I am copy/pasting here this bit I found when I googled.
Quote:"Chickens don't have a great way to store salt, too much salt can damage them. Most of the salt they get, they can get from a traditional diet that includes meat.
Many of the high protein foods - chickens need protein! - also have trace minerals and salt. One traditional winter feed for chickens was roadkill or trapped rats. The blood from the animal provided lots of salt and minerals in the chickens diet. But kind of grosse to feed raw vermin to chickens these days. Personally I don't like feeding raw meat to my chickens, so I cook it. Except for raw liver as an emergency booster if the flock as a whole is looking under the weather. "Unquote
Me, I won't give my chickens anything that has been salted .
Quote:"Chickens don't have a great way to store salt, too much salt can damage them. Most of the salt they get, they can get from a traditional diet that includes meat.
Many of the high protein foods - chickens need protein! - also have trace minerals and salt. One traditional winter feed for chickens was roadkill or trapped rats. The blood from the animal provided lots of salt and minerals in the chickens diet. But kind of grosse to feed raw vermin to chickens these days. Personally I don't like feeding raw meat to my chickens, so I cook it. Except for raw liver as an emergency booster if the flock as a whole is looking under the weather. "Unquote
Me, I won't give my chickens anything that has been salted .
