Can chickens eat beef?

[dinahmoe]

we give ours the left over thanksgiving day turkey.i just set the whole aluminum pan in there,turkey and dressing,and the next day there is nothing left but a skeleton.my chickens love holidays.

they like deer season too.

 

[Frannabelle]

My flock is feasting on a rotisserie chicken carcass as I type this....and loving every bite!
I've also given them lamb, beef and fish, yum!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

Laughing to see this 3 and 1/2 year old thread spring back to life. I was a new chicken mama when I posted this and didn't know chickens will eat almost anything. My flock, which in the years since I started this thread this has expanded from 4 to 14, get lots of table scraps but never chicken. As much as they might enjoy it the mere thought grosses me out! Besides my dog appreciates getting the chicken.

 

[NYREDS]

As someone pointed out chickens are omniverous. As to cooked or uncooked mine catch mice when they have the chance, they eat them but I've never seen them cook one.

 

[hispoptart]

I bring home raw beef and fat scraps from work and my chickens love it.

 

[nanncee]

After we eat a roasted chicken and cook down the bones for stock, the carcass and whats left go to the chicken. They love it. I also will give them any left over meat that no one finishes. I once put a hip bone from a roast with marrow still in it. You can only imagine the chaos than followed to try and get the marrow. If you want a good laugh, spread the marrow out on a stick and watch them try and scrape it off. They know what is good.

 

[MayLadybug]

I had left some chili too long in the fridge and so I threw that out in the yard and my oh my...the beans and beef were loved by all. So glad that I can give it to them instead of having it go to waste.

 

[NYREDS]

Chickens are omnivorous, I have watched as they devoured a frog. Yes they can eat cooked beef. I say cooked only because, bacteria and disease can be passed in raw beef.

Was the frog cooked?

 

[growyourbrew]

No worries about feeding them chicken. I wouldn't do raw though, in case it spreads a disease. But I always give them left over meat scraps~!!

 

[ChickensRDinos]

I gave mine a piece of raw carne asada. That was when I started calling them dinosaurs.