog's intestinal worm control...sort of like feeding them DE but bigger, much bigger.

 

[donrae]

Personally, I feel all those sharp little bones serve a purpose in the dog's intestinal worm control...sort of like feeding them DE but bigger, much bigger.

Huh, Never thought about it like that, but that may be a good point. We never have any worm issues......

 

[Bantambird]

Healthy dogs may not have problems, but I know that perforation does happen. And it's a mess to clean up when it does. Yes, raw bones are better, but as long as one understands the risks, then that's all that is needed.

 

[mobius]

Just going to basically second what Bee said. I give chicken and turkey carcasses/bones to my flock to pick over all the time. they clean the bones shiny, but don't eat the bones themselves. The dogs go in the run and clean things up.

I know folks on the Interwebz will kick up a fit and swear your dog will fall over dead if a cooked bone passes it's lips. Well, mine have done just fine. All my family has fed our dogs cooked bones since forever. No dog has died from this, or had intestinal perforation, or anything like that. Now, these are (mostly) bigger farm type dogs, healthy stock, but there was one decorative Pomeranian in my youth who fended off the big dogs for his share of bones.

Your Mileage May Vary, as always.

I have two decorative pomeranians and one fashion accessory papillon. She matches my pearls.

 

[donrae]

I have two decorative pomeranians and one fashion accessory papillon. She matches my pearls.

 

[Pat Lander]

I know this is going to sound weird . Thanks for your tolerance!

I roasted a locally pastured turkey (not mine) for Christmas and froze the carcass after removing most of the meat.

Today, I am making one of my favorite things with the carcass: Bone Broth. This will be frozen. I have done this for a number of years with holiday turkeys. Low simmer for 24 hours. I freeze the broth and make stews and soups all winter. Love doing that.

I also love to use up EVERYTHING I can. The better I can get at this process, the better I feel, e.g. composting, vermiculture, feeding chickens, dogs, etc.

As most of you probably know, bone broth results in fairly soft bones.

Here is my question: Can I feed these turkey bones to the chickens? (Not all at once mind you). I would rather not throw them (the bones, I mean, not the chickens, lol) in the garbage if I don't have to. And they can't be composted.

PS Happy to share recipe if desired...

I've been reading a lot of the replies on here. I have two small dogs one of bladder stones, so I don't take a chance with them.
However after I've made my first batch of chicken bone broth I realize there was a lot of leftovers that really weren't consumable for humans. At that point I decided to add just a bit of the broth and some yogurt including the bones, skin, organs and whatever vegetables I added to make broth, I put in the blender and made it into kind of like a pate. I scoop them into paper lined cupcake tins, froze them then removed from the tins and put them in Ziploc bags.
I will take out a few at a time if I don't have any fresh from the refrigerator leftovers for them defrost them. They hear me coming and you should hear the squawking noises, they can't wait till I get in there with it. They clean it all up. Occasionally I may cook some oats and add with it just depends if it's real cold I've done that.
I also add to that their own shells, as they won't eat them unless they are minced in with other things. Haven't had any problems any longer with shellless eggs either.

 

[mobius]

I've been reading a lot of the replies on here. I have two small dogs one of bladder stones, so I don't take a chance with them.
However after I've made my first batch of chicken bone broth I realize there was a lot of leftovers that really weren't consumable for humans. At that point I decided to add just a bit of the broth and some yogurt including the bones, skin, organs and whatever vegetables I added to make broth, I put in the blender and made it into kind of like a pate. I scoop them into paper lined cupcake tins, froze them then removed from the tins and put them in Ziploc bags.
I will take out a few at a time if I don't have any fresh from the refrigerator leftovers for them defrost them. They hear me coming and you should hear the squawking noises, they can't wait till I get in there with it. They clean it all up. Occasionally I may cook some oats and add with it just depends if it's real cold I've done that.
I also add to that their own shells, as they won't eat them unless they are minced in with other things. Haven't had any problems any longer with shellless eggs either.

OK. This is only brilliant. And will help through the winter as well. I LOVE it! Thank you very much for being so creative and then sharing it! I sincerely hope your inventive fix helps others besides me! I am calling your creation "Bone Muffins"!!

P.S. I have little dogs too! For mine, small amounts of these bone muffins might be great too!

Oh! And!

 

[lazy gardener]

Quote: And your blender handles the bones without overheating? Do you use a pressure cooker to make your bone broth, or just slow cook on stove or in crock pot?

 

[mobius]

Here is a link to the recipe and directions I use. While I know all here posting know how to make bone broth , this idea may help: I think adding vinegar to the water and letting roasted bones sit in the water with vinegar before bringing to a boil may help with the softening. We shall see...just a thought...I have seen the bones get very soft using this method in the past...and of course the longer the broth simmers the softer the bones get...so I might even try a second simmer of 24 hours for those muffins...if they can get soft enough to put through a blender or even meat grinder...

Please post your thoughts...

https://wellnessmama.com/5888/how-to-make-bone-broth/