Cat food for Chooks ???

[Lumenos]

Quote:
I think they may have updated this recently because it includes a warning about feeding catfood to chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats_Chart

The question is how much is too much? There are some numbers here...

"A dosage of 2 g / mature cat / day (20 to 30 g / kg dry diet) for 20 days induces anorexia, ataxia, cyanosis, methemoglobinemia and Heinz body formation resulting in hemolytic anemia (Maede, 1985). ...""

... but I think that is talking about cats not chicken. Never feed cat food to cats!

 

[Stina]

It doesn't say there how much is toxic to chickens.......

 

[max101]

It is really hard to know what to feed your chooks. On the treat chart it says cat food is bad. I have read worms are bad too as they carry a parasite or something. Corn over heats, and sunflower seeds are too oily. I dunno my chicken will only eat scratch they hate pellets and I over give them treats. I hope I am doing the right thing.