Can chickens eat...chicken?

[Ol Grey Mare]

Don't know where you live, but in the UK it is illegal to feed any scraps from the kitchen to chickens.so maybe he heard that and ran with it

Huh - hadn't heard that before......so I went looking http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/disease-control/abp/collect-feed/ban-kitchen-scraps-pet/
learn something knew every day....

 

[Bohica214]

I have a question, I have 60 chickens 2 peacocks, 2 white breasted turkeys and 4 peking ducks... I used to get 30 or more eggs a day now less than 15- i was feeding straight up 17% protein pellets from tractor supply then I cut 2 bags of pellets with 1 50 bag cracked corn and 1 wheat- is taht why the loss in egg prpduction ? should i just use the corn & wheat for "scratch feed" and pellets for food ?

 

[tandykins]

Don't know where you live, but in the UK it is illegal to feed any scraps from the kitchen to chickens.so maybe he heard that and ran with it

That sounds like a law that I would be ignoring completely.

I came across this thread when a friend of mine (who does not and never has kept chickens) told me that it's not recommended to give your hens a boiled chicken carcass. When I asked him who recommends against it, he couldn't come up with an answer. XD

I asked him what he thinks wild chickens would do if they came across a dead chicken. Because I'm about 95% sure they'd take advantage of the free meat.

 

[Chris09]

That sounds like a law that I would be ignoring completely.

I came across this thread when a friend of mine (who does not and never has kept chickens) told me that it's not recommended to give your hens a boiled chicken carcass. When I asked him who recommends against it, he couldn't come up with an answer. XD

I asked him what he thinks wild chickens would do if they came across a dead chicken. Because I'm about 95% sure they'd take advantage of the free meat.

It is a law that is completely ignored, I know a few people that raise poultry over in the UK and they feed animal proteins, fats and table scraps all the time..

Also I don't know if you meant it hypothetically or theoretically speaking but there are no wild chickens, there can be farrow chickens but as for wild chickens there none and never was a wild chicken. Chickens are a "man made" subspecies bred from different types of junglefowl.

 

[tandykins]

It is a law that is completely ignored, I know a few people that raise poultry over in the UK and they feed animal proteins, fats and table scraps all the time..

Also I don't know if you meant it hypothetically or theoretically speaking but there are no wild chickens, there can be farrow chickens but as for wild chickens there none and never was a wild chicken. Chickens are a "man made" subspecies bred from different types of junglefowl.

Strictly true - but what I meant would have been "chicken-like fowl" of which there are many.

 

[twilightsparkle]

I kinda agree with Kountreefok. It may be OK to feed chickens chicken, but in my opinion I wont ever do it

 

[AmericanMom]

My Chooks get the good life, they get all leftovers fruit veggies etc. and yes, even chicken.. I am forever sending them bones and scraps of various types of meat but I must say, rabbit and chicken is their favorite!

 

[sssharon]

My chickens also like chicken. My grandkids wasted a lot of chicken when we had a barbecue so I brought the scraps home and the chickens loved it. Their absolute favorite treat is bread. They go crazy for it.

 

[Destinye]

Mine especially like home-made basil pesto with bowtie pasta, and a side of salad, followed with handpicked berries a la dirt.

Not that they are spoiled or anything like that!

 

[sssharon]

Why is that illegal. Seems like a good way to eliminate garbage doesn't it?