Can chickens have egg nog?

Sure, but I wouldn't let them drive afterwards!

 

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(especially if I make it ... )

 

I was tempted to give mine some too. I decided against it because of the sugar. My cat did get a couple spoonfuls of it and loved it. You can try using it for French toast if you just want to use it up. I bought mine after another BYC member suggested it. It was yummy!

 

Chickens can't digest lactose, so if you give them too much they'll get the runs. Personally, I would drink the eggnog myself!

 

The only bad part is the high amount of sugar I would think. Hahaha dont let them drive and watch for stumbling around.

 

Spiking it with whiskey (for its grain content) would surely be better than the rum-laced, cane-based concoction.

Turning that remark to the serious side, eggnog in any significant quantity or on a regular basis would be pumping up their sugar intake from the raw sugars they encounter in their feed and forage . . . BIG time. Wicked disruptive, to my mind, to the balance of feed and treats that make for happy, distracted, healthy birds. You could overfeed a lot of scratch, veggie scraps or other treats, before you'd disrupt the diet they require as much as something as sweet as eggnog would.